Re: [patch 091/118] MAINTAINERS: add uapi directories to API/ABI section

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Hello,

On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 02:21, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: MAINTAINERS: add uapi directories to API/ABI section
>
> Let's add include/uapi/ and arch/*/include/uapi/ to API/ABI section, so
> that for patches modifying them, get_maintainers.pl suggests CCing
> linux-api@ so people don't forget.
>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210217174745.13591-1-vbabka@xxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
>  MAINTAINERS |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/MAINTAINERS~maintainers-add-uapi-directories-to-api-abi-section
> +++ a/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ ABI/API
>  L:     linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  F:     include/linux/syscalls.h
>  F:     kernel/sys_ni.c
> +F:     include/uapi/
> +F:     arch/*/include/uapi/
>
>  ABIT UGURU 1,2 HARDWARE MONITOR DRIVER
>  M:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>

Can we please NOT do this.

Please see commit b14fd334ff3dc47b31c3592c166af5ea42b204d3.

In the past, include/uapi/ was listed as a file trigger, and the
consequence was a lot of low signal noise on linux-api@, until finally
I removed the trigger.

Thanks,

Michael



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