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Message-ID: <20110307113523.24025.37925.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
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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