kernel/ksysfs.c: export kernel cpu byteorder
authorThomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Thu, 3 Nov 2022 15:24:07 +0000 (16:24 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:07:31 +0000 (19:07 +0100)
commitd3d76fbde1c456a6d19991baa99ea8c2d6e6696f
tree1d8439184733609465b51d19a761613b91f2fe84
parent52c4d11f1dce60453ab2a75fd7103118cedb2b58
kernel/ksysfs.c: export kernel cpu byteorder

Certain files in procfs are formatted in byteorder-dependent formats.
For example the IP addresses in /proc/net/udp.

When using emulation like qemu-user, applications are not guaranteed to
be using the same byteorder as the kernel.
Therefore the kernel needs to provide a way for applications to discover
the byteorder used in API-filesystems.
Using systemcalls is not enough because these are intercepted and
translated by the emulation.

Also this makes it easier for non-compiled applications like
shellscripts to discover the byteorder.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221103152407.3348-1-linux@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-cpu_byteorder [new file with mode: 0644]
kernel/ksysfs.c