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authored <ed@FreeBSD.org>2010-02-21 13:57:02 +0000
committered <ed@FreeBSD.org>2010-02-21 13:57:02 +0000
commit1fdea921e1450bf99dc432803cd6c88e08540a21 (patch)
treefcb4fe1d12f11b6cab916731649d8e0d8c2645b0 /lib/libc/gen/sysctl.c
parent24f8e6df2531b9453d13e5fc72bb019b22e630a8 (diff)
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Add proper const keywords to sysctl(3) parameters.
The `name' and `newp' arguments can be marked const, because the buffers they refer to are never changed. While there, perform some other cleanups: - Remove K&R from sysctl.c. - Implement sysctlbyname() using sysctlnametomib() to prevent duplication of an undocumented kernel interface. - Fix some whitespace nits. It seems the prototypes are now in sync with NetBSD as well.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/sysctl.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/sysctl.c11
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.c b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.c
index eb6418e..fbc2c0c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.c
@@ -43,15 +43,12 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
-extern int __sysctl(int *name, u_int namelen, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp,
- void *newp, size_t newlen);
+extern int __sysctl(const int *name, u_int namelen, void *oldp,
+ size_t *oldlenp, const void *newp, size_t newlen);
int
-sysctl(name, namelen, oldp, oldlenp, newp, newlen)
- int *name;
- u_int namelen;
- void *oldp, *newp;
- size_t *oldlenp, newlen;
+sysctl(const int *name, u_int namelen, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp,
+ const void *newp, size_t newlen)
{
if (name[0] != CTL_USER)
return (__sysctl(name, namelen, oldp, oldlenp, newp, newlen));
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