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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/sysctlbyname.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/sysctlbyname.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c17
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c b/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c
index 4510fe0..0288d87 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c
@@ -13,26 +13,19 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
-#include <string.h>
int
-sysctlbyname(const char *name, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp, void *newp,
- size_t newlen)
+sysctlbyname(const char *name, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp,
+ const void *newp, size_t newlen)
{
- int name2oid_oid[2];
int real_oid[CTL_MAXNAME+2];
int error;
size_t oidlen;
- name2oid_oid[0] = 0; /* This is magic & undocumented! */
- name2oid_oid[1] = 3;
-
- oidlen = sizeof(real_oid);
- error = sysctl(name2oid_oid, 2, real_oid, &oidlen, (void *)name,
- strlen(name));
+ oidlen = sizeof(real_oid) / sizeof(int);
+ error = sysctlnametomib(name, real_oid, &oidlen);
if (error < 0)
- return error;
- oidlen /= sizeof (int);
+ return (error);
error = sysctl(real_oid, oidlen, oldp, oldlenp, newp, newlen);
return (error);
}
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