Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: split out the uAPI into a new section

[Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 3:19 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Kent Gibson is the author of the character device uAPI v2 and should be
> Cc'ed on all patches aimed for it. Unfortunately this is not the case as
> he's not listed in MAINTAINERS. Split the uAPI files into their own
> section and make Kent the reviewer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 9104430e148e..2867da6e233d 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -9006,8 +9006,6 @@ R:        Andy Shevchenko <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  L:     linux-gpio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  S:     Maintained
>  T:     git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brgl/linux.git
> -F:     Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-gpio
> -F:     Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev
>  F:     Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/
>  F:     Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/
>  F:     Documentation/driver-api/gpio/
> @@ -9016,6 +9014,17 @@ F:       include/dt-bindings/gpio/
>  F:     include/linux/gpio.h
>  F:     include/linux/gpio/
>  F:     include/linux/of_gpio.h
> +
> +GPIO UAPI
> +M:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Uh, I don't know if I'm competent at this point, I think Kent and you
are the proper maintainers of the UAPI.

With me dropped from the UAPI:
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

(OK I know I wrote v1 but think of that just makes me feel ashamed
these days wrt where it has gone since in v2.)

Yours,
Linus Walleij