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32.Dd October 9, 2006
33.Dt SYSCTL 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm sysctl ,
37.Nm sysctlbyname ,
38.Nm sysctlgetmibinfo ,
39.Nm sysctlnametomib
40.Nd get or set system information
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/param.h
45.In sys/sysctl.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn sysctl "const int *name" "u_int namelen" "void *oldp" "size_t *oldlenp" \
48"const void *newp" "size_t newlen"
49.Ft int
50.Fn sysctlbyname "const char *sname" "void *oldp" "size_t *oldlenp" \
51"void *newp" "size_t newlen"
52.Ft int
53.Fn sysctlgetmibinfo "const char *sname" "int *name" "u_int *namelenp" \
54"char *cname" "size_t *csz" "struct sysctlnode **rnode" "int v"
55.Ft int
56.Fn sysctlnametomib "const char *sname" "int *name" "size_t *namelenp"
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58The
59.Nm
60function retrieves system information and allows processes with
61appropriate privileges to set system information.
62The information available from
63.Nm
64consists of integers, strings, and tables.
65Information may be retrieved and set from the command interface
66using the
67.Xr sysctl 8
68utility.
69.Pp
70Unless explicitly noted below,
71.Nm
72returns a consistent snapshot of the data requested.
73Consistency is obtained by locking the destination
74buffer into memory so that the data may be copied out without blocking.
75Calls to
76.Nm
77are serialized to avoid deadlock.
78.Pp
79The state is described using a ``Management Information Base'' (MIB)
80style name, listed in
81.Fa name ,
82which is a
83.Fa namelen
84length array of integers.
85.Pp
86The
87.Fn sysctlbyname
88function accepts a string representation of a MIB entry and internally
89maps it to the appropriate numeric MIB representation.
90Its semantics are otherwise no different from
91.Fn sysctl .
92.Pp
93The information is copied into the buffer specified by
94.Fa oldp .
95The size of the buffer is given by the location specified by
96.Fa oldlenp
97before the call,
98and that location gives the amount of data copied after a successful call.
99If the amount of data available is greater
100than the size of the buffer supplied,
101the call supplies as much data as fits in the buffer provided
102and returns with the error code ENOMEM.
103If the old value is not desired,
104.Fa oldp
105and
106.Fa oldlenp
107should be set to
108.Dv NULL .
109.Pp
110The size of the available data can be determined by calling
111.Nm
112with a
113.Dv NULL
114parameter for
115.Fa oldp .
116The size of the available data will be returned in the location pointed to by
117.Fa oldlenp .
118For some operations, the amount of space may change often.
119For these operations,
120the system attempts to round up so that the returned size is
121large enough for a call to return the data shortly thereafter.
122.Pp
123To set a new value,
124.Fa newp
125is set to point to a buffer of length
126.Fa newlen
127from which the requested value is to be taken.
128If a new value is not to be set,
129.Fa newp
130should be set to
131.Dv NULL
132and
133.Fa newlen
134set to 0.
135.Pp
136The
137.Fn sysctlnametomib
138function can be used to map the string representation of a MIB entry
139to the numeric version.
140The
141.Fa name
142argument should point to an array of integers large enough to hold the
143MIB, and
144.Fa namelenp
145should indicate the number of integer slots available.
146Following a successful translation, the size_t indicated by
147.Fa namelenp
148will be changed to show the number of slots consumed.
149.Pp
150The
151.Fn sysctlgetmibinfo
152function performs name translation similar to
153.Fn sysctlnametomib ,
154but also canonicalizes the name (or returns the first erroneous token
155from the string being parsed) into the space indicated by
156.Fa cname
157and
158.Fa csz .
159.Fa csz
160should indicate the size of the buffer pointed to by
161.Fa cname
162and on return, will indicate the size of the returned string including
163the trailing
164.Sq nul
165character.
166.Pp
167The
168.Fa rnode
169and
170.Fa v
171arguments to
172.Fn sysctlgetmibinfo
173are used to provide a tree for it to parse into, and to get back
174either a pointer to, or a copy of, the terminal node.
175If
176.Fa rnode
177is
178.Dv NULL ,
179.Fn sysctlgetmibinfo
180uses its own internal tree for parsing, and checks it against the
181kernel at each call, to make sure that the name-to-number mapping is
182kept up to date.
183The
184.Fa v
185argument is ignored in this case.
186If
187.Fa rnode
188is not
189.Dv NULL
190but the pointer it references is, on a successful return,
191.Fa rnode
192will be adjusted to point to a copy of the terminal node.
193The
194.Fa v
195argument indicates which version of the
196.Nm
197node structure the caller wants.
198The application must later
199.Fn free
200this copy.
201If neither
202.Fa rnode
203nor the pointer it references are
204.Dv NULL ,
205the pointer is used as the address of a tree over which the parsing is
206done.
207In this last case, the tree is not checked against the kernel, no
208refreshing of the mappings is performed, and the value given by
209.Fa v
210must agree with the version indicated by the tree.
211It is recommended that applications always use
212.Dv SYSCTL_VERSION
213as the value for
214.Fa v ,
215as defined in the include file
216.Pa sys/sysctl.h .
217.Pp
218The top level names are defined with a CTL_ prefix in
219.Aq Pa sys/sysctl.h ,
220and are as follows.
221The next and subsequent levels down are found in the include files
222listed here, and described in separate sections below.
223.Pp
224.Bl -column CTLXMACHDEPXXX "Next level namesXXXXXX" -offset indent
225.It Sy Name	Next level names	Description
226.It CTL\_KERN	sys/sysctl.h	High kernel limits
227.It CTL\_VM	uvm/uvm_param.h	Virtual memory
228.It CTL\_VFS	sys/mount.h	Filesystem
229.It CTL\_NET	sys/socket.h	Networking
230.It CTL\_DEBUG	sys/sysctl.h	Debugging
231.It CTL\_HW	sys/sysctl.h	Generic CPU, I/O
232.It CTL\_MACHDEP	sys/sysctl.h	Machine dependent
233.It CTL\_USER	sys/sysctl.h	User-level
234.It CTL\_DDB	sys/sysctl.h	In-kernel debugger
235.It CTL\_PROC	sys/sysctl.h	Per-process
236.It CTL\_VENDOR	?	Vendor specific
237.It CTL\_EMUL	sys/sysctl.h	Emulation settings
238.It CTL\_SECURITY	sys/sysctl.h	Security settings
239.El
240.Pp
241For example, the following retrieves the maximum number of processes allowed
242in the system:
243.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
244int mib[2], maxproc;
245size_t len;
246.sp
247mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
248mib[1] = KERN_MAXPROC;
249len = sizeof(maxproc);
250sysctl(mib, 2, \*[Am]maxproc, \*[Am]len, NULL, 0);
251.Ed
252.sp
253To retrieve the standard search path for the system utilities:
254.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
255int mib[2];
256size_t len;
257char *p;
258.sp
259mib[0] = CTL_USER;
260mib[1] = USER_CS_PATH;
261sysctl(mib, 2, NULL, \*[Am]len, NULL, 0);
262p = malloc(len);
263sysctl(mib, 2, p, \*[Am]len, NULL, 0);
264.Ed
265.Sh CTL_DEBUG
266The debugging variables vary from system to system.
