kernels/ksysfs.c: export kernel address bits

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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@weissschuh.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221221-address-bits-v1-1-8446b13244ac@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Thomas Weißschuh 2022-12-21 16:17:52 +00:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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