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@@ -72,3 +72,16 @@ kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first.
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It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they
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wish for it to start out in.
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+Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered
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+stable:
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+- Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any
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+ particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config
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+ commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build
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+ process.
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+- Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or
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+ type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary
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+ itself. See Documentation/stable_api_nonsense.txt.
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