267A debugging variable may be added or deleted without need to recompile
268.Nm
269to know about it.
270Each time it runs,
271.Nm
272gets the list of debugging variables from the kernel and
273displays their current values.
274The system defines twenty
275.Va ( struct ctldebug )
276variables named
277.Dv debug0
278through
279.Dv debug19 .
280They are declared as separate variables so that they can be
281individually initialized at the location of their associated variable.
282The loader prevents multiple use of the same variable by issuing errors
283if a variable is initialized in more than one place.
284For example, to export the variable
285.Dv dospecialcheck
286as a debugging variable, the following declaration would be used:
287.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
288int dospecialcheck = 1;
289struct ctldebug debug5 = { "dospecialcheck", \*[Am]dospecialcheck };
290.Ed
291.Pp
292Note that the dynamic implementation of
293.Nm
294currently in use largely makes this particular
295.Nm
296interface obsolete.
297See
298.Xr sysctl 8
299.\" and
300.\" .Xr sysctl 9
301for more information.
302.Sh CTL_VFS
303A distinguished second level name, VFS_GENERIC,
304is used to get general information about all filesystems.
305One of its third level identifiers is VFS_MAXTYPENUM
306that gives the highest valid filesystem type number.
307Its other third level identifier is VFS_CONF that
308returns configuration information about the filesystem
309type given as a fourth level identifier.
310The remaining second level identifiers are the
311filesystem type number returned by a
312.Xr statvfs 2
313call or from VFS_CONF.
314The third level identifiers available for each filesystem
315are given in the header file that defines the mount
316argument structure for that filesystem.
317.Sh CTL_HW
318The string and integer information available for the CTL_HW level
319is detailed below.
320The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
321privilege may change the value.
322.Bl -column "Second level nameXXXXXX" "struct disk_sysctlXXX" -offset indent
323.It Sy Second level name	Type	Changeable
324.It HW\_ALIGNBYTES	integer	no
325.It HW\_BYTEORDER	integer	no
326.It HW\_CNMAGIC	string	yes
327.It HW\_DISKNAMES	string	no
328.It HW\_DISKSTATS	struct	no
329.It HW\_MACHINE	string	no
330.It HW\_MACHINE\_ARCH	string	no
331.It HW\_MODEL	string	no
332.It HW\_NCPU	integer	no
333.It HW\_PAGESIZE	integer	no
334.It HW\_PHYSMEM	integer	no
335.It HW\_PHYSMEM64	quad	no
336.It HW\_USERMEM	integer	no
337.It HW\_USERMEM64	quad	no
338.El
339.Pp
340.Bl -tag -width "123456"
341.It Li HW_ALIGNBYTES
342Alignment constraint for all possible data types.
343This shows the value
344.Dv ALIGNBYTES
345in
346.Pa /usr/include/machine/param.h ,
347at the kernel compilation time.
348.It Li HW_BYTEORDER
349The byteorder (4,321, or 1,234).
350.It Li HW_CNMAGIC
351The console magic key sequence.
352.It Li HW_DISKNAMES
353The list of (space separated) disk device and NFS mount names on the system.
354.It Li HW_IOSTATNAMES
355A space separated list of devices that will have I/O statistics
356collected on them.
357.It Li HW_IOSTATS
358Return statistical information on the NFS mounts, disk and tape
359devices on the system.
360An array of
361.Va struct io_sysctl
362structures is returned,
363whose size depends on the current number of such objects in the system.
364The third level name is the size of the
365.Va struct io_sysctl .
366The type of object can be determined by examining the
367.Va type
368element of
369.Va struct io_sysctl .
370Which can be
371.Dv IOSTAT_DISK
372(disk drive),
373.Dv IOSTAT_TAPE
374(tape drive), or
375.Dv IOSTAT_NFS
376(NFS mount).
377.It Li HW_MACHINE
378The machine class.
379.It Li HW_MACHINE_ARCH
380The machine CPU class.
381.It Li HW_MODEL
382The machine model.
383.It Li HW_NCPU
384The number of CPUs.
385.ne 1i
386.It Li HW_PAGESIZE
387The software page size.
388.It Li HW_PHYSMEM
389The bytes of physical memory as a 32-bit integer.
390.It Li HW_PHYSMEM64
391The bytes of physical memory as a 64-bit integer.
392.It Li HW_USERMEM
393The bytes of non-kernel memory as a 32-bit integer.
394.It Li HW_USERMEM64
395The bytes of non-kernel memory as a 64-bit integer.
396.El
397.Sh CTL_KERN
398The string and integer information available for the CTL_KERN level
399is detailed below.
400The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
401privilege may change the value.
402The types of data currently available are process information,
403system vnodes, the open file entries, routing table entries,
404virtual memory statistics, load average history, and clock rate
405information.
