On 2022-11-01 05:34+0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 01:50:43AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh 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 Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > 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? :) The main reason to put it in /proc was because the data it helps to interpret is also in /proc. But /sys/kernel looks good, too. I'll change it to that.
