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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/README b/Documentation/ABI/README index 9feaf16f161..1fafc4b0753 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/README +++ b/Documentation/ABI/README @@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ The different levels of stability are: the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. - The file Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt may describe - some of these interfaces, giving a schedule for when they will - be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have @@ -75,3 +72,16 @@ kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in. + + +Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered +stable: + +- Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any + particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config + commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build + process. + +- Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or + type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary + itself. See Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt. |