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Date:	Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:35:23 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	mtk.manpages@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add a guideline on notification of new userspace
 API/ABI elements

Add a guideline indicating who to notify about new userspace API/ABI elements,
such as new system calls or error codes.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 MAINTAINERS |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 560ecce..694bec2 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ trivial patch so apply some common sense.
 	please Cc: security@...nel.org, especially if the maintainer
 	does not respond.
 
-8.	Happy hacking.
+8.	When adding new userspace API/ABI elements, notably system calls and
+	error codes, please cc <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>.
+
+9.	Happy hacking.
 
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