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linux-next/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/abi.rst
Mauro Carvalho Chehab 5704324702 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>
2019-07-15 11:03:01 -03:00

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Documentation for /proc/sys/abi/
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kernel version 2.6.0.test2
Copyright (c) 2003, Fabian Frederick <ffrederick@users.sourceforge.net>
For general info: index.rst.
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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
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defined value:
PER_SCOSVR3::
0x0003 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | WHOLE_SECONDS | SHORT_INODE
defhandler_elf
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defined value:
PER_LINUX::
0
defhandler_lcall7
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defined value :
PER_SVR4::
0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO,
defhandler_libsco
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defined value:
PER_SVR4::
0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO,
fake_utsname
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Unused
trace
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Unused