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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/1] drivers/base/cpu: Print kernel arch
On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 06:11:35PM +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> Print kernel architecture in /sys/devices/system/cpu/arch
> using UTS_MACHINE, i.e. member of struct uts_namespace.machine.
>
> This helps people who debug kernel with initramfs with minimal
> environment (i.e. without coreutils or even busybox) or allow to open
> sysfs file instead of run uname -m in high level languages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
> ---
> drivers/base/cpu.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

You can't add a new sysfs file without a Documentation/ABI/ update as
well. Please fix that up.


>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
> index 4c98849577d4..7c8032e3ff10 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> * CPU subsystem support
> */
>
> +#include <generated/compile.h>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> @@ -232,6 +233,13 @@ static ssize_t print_cpus_kernel_max(struct device *dev,
> }
> static DEVICE_ATTR(kernel_max, 0444, print_cpus_kernel_max, NULL);
>
> +static ssize_t print_cpus_arch(struct device *dev,
> + struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", UTS_MACHINE);
> +}
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(arch, 0444, print_cpus_arch, NULL);

why just UTS_MACHINE? Doesn't 'uname' show this already? And I thought
this was in /proc/cpuinfo but odd, it isn't...

Also what about the other things in compile.h?

thanks,

greg k-h

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