From d3d76fbde1c456a6d19991baa99ea8c2d6e6696f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Thomas=20Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 16:24:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] kernel/ksysfs.c: export kernel cpu byteorder MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221103152407.3348-1-linux@weissschuh.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-cpu_byteorder | 12 ++++++++++++ kernel/ksysfs.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-cpu_byteorder diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-cpu_byteorder b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-cpu_byteorder new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f0e6ac1b5356 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-cpu_byteorder @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +What: /sys/kernel/cpu_byteorder +Date: February 2023 +KernelVersion: 6.2 +Contact: Thomas Weißschuh +Description: + The endianness of the running kernel. + + Access: Read + + Valid values: + "little", "big" +Users: util-linux diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c index 65dba9076f31..2df00b789b90 100644 --- a/kernel/ksysfs.c +++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ * Copyright (C) 2004 Kay Sievers */ +#include #include #include #include @@ -20,6 +21,14 @@ #include /* rcu_expedited and rcu_normal */ +#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN) +#define CPU_BYTEORDER_STRING "little" +#elif defined(__BIG_ENDIAN) +#define CPU_BYTEORDER_STRING "big" +#else +#error Unknown byteorder +#endif + #define KERNEL_ATTR_RO(_name) \ static struct kobj_attribute _name##_attr = __ATTR_RO(_name) @@ -34,6 +43,14 @@ static ssize_t uevent_seqnum_show(struct kobject *kobj, } KERNEL_ATTR_RO(uevent_seqnum); +/* cpu byteorder */ +static ssize_t cpu_byteorder_show(struct kobject *kobj, + struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf) +{ + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", CPU_BYTEORDER_STRING); +} +KERNEL_ATTR_RO(cpu_byteorder); + #ifdef CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER /* uevent helper program, used during early boot */ static ssize_t uevent_helper_show(struct kobject *kobj, @@ -215,6 +232,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_kobj); static struct attribute * kernel_attrs[] = { &fscaps_attr.attr, &uevent_seqnum_attr.attr, + &cpu_byteorder_attr.attr, #ifdef CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER &uevent_helper_attr.attr, #endif