RE: [PATCH v2] gcore: Handle unreadable pages within readable memory regions

["Schimpe, Christina" <christina.schimpe@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com>
> Sent: Dienstag, 17. Februar 2026 19:17
> To: Schimpe, Christina <christina.schimpe@intel.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gcore: Handle unreadable pages within readable
> memory regions
> 
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:44:06 +0000
> "Schimpe, Christina" <christina.schimpe@intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Claude Opus 4.5 and GLM 4.7 assisted with the development of this
> > > commit.
> >
> > For binutils there is a guideline for LLM generated content:
> > https://sourceware.org/binutils/wiki/LLM_Generated_Content
> >
> > Do we have something similar for GDB ?
> 
> Not yet.  IMO, the GDB project should adopt the same guidelines that binutils
> uses.  Until we have a policy in place, I encourage all GDB contributors to
> follow the binutils policy when using LLMs.

Thank you for the clarification.

> For my contributions to the GDB project, I am using AI / LLMs to help me
> understand code and diagnose problems, but I am instructing the models I
> use to not generate patches for me, nor show me new code.
> Instead, I am instructing them to write English language descriptions of how
> the code might be fixed as part of its analysis.  With that in hand, I write the
> patch myself.
> 
> E.g.  I used Claude Code yesterday to find a problem in what I thought to be a
> bit of build infrastructure.  (But it turned out to be a bug in GDB's testsuite,
> for which I'll be submitting a patch.)  In any case, once it had found the bug, I
> instructed it:
> 
>   Please make a markdown file describing the problem in detail along
>   with your fix proposals.  Place the markdown file in the home
>   directory ($HOME) and tell me the path to it when you're done.  I
>   will likely go with option 2 in which I submit a patch fixing this
>   problem, but I may wish to discuss it with my colleagues first,
>   which is why I want a comprehensive write-up.  Don't show your fixes
>   in the form of patches; instead describe in English how the bug
>   might be fixed for each of your proposals.  The reason for this is
>   that, although GDB does not have an AI/LLM policy yet, many other
>   related projects (such as binutils and elfutils) are instituting
>   policies about LLM generated code.  So...  I don't want a patch from
>   you, merely really good documentation about what the problem is and
>   English language descriptions about how it may be fixed.  You may,
>   of course, show existing code and its problems in your summary.  You
>   just can't show me new code which fixes the problem.
> 
> Instructions like this might also be placed in a CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md file.

And thanks a lot for your detailed response here.

Christina
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