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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> | 2019-04-22 16:48:00 -0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> | 2019-07-15 11:03:01 -0300 |
| commit | 570432470275c3da15b85362bc1461945b9c1919 (patch) | |
| tree | aa20d1689748f3c044b260d52ade1b801c8a5cc2 /Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/abi.rst | |
| parent | ec4b78a0e7dd4751423089b7cfd32168f9052377 (diff) | |
docs: admin-guide: move sysctl directory to it
The stuff under sysctl describes /sys interface from userspace
point of view. So, add it to the admin-guide and remove the
:orphan: from its index file.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/abi.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/abi.rst | 67 |
1 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/abi.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/abi.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..599bcde7f0b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/abi.rst @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +================================ +Documentation for /proc/sys/abi/ +================================ + +kernel version 2.6.0.test2 + +Copyright (c) 2003, Fabian Frederick <ffrederick@users.sourceforge.net> + +For general info: index.rst. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +This path is binary emulation relevant aka personality types aka abi. +When a process is executed, it's linked to an exec_domain whose +personality is defined using values available from /proc/sys/abi. +You can find further details about abi in include/linux/personality.h. + +Here are the files featuring in 2.6 kernel: + +- defhandler_coff +- defhandler_elf +- defhandler_lcall7 +- defhandler_libcso +- fake_utsname +- trace + +defhandler_coff +--------------- + +defined value: + PER_SCOSVR3:: + + 0x0003 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | WHOLE_SECONDS | SHORT_INODE + +defhandler_elf +-------------- + +defined value: + PER_LINUX:: + + 0 + +defhandler_lcall7 +----------------- + +defined value : + PER_SVR4:: + + 0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO, + +defhandler_libsco +----------------- + +defined value: + PER_SVR4:: + + 0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO, + +fake_utsname +------------ + +Unused + +trace +----- + +Unused |