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@@ -4456,6 +4456,7 @@ F:	Documentation/blockdev/drbd/
 
 DRIVER CORE, KOBJECTS, DEBUGFS AND SYSFS
 M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+R:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git
 S:	Supported
 F:	Documentation/kobject.txt