From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755016Ab1CGRaw (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:30:52 -0500 Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:52224 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751493Ab1CGRav (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:30:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:30:26 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap To: David Howells Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add a guideline on notification of new userspace API/ABI elements Message-Id: <20110307093026.42d62518.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <20110307113523.24025.37925.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> References: <20110307113523.24025.37925.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Source-IP: acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090205.4D75163C.02C6,ss=1,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:35:23 +0000 David Howells wrote: > 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 > --- > > 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@kernel.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 . > + > +9. Happy hacking. > > Descriptions of section entries: > > > -- No objection other than I dislike having the same info in multiple places -- updates get out of sync easily and this is somewhat already in Documentation/HOWTO and Documentation/SubmitChecklist. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***