diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index cd7e5a0be9fa..fb191e3fe9b1 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 9505e6375640fc61d92d36c8e9f25a6a218f3f57 +refs/heads/master: 83c79b55f0d929a0dcf2b0d347cd1875afc06f21 diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/trunk/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 80ef562160bb..6049a2a84dda 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt +++ b/trunk/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt @@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ Rules on how to access information in the Linux kernel sysfs The kernel-exported sysfs exports internal kernel implementation details and depends on internal kernel structures and layout. It is agreed upon by the kernel developers that the Linux kernel does not provide a stable -internal API. As sysfs is a direct export of kernel internal -structures, the sysfs interface cannot provide a stable interface either; -it may always change along with internal kernel changes. +internal API. Therefore, there are aspects of the sysfs interface that +may not be stable across kernel releases. To minimize the risk of breaking users of sysfs, which are in most cases low-level userspace applications, with a new kernel release, the users