406.Bl -column "KERNXPOSIXXREADERXWRITERXLOCKS" "struct clockrateXXX" -offset indent
407.It Sy Second level name	Type	Changeable
408.It KERN\_ARGMAX	integer	no
409.It KERN\_AUTONICETIME	integer	yes
410.It KERN\_AUTONICEVAL	integer	yes
411.It KERN\_BOOTTIME	struct timeval	no
412.It KERN\_BUFQ	node	not applicable
413.It KERN\_CCPU	integer	no
414.It KERN\_CLOCKRATE	struct clockinfo	no
415.It KERN\_CONSDEV	integer	no
416.It KERN\_CP\_ID	struct	no
417.It KERN\_CP\_TIME	uint64_t[\|]	no
418.It KERN\_DEFCORENAME	string	yes
419.It KERN\_DOMAINNAME	string	yes
420.It KERN\_DRIVERS	struct kinfo_drivers	no
421.It KERN\_FILE	struct file	no
422.It KERN\_FORKFSLEEP	integer	yes
423.It KERN\_FSCALE	integer	no
424.It KERN\_FSYNC	integer	no
425.It KERN\_HARDCLOCK\_TICKS	integer	no
426.It KERN\_HOSTID	integer	yes
427.It KERN\_HOSTNAME	string	yes
428.It KERN\_IOV\_MAX	integer	no
429.It KERN\_JOB\_CONTROL	integer	no
430.It KERN\_LABELOFFSET	integer	no
431.It KERN\_LABELSECTOR	integer	no
432.It KERN\_LOGIN\_NAME\_MAX	integer	no
433.It KERN\_LOGSIGEXIT	integer	yes
434.It KERN\_MAPPED\_FILES	integer	no
435.It KERN\_MAXFILES	integer	yes
436.It KERN\_MAXPARTITIONS	integer	no
437.It KERN\_MAXPHYS	integer	no
438.It KERN\_MAXPROC	integer	yes
439.It KERN\_MAXPTYS	integer	yes
440.It KERN\_MAXVNODES	integer	yes
441.It KERN\_MBUF	node	not applicable
442.It KERN\_MEMLOCK	integer	no
443.It KERN\_MEMLOCK\_RANGE	integer	no
444.It KERN\_MEMORY\_PROTECTION	integer	no
445.It KERN\_MONOTONIC\_CLOCK	integer	no
446.It KERN\_MSGBUF	integer	no
447.It KERN\_MSGBUFSIZE	integer	no
448.It KERN\_NGROUPS	integer	no
449.It KERN\_NTPTIME	struct ntptimeval	no
450.It KERN\_OSRELEASE	string	no
451.It KERN\_OSREV	integer	no
452.It KERN\_OSTYPE	string	no
453.It KERN\_PIPE	node	not applicable
454.It KERN\_POSIX1	integer	no
455.It KERN\_POSIX\_BARRIERS	integer	no
456.It KERN\_POSIX\_READER\_WRITER\_LOCKS	integer	no
457.It KERN\_POSIX\_SEMAPHORES	integer	no
458.It KERN\_POSIX\_SPIN\_LOCKS	integer	no
459.It KERN\_POSIX\_THREADS	integer	no
460.It KERN\_POSIX\_TIMERS	integer	no
461.It KERN\_PROC	struct kinfo_proc	no
462.It KERN\_PROC2	struct kinfo_proc2	no
463.It KERN\_PROC\_ARGS	string	no
464.It KERN\_PROF	node	not applicable
465.It KERN\_RAWPARTITION	integer	no
466.It KERN\_ROOT\_DEVICE	string	no
467.It KERN\_ROOT\_PARTITION	integer	no
468.It KERN\_RTC\_OFFSET	integer	yes
469.It KERN\_SAVED\_IDS	integer	no
470.It KERN\_SECURELVL	integer	raise only
471.It KERN\_SYNCHRONIZED\_IO	integer	no
472.It KERN\_SYSVIPC\_INFO	node	not applicable
473.It KERN\_SYSVMSG	integer	no
474.It KERN\_SYSVSEM	integer	no
475.It KERN\_SYSVSHM	integer	no
476.It KERN\_TIMEX	struct	no
477.It KERN\_TKSTAT	node	not applicable
478.It KERN\_URANDOM	integer	no
479.It KERN\_VERIEXEC	node	not applicable
480.It KERN\_VERSION	string	no
481.It KERN\_VNODE	struct vnode	no
482.El
483.ne 1i
484.Pp
485.Bl -tag -width "123456"
486.It Li KERN_ARGMAX
487The maximum bytes of argument to
488.Xr execve 2 .
489.It Li KERN_AUTONICETIME
490The number of seconds of CPU-time a non-root process may accumulate before
491having its priority lowered from the default to the value of KERN_AUTONICEVAL.
492If set to 0, automatic lowering of priority is not performed, and if set to \-1
493all non-root processes are immediately lowered.
494.It Li KERN_AUTONICEVAL
495The priority assigned for automatically niced processes.
496.It Li KERN_BOOTTIME
497A
498.Va struct timeval
499structure is returned.
500This structure contains the time that the system was booted.
501.It Li KERN_CCPU
502The scheduler exponential decay value.
503.It Li KERN_CLOCKRATE
504A
505.Va struct clockinfo
506structure is returned.
507This structure contains the clock, statistics clock and profiling clock
508frequencies, the number of micro-seconds per hz tick, and the clock
509skew rate.
510.It Li KERN_CONSDEV
511Console device.
512.It Li KERN_CP_ID
513Mapping of CPU number to CPU id.
514.It Li KERN_CP_TIME
515Returns an array of CPUSTATES uint64_ts.
516This array contains the
517number of clock ticks spent in different CPU states.
518On multi-processor systems, the sum across all CPUs is returned unless
519appropriate space is given for one data set for each CPU.
520Data for a specific CPU can also be obtained by adding the number of the
521CPU at the end of the MIB, enlarging it by one.
522.It Li KERN_DEFCORENAME
523Default template for the name of core dump files (see also PROC_PID_CORENAME
524in the per-process variables CTL_PROC, and
525.Xr core 5
526for format of this template).
527The default value is
528.Nm %n.core
529and can be changed with the kernel configuration option
530.Cd options DEFCORENAME
531(see
532.Xr options 4
533).
534.It Li KERN_DOMAINNAME
535Get or set the YP domain name.
536.It Li KERN_DUMP_ON_PANIC
537Perform a crash dump on system panic.
538.It Li KERN_DRIVERS
539Return an array of
540.Va struct kinfo_drivers
541that contains the name and major device numbers of all the device drivers
542in the current kernel.
543The
544.Va d_name
545field is always a NUL terminated string.
546The
547.Va d_bmajor
548field will be set to \-1 if the driver doesn't have a block device.
549.It Li KERN_FILE
550Return the entire file table.
551The returned data consists of a single
552.Va struct filelist
553followed by an array of
554.Va struct file ,
555whose size depends on the current number of such objects in the system.
556.It Li KERN_FORKFSLEEP
557If
558.Xr fork 2
559system call fails due to limit on number of processes (either
560the global maxproc limit or user's one), wait for this many
561milliseconds before returning
562.Er EAGAIN
563error to process.
564Useful to keep heavily forking runaway processes in bay.
565Default zero (no sleep).
566Maximum is 20 seconds.
567.It Li KERN_FSCALE
568The kernel fixed-point scale factor.
569.It Li KERN_FSYNC
570Return 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b File Synchronization Option is available
571on this system,
572otherwise 0.
573.It Li KERN_HARDCLOCK_TICKS
574Returns the number of
575.Xr hardclock 9
576ticks.
577.It Li KERN_HOSTID
578Get or set the host id.
579.It Li KERN_HOSTNAME
580Get or set the hostname.
581.It Li KERN_IOV_MAX
582Return the maximum number of
583.Va iovec
584structures that a process has available for use with
585.Xr preadv 2 ,
586.Xr pwritev 2 ,
587.Xr readv 2 ,
588.Xr recvmsg 2 ,
589.Xr sendmsg 2
590and
591.Xr writev 2 .
592.It Li KERN_JOB_CONTROL
593Return 1 if job control is available on this system, otherwise 0.
594.It Li KERN_LABELOFFSET
595The offset within the sector specified by KERN_LABELSECTOR of the
596.Xr disklabel 5 .
597.It Li KERN_LABELSECTOR
598The sector number containing the
599.Xr disklabel 5 .
600.It Li KERN_LOGIN_NAME_MAX
601The size of the storage required for a login name, in bytes,
602including the terminating NUL.
