diff options
| author | Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net> | 2022-11-03 16:24:07 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2022-11-10 19:07:31 +0100 |
| commit | d3d76fbde1c456a6d19991baa99ea8c2d6e6696f (patch) | |
| tree | 1d8439184733609465b51d19a761613b91f2fe84 /include/asm-generic/timex.h | |
| parent | 52c4d11f1dce60453ab2a75fd7103118cedb2b58 (diff) | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-generic/timex.h')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions