linux-kernel - [PATCH] kernels/ksysfs.c: export kernel address bits

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Message-Id: <20221221-address-bits-v1-1-8446b13244ac@weissschuh.net>
Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2022 16:17:52 +0000
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kernels/ksysfs.c: export kernel address bits

This can be used by userspace to determine the address size of the
running kernel.
It frees userspace from having to interpret this information from the
UTS machine field.

Userspace implementation:
https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/pull/1966

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
---
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc: "Karel Zak" <kzak@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-api@...r.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-address_bits | 10 ++++++++++
 kernel/ksysfs.c                                     |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-address_bits b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-address_bits
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d09ff84d4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-address_bits
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+What:		/sys/kernel/address_bit
+Date:		May 2023
+KernelVersion:	6.3
+Contact:	Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
+Description:
+		The address size of the running kernel in bits.
+
+		Access: Read
+
+Users:		util-linux
diff --git a/kernel/ksysfs.c b/kernel/ksysfs.c
index 2df00b789b90..0408aab80941 100644
--- a/kernel/ksysfs.c
+++ b/kernel/ksysfs.c
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ static ssize_t cpu_byteorder_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 KERNEL_ATTR_RO(cpu_byteorder);
 
+/* address bits */
+static ssize_t address_bits_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+				 struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%zu\n", sizeof(void *) * 8 /* CHAR_BIT */);
+}
+KERNEL_ATTR_RO(address_bits);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER
 /* uevent helper program, used during early boot */
 static ssize_t uevent_helper_show(struct kobject *kobj,
@@ -233,6 +241,7 @@ static struct attribute * kernel_attrs[] = {
 	&fscaps_attr.attr,
 	&uevent_seqnum_attr.attr,
 	&cpu_byteorder_attr.attr,
+	&address_bits_attr.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER
 	&uevent_helper_attr.attr,
 #endif

---
base-commit: b6bb9676f2165d518b35ba3bea5f1fcfc0d969bf
change-id: 20221221-address-bits-622a8782e73d

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>