603.It Li KERN_LOGSIGEXIT
604If this flag is non-zero, the kernel will
605.Xr log 9
606all process exits due to signals which create a
607.Xr core 5
608file, and whether the coredump was created.
609.It Li KERN_MAPPED_FILES
610Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Memory Mapped Files Option is available
611on this system,
612otherwise 0.
613.It Li KERN_MAXFILES
614The maximum number of open files that may be open in the system.
615.It Li KERN_MAXPARTITIONS
616The maximum number of partitions allowed per disk.
617.It Li KERN_MAXPHYS
618Maximum raw I/O transfer size.
619.It Li KERN_MAXPROC
620The maximum number of simultaneous processes the system will allow.
621.It Li KERN_MAXPTYS
622The maximum number of pseudo terminals.
623This value can be both raised and lowered, though it cannot
624be set lower than number of currently used ptys.
625See also
626.Xr pty 4 .
627.It Li KERN_MAXVNODES
628The maximum number of vnodes available on the system.
629This can only be raised.
630.It Li KERN_MBUF
631Return information about the mbuf control variables.
632the third level names for the mbuf variables are detailed below.
633The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
634privilege may change the value.
635.Bl -column "MBUFXNMBCLUSTERSXXX" "struct integerXXX" -offset indent
636.It Sy Third level name	Type	Changeable
637.It MBUF\_MBLOWAT	integer	yes
638.It MBUF\_MCLBYTES	integer	yes
639.It MBUF\_MCLLOWAT	integer	yes
640.It MBUF\_MSIZE	integer	yes
641.It MBUF\_NMBCLUSTERS	integer	yes
642.El
643.Pp
644The variables are as follows:
645.Bl -tag -width "123456"
646.It Li MBUF_MBLOWAT
647The mbuf low water mark.
648.It Li MBUF_MCLBYTES
649The mbuf cluster size.
650.It Li MBUF_MCLLOWAT
651The mbuf cluster low water mark.
652.It Li MBUF_MSIZE
653The mbuf base size.
654.It Li MBUF_NMBCLUSTERS
655The limit on the number of mbuf clusters.
656The variable can only be increased, and only increased on machines with
657direct-mapped pool pages.
658.El
659.It Li KERN_MEMLOCK
660Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Process Memory Locking Option is available
661on this system,
662otherwise 0.
663.It Li KERN_MEMLOCK_RANGE
664Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Range Memory Locking Option is available
665on this system,
666otherwise 0.
667.It Li KERN_MEMORY_PROTECTION
668Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Memory Protection Option is available
669on this system,
670otherwise 0.
671.It Li KERN_MONOTONIC_CLOCK
672Returns the standard version the implementation of the POSIX 1003.1b
673Monotonic Clock Option conforms to,
674otherwise 0.
675.It Li KERN_MSGBUF
676The kernel message buffer, rotated so that the head of the circular kernel
677message buffer is returned at the start of the buffer specified by
678.Fa oldp .
679The returned data may contain NUL bytes.
680.It Li KERN_MSGBUFSIZE
681The maximum number of characters that the kernel message buffer can hold.
682.It Li KERN_NGROUPS
683The maximum number of supplemental groups.
684.It Li KERN_NTPTIME
685A
686.Va struct ntptimeval
687structure is returned.
688This structure contains data used by the
689.Xr ntpd 8
690program.
691.It Li KERN_OSRELEASE
692The system release string.
693.It Li KERN_OSREV
694The system revision string.
695.It Li KERN_OSTYPE
696The system type string.
697.It Li KERN_PIPE
698Pipe settings.
699The third level names for the  integer pipe settings is detailed below.
700The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
701privilege may change the value.
702.Bl -column "KERNXPIPEXFOOXXX" "integerXXX" -offset indent
703.It Sy Third level name Type    Changeable
704.It KERN\_PIPE\_KVASIZ	integer	yes
705.It KERN\_PIPE\_MAXBIGPIPES	integer	yes
706.It KERN\_PIPE\_MAXKVASZ	integer	yes
707.It KERN\_PIPE\_LIMITKVA	integer	yes
708.It KERN\_PIPE\_NBIGPIPES	integer	yes
709.El
710.Pp
711The variables are as follows:
712.Bl -tag -width "123456"
713.It Li KERN_PIPE_KVASIZ
714Amount of kernel memory consumed by pipe buffers.
715.It Li KERN_PIPE_MAXBIGPIPES
716Maximum number of "big" pipes.
717.It Li KERN_PIPE_MAXKVASZ
718Maximum amount of kernel memory to be used for pipes.
719.It Li KERN_PIPE_LIMITKVA
720Limit for direct transfers via page loan.
721.It Li KERN_PIPE_NBIGPIPES
722Number of "big" pipes.
723.El
724.It Li KERN_POSIX1
725The version of ISO/IEC 9945 (POSIX 1003.1) with which the system
726attempts to comply.
727.It Li KERN_POSIX_BARRIERS
728The version of
729.St -p1003.1
730and its
731Barriers
732option to which the system attempts to conform,
733otherwise 0.
734.It Li KERN_POSIX_READER_WRITER_LOCKS
735The version of
736.St -p1003.1
737and its
738Read-Write Locks
739option to which the system attempts to conform,
740otherwise 0.
741.It Li KERN_POSIX_SEMAPHORES
742The version of
743.St -p1003.1
744and its
745Semaphores
746option to which the system attempts to conform,
747otherwise 0.
748.It Li KERN_POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS
749The version of
750.St -p1003.1
751and its
752Spin Locks
753option to which the system attempts to conform,
754otherwise 0.
755.It Li KERN_POSIX_THREADS
756The version of
757.St -p1003.1
758and its
759Threads
760option to which the system attempts to conform,
761otherwise 0.
762.It Li KERN_POSIX_TIMERS
763The version of
764.St -p1003.1
765and its
766Timers
767option to which the system attempts to conform,
768otherwise 0.
769.It Li KERN_PROC
770Return the entire process table, or a subset of it.
771An array of
772.Va struct kinfo_proc
773structures is returned,
774whose size depends on the current number of such objects in the system.
775The third and fourth level names are as follows:
776.Bl -column "Third level nameXXXXXX" "Fourth level is:XXXXXX" -offset indent
777.It Sy Third level name	Fourth level is:
778.It KERN\_PROC\_ALL	None
779.It KERN\_PROC\_GID	A group ID
780.It KERN\_PROC\_PID	A process ID
781.It KERN\_PROC\_PGRP	A process group
782.It KERN\_PROC\_RGID	A real group ID
783.It KERN\_PROC\_RUID	A real user ID
784.It KERN\_PROC\_SESSION	A session ID
785.It KERN\_PROC\_TTY	A tty device
786.It KERN\_PROC\_UID	A user ID
787.El
788.It Li KERN_PROC2
789As for KERN_PROC, but an array of
790.Va struct kinfo_proc2
791structures are returned.
792The fifth level name is the size of the
793.Va struct kinfo_proc2
794and the sixth level name is the number of structures to return.
795.It Li KERN_PROC_ARGS
796Return the argv or environment strings (or the number thereof)
797of a process.
798Multiple strings are returned separated by NUL characters.
799The third level name is the process ID.
800The fourth level name is as follows:
801.Bl -column "Third level nameXXXXXX" -offset indent
802.It KERN\_PROC\_ARGV	The argv strings
803.It KERN\_PROC\_ENV	The environ strings
804.It KERN\_PROC\_NARGV	The number of argv strings
805.It KERN\_PROC\_NENV	The number of environ strings
806.El
807.It Li KERN_PROF
808Return profiling information about the kernel.
809If the kernel is not compiled for profiling,
810attempts to retrieve any of the KERN_PROF values will
811fail with EOPNOTSUPP.
812The third level names for the string and integer profiling information
813is detailed below.
814The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
815privilege may change the value.
816.Bl -column "GPROFXGMONPARAMXXX" "struct gmonparamXXX" -offset indent
817.It Sy Third level name	Type	Changeable
818.It GPROF\_COUNT	u_short[\|]	yes
819.It GPROF\_FROMS	u_short[\|]	yes
820.It GPROF\_GMONPARAM	struct gmonparam	no
821.It GPROF\_STATE	integer	yes
822.It GPROF\_TOS	struct tostruct	yes
823.El
824.Pp
825The variables are as follows:
826.Bl -tag -width "123456"
827.It Li GPROF_COUNT
828Array of statistical program counter counts.
829.It Li GPROF_FROMS
830Array indexed by program counter of call-from points.
831.It Li GPROF_GMONPARAM
832Structure giving the sizes of the above arrays.
833.It Li GPROF_STATE
834Profiling state.
835If set to GMON_PROF_ON, starts profiling.
836If set to GMON_PROF_OFF, stops profiling.
837.It Li GPROF_TOS
838Array of
839.Va struct tostruct
840describing destination of calls and their counts.
841.El
842.It Li KERN_RAWPARTITION
843The raw partition of a disk (a == 0).
844.It Li KERN_ROOT_DEVICE
845The name of the root device (e.g.,
846.Dq wd0 ) .
847.It Li KERN_ROOT_PARTITION
848The root partition on the root device (a == 0).
849.It Li KERN_RTC_OFFSET
850Return the offset of real time clock from UTC in minutes.
851.It Li KERN_SAVED_IDS
852Returns 1 if saved set-group and saved set-user ID is available.
853.It Li KERN_SBMAX
854Maximum socket buffer size.
855.It Li KERN_SECURELVL
856The system security level.
857This level may be raised by processes with appropriate privilege.
858It may only be lowered by process 1.
859.It Li KERN_SOMAXKVA
860Maximum amount of kernel memory to be used for socket buffers.
861.It Li KERN_SYNCHRONIZED_IO
862Returns 1 if the POSIX 1003.1b Synchronized I/O Option is available
863on this system,
864otherwise 0.
865.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_INFO
866Return System V style IPC configuration and run-time information.
867The third level name selects the System V style IPC facility.
868.Bl -column "KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG_INFOXXX" "struct shm_sysctl_infoXXX" -offset indent
869.It Sy Third level name	Type
870.It KERN\_SYSVIPC\_MSG\_INFO	struct msg_sysctl_info
871.It KERN\_SYSVIPC\_SEM\_INFO	struct sem_sysctl_info
872.It KERN\_SYSVIPC\_SHM\_INFO	struct shm_sysctl_info
873.El
874.Pp
875.Bl -tag -width "123456"
876.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_MSG_INFO
877Return information on the System V style message facility.
878The
879.Sy msg_sysctl_info
880structure is defined in
881.Aq Pa sys/msg.h .
882.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_SEM_INFO
883Return information on the System V style semaphore facility.
884The
885.Sy sem_sysctl_info
886structure is defined in
887.Aq Pa sys/sem.h .
888.It Li KERN_SYSVIPC_SHM_INFO
889Return information on the System V style shared memory facility.
890The
891.Sy shm_sysctl_info
892structure is defined in
893.Aq Pa sys/shm.h .
894.El
895.It Li KERN_SYSVMSG
896Returns 1 if System V style message queue functionality is available
897on this system,
898otherwise 0.
899.It Li KERN_SYSVSEM
900Returns 1 if System V style semaphore functionality is available
901on this system,
902otherwise 0.
903.It Li KERN_SYSVSHM
904Returns 1 if System V style share memory functionality is available
905on this system,
906otherwise 0.
907.It Li KERN_TIMEX
908Not available.
909.It Li KERN_TKSTAT
910Return information about the number of characters sent and received
911on ttys.
912The third level names for the tty statistic variables are detailed below.
913The changeable column shows whether a process
914with appropriate privilege may change the value.
915.Bl -column "KERNXTKSTATXRAWCCXXX" "struct integerXXX" -offset indent
916.It Sy Third level name	Type	Changeable
917.It KERN\_TKSTAT\_CANCC	quad	no
918.It KERN\_TKSTAT\_NIN	quad	no
919.It KERN\_TKSTAT\_NOUT	quad	no
920.It KERN\_TKSTAT\_RAWCC	quad	no
921.El
922.Pp
923The variables are as follows:
924.Bl -tag -width "123456"
925.It Li KERN_TKSTAT_CANCC
926The number of canonical input characters.
927.It Li KERN_TKSTAT_NIN
928The total number of input characters.
929.It Li KERN_TKSTAT_NOUT
930The total number of output characters.
931.It Li KERN_TKSTAT_RAWCC
932The number of raw input characters.
933.El
934.It Li KERN_URND
935Random integer value.
936.It Li KERN_VERIEXEC
937Tunings for Verixec.
938Third level names for the Veriexec variables are detailed below.
939The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate privilege may
940change the value or only raise it.
941Only the superuser can modify these variables.
942.Bl -column "VERIEXECXALGORITHMSXXX" "struct integerXXX" -offset indent
943.It Sy Third level name	Type	Changeable
944.It VERIEXEC\_ALGORITHMS	string	no
945.It VERIEXEC\_COUNT	node	not applicable
946.It VERIEXEC\_STRICT	integer	raise only
947.It VERIEXEC\_VERBOSE	integer	yes
948.El
949.Pp
950The variables are as follows:
951.Bl -tag -width "123456"
952.It Li VERIEXEC_ALGORITHMS
953Returns a string with the supported algorithms in Veriexec.
954.It Li VERIEXEC_COUNT
955Sub-nodes are added to this node as new mounts are monitored by Veriexec.
956Each mount will be under its own
957.No tableN
958node.
959Under each node there will be three variables, indicating the mount
960point, the file-system type, and the number of entries.
961.It Li VERIEXEC_STRICT
962Controls the strict level of Veriexec.
963The strict level defines how Veriexec will treat various situations.
964.Pp
965In strict level 0, the system is in learning mode and will only warn about
966fingerprint mismatches, as well as allow removal of fingerprinted files.
967It is the only level where fingerprints can be loaded.
968.Pp
969In strict level 1, the system is in IDS mode.
970It will deny access to files with mismatched fingerprints.
971Write access to monitored files will be permitted, but once modified, further
972access to them will be denied.
973Monitored files cannot be removed.
974If a disk will be opened for raw writing, Veriexec will invalidate all
975fingerprints on that disk, if it is monitored.
976.Pp
977In strict level 2, the system is in IPS mode.
978It has all effects of
979strict level 1, plus it will deny write access to monitored files and enforce
980access type (direct, indirect, file).
981Execution of non-monitored files is denied.
982Opening of raw disks for writing will be denied if the disk is monitored.
983Attempts to write to kernel memory, either via
984.Pa /dev/mem
985or
986.Pa /dev/kmem ,
987will be denied to protect Veriexec's internal data-structures.
988.Pp
989Strict level 3 operates as lockdown mode.
990It will have all effects of
991strict level 2, but it will also prevent access to non-monitored files.
992Furthermore, it will prevent addition of new files to the system, and
993allow writing only to files opened before the strict level was raised.
994All attempts to open a disk for raw writing will be denied.
995.It Li VERIEXEC_VERBOSE
996Controls the verbosity level of Veriexec.
997If 0, only the minimal
998indication required will be given about what's happening - fingerprint
999mismatches, removal of entries from the tables, modification of a
1000fingerprinted file.
1001If 1, more messages will be printed (ie., when a file with a valid
1002fingerprint is accessed).
1003Verbose level 2 is debug mode.
1004.El
1005.It Li KERN_VERSION
1006The system version string.
1007.It Li KERN_VNODE
1008Return the entire vnode table.
1009Note, the vnode table is not necessarily a consistent snapshot of
1010the system.
1011The returned data consists of an array whose size depends on the
1012current number of such objects in the system.
1013Each element of the array contains the kernel address of a vnode
1014.Va struct vnode *
1015followed by the vnode itself
1016.Va struct vnode .
1017.It Li kern.coredump.setid
1018Settings related to set-id processes coredumps.
1019By default, set-id processes do not dump core in situations where
1020other processes would.
1021The settings in this node allows an administrator to change this
1022behavior.
1023.Pp
1024.Bl -tag -width "123456"
1025.It Li kern.coredump.setid.dump
1026If non-zero, set-id processes will dump core.
1027.It Li kern.coredump.setid.group
1028The group-id for the set-id processes' coredump.
1029.It Li kern.coredump.setid.mode
1030The mode for the set-id processes' coredump.
1031See
1032.Xr chmod 1 .
1033.It Li kern.coredump.setid.owner
1034The user-id that will be used as the owner of the set-id processes'
1035coredump.
1036.It Li kern.coredump.setid.path
1037The path to which set-id processes' coredumps will be saved to.
1038Same syntax as kern.defcorename.
1039.El
1040.El
1041.Sh CTL_MACHDEP
1042The set of variables defined is architecture dependent.
1043Most architectures define at least the following variables.
1044.Bl -column "CONSOLE_DEVICEXXX" "integerXXX" -offset indent
1045.It Sy Second level name	Type	Changeable
1046.It Li CPU_CONSDEV	dev_t	no
1047.El
1048.Sh CTL_NET
1049The string and integer information available for the CTL_NET level
1050is detailed below.
1051The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
1052privilege may change the value.
1053The second and third levels are typically the protocol family and
1054protocol number, though this is not always the case.
1055.Bl -column "Second level nameXXXXXX" "routing messagesXXX" -offset indent
1056.It Sy Second level name	Type	Changeable
1057.It PF\_ROUTE	routing messages	no
1058.It PF\_INET	IPv4 values	yes
1059.It PF\_INET6	IPv6 values	yes
1060.It PF\_KEY	IPsec key management values	yes
1061.El
1062.Pp
1063.Bl -tag -width "123456"
1064.It Li PF_ROUTE
1065Return the entire routing table or a subset of it.
1066The data is returned as a sequence of routing messages (see
1067.Xr route 4
1068for the header file, format and meaning).
1069The length of each message is contained in the message header.
1070.Pp
1071The third level name is a protocol number, which is currently always 0.
1072The fourth level name is an address family, which may be set to 0 to
1073select all address families.
1074The fifth and sixth level names are as follows:
1075.Bl -column "Fifth level nameXXXXXX" "Sixth level is:XXX" -offset indent
1076.It Sy Fifth level name	Sixth level is:
1077.It NET\_RT\_FLAGS	rtflags
1078.It NET\_RT\_DUMP	None
1079.It NET\_RT\_IFLIST	None
1080.El
1081.It Li PF_INET
1082Get or set various global information about the IPv4
1083.Pq Internet Protocol version 4 .
1084The third level name is the protocol.
1085The fourth level name is the variable name.
1086The currently defined protocols and names are:
1087.Bl -column "Protocol name" "Variable nameXX" "integer" "yes" -offset indent
1088.It Sy Protocol name	Variable name	Type	Changeable
1089.It arp	down	integer	yes
1090.It arp	keep	integer	yes
1091.It arp	prune	integer	yes
1092.It arp	refresh	integer	yes
1093.It carp	allow	integer yes
1094.It carp	preempt	integer yes
1095.It carp	log	integer yes
1096.It carp	arpbalance	integer yes
1097.It icmp	errppslimit	integer	yes
1098.It icmp	maskrepl	integer	yes
1099.It icmp	rediraccept	integer	yes
1100.It icmp	redirtimeout	integer	yes
1101.It ip	allowsrcrt	integer	yes
1102.It ip	anonportmax	integer	yes
1103.It ip	anonportmin	integer	yes
1104.It ip	checkinterface	integer	yes
1105.It ip	directed-broadcast	integer	yes
1106.It ip	do_loopback_cksum	integer	yes
1107.It ip	forwarding	integer	yes
1108.It ip	forwsrcrt	integer	yes
1109.It ip	gifttl	integer	yes
1110.It ip	grettl	integer	yes
1111.It ip	hostzerobroadcast	integer	yes
1112.It ip	lowportmin	integer	yes
1113.It ip	lowportmax	integer	yes
1114.It ip	maxflows	integer	yes
1115.It ip	maxfragpackets	integer	yes
1116.It ip	mtudisc	integer	yes
1117.It ip	mtudisctimeout	integer	yes
1118.It ip	random_id	integer	yes
1119.It ip	redirect	integer	yes
1120.It ip	subnetsarelocal	integer	yes
1121.It ip	ttl	integer	yes
1122.It tcp	rfc1323	integer	yes
1123.It tcp	sendspace	integer	yes
1124.It tcp	recvspace	integer	yes
1125.It tcp	mssdflt	integer	yes
1126.It tcp	syn_cache_limit	integer	yes
1127.It tcp	syn_bucket_limit	integer	yes
1128.It tcp	syn_cache_interval	integer	yes
1129.It tcp	init_win	integer	yes
1130.It tcp	init_win_local	integer	yes
1131.It tcp	mss_ifmtu	integer	yes
1132.It tcp	win_scale	integer	yes
1133.It tcp	timestamps	integer	yes
1134.It tcp	compat_42	integer	yes
1135.It tcp	cwm	integer	yes
1136.It tcp	cwm_burstsize	integer	yes
1137.It tcp	ack_on_push	integer	yes
1138.It tcp	keepidle	integer	yes
1139.It tcp	keepintvl	integer	yes
1140.It tcp	keepcnt	integer	yes
1141.It tcp	slowhz	integer	no
1142.It tcp	log_refused	integer	yes
1143.It tcp	rstppslimit	integer	yes
1144.It tcp	ident	struct	no
1145.It tcp	sack.enable	integer	yes
1146.It tcp sack.globalholes	integer	no
1147.It tcp	sack.globalmaxholes	integer	yes
1148.It tcp	sack.maxholes	integer	yes
1149.It tcp	ecn.enable	integer	yes
1150.It tcp	ecn.maxretries	integer	yes
1151.It tcp	congctl.selected	string	yes
1152.It tcp	congctl.available	string	yes
1153.It udp	checksum	integer	yes
1154.It udp	do_loopback_cksum	integer	yes
1155.It udp	recvspace	integer	yes
1156.It udp	sendspace	integer	yes
1157.El
1158.Pp
1159The variables are as follows:
1160.Bl -tag -width "123456"
1161.It Li arp.down
1162Failed ARP entry lifetime.
1163.It Li arp.keep
1164Valid ARP entry lifetime.
1165.It Li arp.prune
1166ARP cache pruning interval.
1167.It Li arp.refresh
1168ARP entry refresh interval.
1169.It Li carp.allow
1170If set to 0, incoming
1171.Xr carp 4
1172packets will not be processed.
1173If set to any other value, processing will occur.
1174Enabled by default.
1175.It Li carp.arpbalance
1176If set to any value other than 0, the ARP balancing functionality of
1177.Xr carp 4
1178is enabled.
1179When ARP requests are received for an IP address which is part of any virtual
1180host, carp will hash the source IP in the ARP request to select one of the
1181virtual hosts from the set of all the virtual hosts which have that IP address.
1182The master of that host will respond with the correct virtual MAC address.
1183Disabled by default.
1184.It Li carp.log
1185If set to any value other than 0,
1186.Xr carp 4
1187will log errors.
1188Disabled by default.
1189.It Li carp.preempt
1190If set to 0,
1191.Xr carp 4
1192will not attempt to become master if it is receiving advertisements from
1193another active master.
1194If set to any other value, carp will become master of the virtual host if it
1195believes it can send advertisements more frequently than the current master.
1196Disabled by default.
1197.It Li ip.allowsrcrt
1198If set to 1, the host accepts source routed packets.
1199.It Li ip.anonportmax
1200The highest port number to use for TCP and UDP ephemeral port allocation.
1201This cannot be set to less than 1024 or greater than 65535, and must
1202be greater than
1203.Li ip.anonportmin .
1204.It Li ip.anonportmin
1205The lowest port number to use for TCP and UDP ephemeral port allocation.
1206This cannot be set to less than 1024 or greater than 65535.
1207.It Li ip.checkinterface
1208If set to non-zero, the host will reject packets addressed to it
1209that arrive on an interface not bound to that address.
1210Currently, this must be disabled if ipnat is used to translate the
1211destination address to another local interface, or if addresses
1212are added to the loopback interface instead of the interface where
1213the packets for those packets are received.
1214.It Li ip.directed-broadcast
1215If set to 1, enables directed broadcast behavior for the host.
1216.It Li ip.do_loopback_cksum
1217Perform IP checksum on loopback.
1218.It Li ip.forwarding
1219If set to 1, enables IP forwarding for the host,
1220meaning that the host is acting as a router.
1221.It Li ip.forwsrcrt
1222If set to 1, enables forwarding of source-routed packets for the host.
1223This value may only be changed if the kernel security level is less than 1.
1224.It Li ip.gifttl
1225The maximum time-to-live (hop count) value for an IPv4 packet generated by
1226.Xr gif 4
1227tunnel interface.
1228.It Li ip.grettl
1229The maximum time-to-live (hop count) value for an IPv4 packet generated by
1230.Xr gre 4
1231tunnel interface.
1232.It Li ip.hostzerobroadcast
1233All zeroes address is broadcast address.
1234.It Li ip.lowportmax
1235The highest port number to use for TCP and UDP reserved port allocation.
1236This cannot be set to less than 0 or greater than 1024, and must
1237be greater than
1238.Li ip.lowportmin .
1239.It Li ip.lowportmin
1240The lowest port number to use for TCP and UDP reserved port allocation.
1241This cannot be set to less than 0 or greater than 1024, and must
1242be smaller than
1243.Li ip.lowportmax .
1244.It Li ip.maxflows
1245IP Fast Forwarding is enabled by default.
1246If set to 0, IP Fast Forwarding is disabled.
1247.Li ip.maxflows
1248controls the maximum amount of flows which can be created.
1249The default value is 256.
1250.It Li ip.maxfragpackets
1251The maximum number of fragmented packets the node will accept.
12520 means that the node will not accept any fragmented packets.
1253\-1 means that the node will accept as many fragmented packets as it receives.
1254The flag is provided basically for avoiding possible DoS attacks.
1255.It Li ip.mtudisc
1256If set to 1, enables Path MTU Discovery (RFC 1191).
1257When Path MTU Discovery is enabled, the transmitted TCP segment
1258size will be determined by the advertised maximum segment size
1259(MSS) from the remote end, as constrained by the path MTU.
1260If MTU Discovery is disabled, the transmitted segment size will
1261never be greater than
1262.Li tcp.mssdflt
1263(the local maximum segment size).
1264.It Li ip.mtudisctimeout
1265The number of seconds in which a route added by the Path MTU
1266Discovery engine will time out.
1267When the route times out, the Path
1268MTU Discovery engine will attempt to probe a larger path MTU.
1269.It Li ip.random_id
1270Assign random ip_id values.
1271.It Li ip.redirect
1272If set to 1, ICMP redirects may be sent by the host.
1273This option is ignored unless the host is routing IP packets,
1274and should normally be enabled on all systems.
1275.It Li ip.subnetsarelocal
1276If set to 1, subnets are to be considered local addresses.
1277.It Li ip.ttl
1278The maximum time-to-live (hop count) value for an IP packet sourced by
1279the system.
1280This value applies to normal transport protocols, not to ICMP.
1281.It Li icmp.errppslimit
1282The variable specifies the maximum number of outgoing ICMP error messages,
1283per second.
1284ICMP error messages that exceeded the value are subject to rate limitation
1285and will not go out from the node.
