I only just got started on this, but maybe someone else is further along?

[phf@dmv.community]

I only just got started on this, but maybe someone else is further along? I am trying to find out what the last commit of the Linux kernel is that's most likely free of LLM-generated slop. I am "militant" in this, so I don't care if it was "reviewed by a human" before it went in, that doesn't make it better in my view. The quick deductions I was able to make earlier today:

- Sep 4 2025, commit 913e65a2fe1a16fa253c4a016e2306b2cf9ffef8 has the first "official" aka "documented via Assisted-by:" LLM slop

- Jul 27 2025, commit 038d61fd642278bab63ee8ef722c50d10ab01e8f is Linux 6.16 so that might still be "clean" as it were; later stable kernels in that series would need to be checked

- Nov 17 2024, commit adc218676eef25575469234709c2d87185ca223a is Linux 6.12 so that's probably the last "longterm" kernel that could be "clean"; later stable kernels in that series would need to be checked again

All in all it seems to me that some 6.12.x kernel is definitely the last one I'd want to use. Now given that I only run Linux on ancient hardware, that's probably not a big deal for me; your mileage may obviously vary.

Anyone else have a better take already? Aside from "you worry too much, just use the new kernels, they're fine" because that's not really helpful to me.

#slop #linux #kernel #noslop