Re: Will the name of hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page or hyperv_clocksource pages change?

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On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 10:22:28AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 03:17:25AM +0000, Alma Eyre (Sonata Software North America) wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > This is Alma supporting Azure for Japanese customers. I had a question
> > from a customer that I could not find the answers for. I saw this
> > github(https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/88c9281a9fba67636ab26c1fd6afbc78a632374f)
> > page, and I was wondering if someone on this list might be able to
> > answer the question.
> > 
> > Will the name of hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page or hyperv_clocksource
> > pages change?
> 
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/e7aa8c2eb11ba69b1b69099c3c7bd6be3087b0ba/Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst

Or better yet, in a pretty html format:
	https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-api-nonsense.html

But, this is a name of a clocksource, not really an internal kernel api.

Alma, what external tool depends on the specific name of a kernel clock?
Why would it matter what the name of it is?

thanks,

greg k-h
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