xref: /dragonfly/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c (revision 6b5c5d0d)
1 /*
2  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3  * "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
4  * <phk@FreeBSD.org> wrote this file.  As long as you retain this notice you
5  * can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think
6  * this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.   Poul-Henning Kamp
7  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8  *
9  * $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c,v 1.4 1999/08/27 23:59:01 peter Exp $
10  * $DragonFly: src/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:26:42 dillon Exp $
11  *
12  */
13 #include <sys/types.h>
14 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
15 #include <string.h>
16 
17 int
18 sysctlbyname(const char *name, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp, void *newp,
19 	     size_t newlen)
20 {
21 	int name2oid_oid[2];
22 	int real_oid[CTL_MAXNAME+2];
23 	int error;
24 	size_t oidlen;
25 
26 	name2oid_oid[0] = 0;	/* This is magic & undocumented! */
27 	name2oid_oid[1] = 3;
28 
29 	oidlen = sizeof(real_oid);
30 	error = sysctl(name2oid_oid, 2, real_oid, &oidlen, (void *)name,
31 		       strlen(name));
32 	if (error < 0)
33 		return error;
34 	oidlen /= sizeof (int);
35 	error = sysctl(real_oid, oidlen, oldp, oldlenp, newp, newlen);
36 	return (error);
37 }
38 
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