Proposal: AI-Based Code Review for DPDK

[Jerin Jacob]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM Ori Kam <orika at nvidia.com> wrote:
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> Nice idea,
> Some comments:
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> 1. The first link is broken for me.

Yes.  https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk-ai-code-review is the proposed name
of the repository. It is not created yet.

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> 2. I like the idea that there is a separate GitHub repository. If I
>     understand correctly the new repository is a clone of the main one,
>     and only used by the bot is that correct?

Yes.

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> 3. I think main usage is also for the reviewer, just like in your example.

Yes

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> 4. The only thing I’m missing is that there is no “personal touch”
>     meaning that each reviewer puts emphasis on different things. It will
>     be great if the AI can learn from previous reviews of the reviewer
>     and add review accordingly.

Yes. However, It looks like https://docs.sourcery.ai/Code-Review/ dont
have that feature.

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> 5. It will also be great if the AI could target people who may be
>     interested in this patch.  And send them some notification or tell
>     the developer to add them in the to

Good input.


Adding @Aaron Conole . He has some plans to implement this workflow.


>
> Best,
> Ori
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> On 13/06/2025 13:03, Jerin Jacob wrote:
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> > Goals
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> > # Leverage modern AI-powered code review tools to accelerate and supplement human review efforts.
> > # Prevent AI-generated comments from cluttering the mailing list or polluting the main DPDK GitHub repository.
> >
> > Setup
> > -------
> >
> > # Create a dedicated repository:
> > Set up a new repository, for example: https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk-ai-code-review, under the official DPDK GitHub organization.
> > This ensures that AI-generated pull requests do not interfere with the main repository (https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk).
> >
> > # Select an AI review tool:
> > Use a free, open-source-friendly AI code review service.
> > One potential candidate is Sourcery: https://sourcery.ai/pricing
> >
> > # Connect the tool:
> > Integrate Sourcery with the new repository via: https://app.sourcery.ai/?product=prod_opensource
> >
> > # Trigger AI reviews:
> > Once integrated, any pull request to this repository will automatically trigger a code review by the AI tool.
> > Example of a test PR reviewed by the AI bot:
> > https://github.com/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/dao/pull/2
> >
> > Workflow
> > -------------
> >
> > # When a patch is sent to the DPDK mailing list, a bot will convert it into a GitHub pull request on the dpdk-ai-code-review repository.
> > # The AI tool will review the pull request and leave comments directly on the PR.
> > # Once the AI review is complete, the bot will close the PR and share the PR URL:
> > - As a comment in Patchwork URL for the given patch
> > - With the patch author directly.
> > # The author can review the AI-generated comments by visiting the PR URL, if they choose to do so.
> >
> >
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