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diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 80ef562160bb..6049a2a84dda 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | |||
| @@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ Rules on how to access information in the Linux kernel sysfs | |||
| 3 | The kernel-exported sysfs exports internal kernel implementation details | 3 | The kernel-exported sysfs exports internal kernel implementation details |
| 4 | and depends on internal kernel structures and layout. It is agreed upon | 4 | and depends on internal kernel structures and layout. It is agreed upon |
| 5 | by the kernel developers that the Linux kernel does not provide a stable | 5 | by the kernel developers that the Linux kernel does not provide a stable |
| 6 | internal API. As sysfs is a direct export of kernel internal | 6 | internal API. Therefore, there are aspects of the sysfs interface that |
| 7 | structures, the sysfs interface cannot provide a stable interface either; | 7 | may not be stable across kernel releases. |
| 8 | it may always change along with internal kernel changes. | ||
| 9 | 8 | ||
| 10 | To minimize the risk of breaking users of sysfs, which are in most cases | 9 | To minimize the risk of breaking users of sysfs, which are in most cases |
| 11 | low-level userspace applications, with a new kernel release, the users | 10 | low-level userspace applications, with a new kernel release, the users |