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28.Dd April 28, 2006
29.Dt SYSCTL 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm SYSCTL_DECL ,
33.Nm SYSCTL_INT ,
34.Nm SYSCTL_LONG ,
35.Nm SYSCTL_NODE ,
36.Nm SYSCTL_OPAQUE ,
37.Nm SYSCTL_PROC ,
38.Nm SYSCTL_STRING ,
39.Nm SYSCTL_STRUCT ,
40.Nm SYSCTL_UINT ,
27.\"
28.Dd April 28, 2006
29.Dt SYSCTL 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm SYSCTL_DECL ,
33.Nm SYSCTL_INT ,
34.Nm SYSCTL_LONG ,
35.Nm SYSCTL_NODE ,
36.Nm SYSCTL_OPAQUE ,
37.Nm SYSCTL_PROC ,
38.Nm SYSCTL_STRING ,
39.Nm SYSCTL_STRUCT ,
40.Nm SYSCTL_UINT ,
41.Nm SYSCTL_ULONG
41.Nm SYSCTL_ULONG ,
42.Nm SYSCTL_XINT ,
43.Nm SYSCTL_XLONG
42.Nd Static sysctl declaration functions
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/types.h
45.In sys/sysctl.h
46.Fo SYSCTL_DECL
47.Fa "name"
48.Fc
49.Fo SYSCTL_INT

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124.Fa "parent"
125.Fa "nbr"
126.Fa "name"
127.Fa "access"
128.Fa "ptr"
129.Fa "val"
130.Fa "descr"
131.Fc
44.Nd Static sysctl declaration functions
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In sys/types.h
47.In sys/sysctl.h
48.Fo SYSCTL_DECL
49.Fa "name"
50.Fc
51.Fo SYSCTL_INT

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126.Fa "parent"
127.Fa "nbr"
128.Fa "name"
129.Fa "access"
130.Fa "ptr"
131.Fa "val"
132.Fa "descr"
133.Fc
134.Fo SYSCTL_XINT
135.Fa "parent"
136.Fa "nbr"
137.Fa "name"
138.Fa "access"
139.Fa "ptr"
140.Fa "val"
141.Fa "descr"
142.Fc
143.Fo SYSCTL_XLONG
144.Fa "parent"
145.Fa "nbr"
146.Fa "name"
147.Fa "access"
148.Fa "ptr"
149.Fa "val"
150.Fa "descr"
151.Fc
132.Sh DESCRIPTION
133The
134.Nm
135kernel interfaces allow code to statically declare
136.Xr sysctl 8
137MIB entries, which will be initialized when the kernel module containing the
138declaration is initialized.
139When the module is unloaded, the sysctl will be automatically destroyed.

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148.Nm SYSCTL_INT ,
149.Nm SYSCTL_LONG ,
150.Nm SYSCTL_NODE ,
151.Nm SYSCTL_OPAQUE ,
152.Nm SYSCTL_PROC ,
153.Nm SYSCTL_STRING ,
154.Nm SYSCTL_STRUCT ,
155.Nm SYSCTL_UINT ,
152.Sh DESCRIPTION
153The
154.Nm
155kernel interfaces allow code to statically declare
156.Xr sysctl 8
157MIB entries, which will be initialized when the kernel module containing the
158declaration is initialized.
159When the module is unloaded, the sysctl will be automatically destroyed.

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168.Nm SYSCTL_INT ,
169.Nm SYSCTL_LONG ,
170.Nm SYSCTL_NODE ,
171.Nm SYSCTL_OPAQUE ,
172.Nm SYSCTL_PROC ,
173.Nm SYSCTL_STRING ,
174.Nm SYSCTL_STRUCT ,
175.Nm SYSCTL_UINT ,
176.Nm SYSCTL_ULONG ,
177.Nm SYSCTL_XINT ,
156and
178and
157.Nm SYSCTL_ULONG .
179.Nm SYSCTL_XLONG .
158Each macro accepts a parent name, as declared using
159.Nm SYSCTL_DECL ,
160an OID number, typically
161.Dv OID_AUTO ,
162a node name, a set of control and access flags, and a description.
163Depending on the macro, a pointer to a variable supporting the MIB entry, a
164size, a value, and a function pointer implementing the MIB entry may also be
165present.

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266.Ed
267.Pp
268Examples of integer, opaque, string, and procedure sysctls follow:
269.Bd -literal -offset indent
270/*
271 * Example of a constant integer value. Notice that the control
272 * flags are CTLFLAG_RD, the variable pointer is NULL, and the
273 * value is declared.
180Each macro accepts a parent name, as declared using
181.Nm SYSCTL_DECL ,
182an OID number, typically
183.Dv OID_AUTO ,
184a node name, a set of control and access flags, and a description.
185Depending on the macro, a pointer to a variable supporting the MIB entry, a
186size, a value, and a function pointer implementing the MIB entry may also be
187present.

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288.Ed
289.Pp
290Examples of integer, opaque, string, and procedure sysctls follow:
291.Bd -literal -offset indent
292/*
293 * Example of a constant integer value. Notice that the control
294 * flags are CTLFLAG_RD, the variable pointer is NULL, and the
295 * value is declared.
296 * If sysctl(8) should print this value in hex, use 'SYSCTL_XINT'.
274 */
275SYSCTL_INT(_debug_sizeof, OID_AUTO, bio, CTLFLAG_RD, NULL,
276 sizeof(struct bio), "sizeof(struct bio)");
277
278/*
279 * Example of a variable integer value. Notice that the control
280 * flags are CTLFLAG_RW, the variable pointer is set, and the
281 * value is 0.

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297 */
298SYSCTL_INT(_debug_sizeof, OID_AUTO, bio, CTLFLAG_RD, NULL,
299 sizeof(struct bio), "sizeof(struct bio)");
300
301/*
302 * Example of a variable integer value. Notice that the control
303 * flags are CTLFLAG_RW, the variable pointer is set, and the
304 * value is 0.

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