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Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2022 05:34:07 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Thomas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wei=DFschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>
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        Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>,
        Masatake YAMATO <yamato@redhat.com>, linux-api@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: add byteorder file
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On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 01:50:43AM +0100, Thomas Wei?schuh wrote:
> Certain files in procfs are formatted in byteorder dependent ways. For
> example the IP addresses in /proc/net/udp.
> 
> Assuming the byteorder of the userspace program is not guaranteed to be
> correct in the face of emulation as for example with qemu-user.
> 
> Also this makes it easier for non-compiled applications like
> shellscripts to discover the byteorder.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Wei?schuh <linux@weissschuh.net>

Why not put this in /sys/kernel/ instead?  What does this have to do
with /proc/ other than it's traditionally been the dumping ground for
stuff like this?  :)

thanks,

greg k-h