Jack WallenFirstly, it's important to understand that the developer staging area is a place for new kernel developers to get involved in Linux kernel development. To that end, Kroah-Hartman will automatically reject any patches that are generated using an LLM in the drives/staging/subsystem -- with one exception. Kroah-Hartman states that LLMs are quite good at locating suspected "security issues" in the kernel code. However, even with the improvements, he says that "at least 1/3 of the results they generate are flat out wrong or harmful." At the same time, Kroah-Hartman informs developers that if their LLM-found fix in a drivers/staging file is valid, it's okay to submit it.