freebsd/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c

/*
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 * this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return.   Poul-Henning Kamp
 * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * $FreeBSD$
 *
 */
#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)
{
	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));
	if (error < 0) 
		return error;
	oidlen /= sizeof (int);
	error = sysctl(real_oid, oidlen, oldp, oldlenp, newp, newlen);
	return (error);
}