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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/README b/Documentation/ABI/README index 10069828568..1fafc4b0753 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/README +++ b/Documentation/ABI/README @@ -72,3 +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. |