> > - relaying implementation details to userspace so that they cannot be
 > > easily changed. We would need to allow kobjects not showing up in sysfs
 > > and making symlinks a sysfs facility not relying on kobjects to help
 > > there.
 > 
 > Huh?  Why would you want a kobject to not show up in sysfs?

I think the text you replied to explained it perfectly: becase you
don't want internal implementation details to be exposed the userspace
and become an unchangeable part of the kernel/userspace interface.
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