[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add a guideline on notification of new userspaceAPI/ABI elements

[David Howells]

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@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

 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@xxxxxxxxxx, 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
+
+9.	Happy hacking.
 
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