1286Negative value disables rate limitation.
1287.It Li icmp.maskrepl
1288If set to 1, ICMP network mask requests are to be answered.
1289.It Li icmp.rediraccept
1290If set to non-zero, the host will accept ICMP redirect packets.
1291Note that routers will never accept ICMP redirect packets,
1292and the variable is meaningful on IP hosts only.
1293.It Li icmp.redirtimeout
1294The variable specifies lifetime of routing entries generated by incoming
1295ICMP redirect.
1296This defaults to 600 seconds.
1297.It Li icmp.returndatabytes
1298Number of bytes to return in an ICMP error message.
1299.It Li tcp.ack_on_push
1300If set to 1, TCP is to immediately transmit an ACK upon reception of
1301a packet with PUSH set.
1302This can avoid losing a round trip time in some rare situations,
1303but has the caveat of potentially defeating TCP's delayed ACK algorithm.
1304Use of this option is generally not recommended, but
1305the variable exists in case your configuration really needs it.
1306.It Li tcp.compat_42
1307If set to 1, enables work-arounds for bugs in the 4.2BSD TCP implementation.
1308Use of this option is not recommended, although it may be
1309required in order to communicate with extremely old TCP implementations.
1310.It Li tcp.cwm
1311If set to 1, enables use of the Hughes/Touch/Heidemann Congestion Window
1312Monitoring algorithm.
1313This algorithm prevents line-rate bursts of packets that could
1314otherwise occur when data begins flowing on an idle TCP connection.
1315These line-rate bursts can contribute to network and router congestion.
1316This can be particularly useful on World Wide Web servers
1317which support HTTP/1.1, which has lingering connections.
1318.It Li tcp.cwm_burstsize
1319The Congestion Window Monitoring allowed burst size, in terms
1320of packet count.
1321.It Li tcp.delack_ticks
1322Number of ticks to delay sending an ACK.
1323.It Li tcp.do_loopback_cksum
1324Perform TCP checksum on loopback.
1325.It Li tcp.init_win
1326A value indicating the TCP initial congestion window.
1327If this value is 0, an auto-tuning algorithm designed to use an initial
1328window of approximately 4K bytes is in use.
1329Otherwise, this value indicates a fixed number of packets.
1330.It Li tcp.init_win_local
1331Like
1332.Li tcp.init_win ,
1333but used when communicating with hosts on a local network.
1334.It Li tcp.keepcnt
1335Number of keepalive probes sent before declaring a connection dead.
1336If set to zero, there is no limit;
1337keepalives will be sent until some kind of
1338response is received from the peer.
1339.It Li tcp.keepidle
1340Time a connection must be idle before keepalives are sent (if keepalives
1341are enabled for the connection).
1342See also tcp.slowhz.
1343.It Li tcp.keepintvl
1344Time after a keepalive probe is sent until, in the absence of any response,
1345another probe is sent.
1346See also tcp.slowhz.
1347.It Li tcp.log_refused
1348If set to 1, refused TCP connections to the host will be logged.
1349.It Li tcp.mss_ifmtu
1350If set to 1, TCP calculates the outgoing maximum segment size based on
1351the MTU of the appropriate interface.
1352If set to 0, it is calculated based on the greater of the MTU of the
1353interface, and the largest (non-loopback) interface MTU on the system.
1354.It Li tcp.mssdflt
1355The default maximum segment size both advertised to the peer
1356and to use when either the peer does not advertise a maximum segment size to
1357us during connection setup or Path MTU Discovery
1358.Li ( ip.mtudisc )
1359is disabled.
1360Do not change this value unless you really know what you are doing.
1361.It Li tcp.newreno
1362If set to 1, enables the use of J.
1363Hoe's NewReno congestion control algorithm.
1364This algorithm improves the start-up behavior of TCP connections.
1365.It Li tcp.recvspace
1366The default TCP receive buffer size.
1367.It Li tcp.rfc1323
1368If set to 1, enables RFC 1323 extensions to TCP.
1369.It Li tcp.rstppslimit
1370The variable specifies the maximum number of outgoing TCP RST packets,
1371per second.
1372TCP RST packet that exceeded the value are subject to rate limitation
1373and will not go out from the node.
1374Negative value disables rate limitation.
1375.It Li tcp.sack.enable
1376If set to 1, enables RFC 2018 Selective ACKnowledgement.
1377.It Li tcp.sack.globalholes
1378Global number of TCP SACK holes.
1379.It Li tcp.sack.globalmaxholes
1380Global maximum number of TCP SACK holes.
1381.It Li tcp.sack.maxholes
1382Maximum number of TCP SACK holes allowed per connection.
1383.It Li tcp.ecn.enable
1384If set to 1, enables RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification.
1385.It Li tcp.ecn.maxretries
1386Number of times to retry sending the ECN-setup packet.
1387.It Li tcp.sendspace
1388The default TCP send buffer size.
1389.It Li tcp.slowhz
1390The units for tcp.keepidle and tcp.keepintvl; those variables are in ticks
1391of a clock that ticks tcp.slowhz times per second.
1392(That is, their values
1393must be divided by the tcp.slowhz value to get times in seconds.)
1394.It Li tcp.syn_bucket_limit
1395The maximum number of entries allowed per hash bucket in the TCP
1396compressed state engine.
1397.It Li tcp.syn_cache_limit
1398The maximum number of entries allowed in the TCP compressed state
1399engine.
1400.It Li tcp.timestamps
1401If rfc1323 is enabled, a value of 1 indicates RFC 1323 time stamp options,
1402used for measuring TCP round trip times, are enabled.
1403.It Li tcp.win_scale
1404If rfc1323 is enabled, a value of 1 indicates RFC 1323 window scale options,
1405for increasing the TCP window size, are enabled.
1406.It Li tcp.congctl.available
1407The available TCP congestion control algorithms.
1408.It Li tcp.congctl.selected
1409The currently selected TCP congestion control algorithm.
1410.It Li udp.checksum
1411If set to 1, UDP checksums are being computed.
1412Received non-zero UDP checksums are always checked.
1413Disabling UDP checksums is strongly discouraged.
1414.It Li udp.sendspace
1415The default UDP send buffer size.
1416.It Li udp.recvspace
1417The default UDP receive buffer size.
1418.El
1419.Pp
1420For variables net.*.ipsec, please refer to
1421.Xr ipsec 4 .
1422.It Li PF_INET6
1423Get or set various global information about the IPv6
1424.Pq Internet Protocol version 6 .
1425The third level name is the protocol.
1426The fourth level name is the variable name.
1427The currently defined protocols and names are:
1428.Bl -column "Protocol name" "Variable nameXX" "integer" "yes" -offset indent
1429.It Sy Protocol name	Variable name	Type	Changeable
1430.It icmp6	errppslimit	integer	yes
1431.It icmp6	mtudisc_hiwat	integer	yes
1432.It icmp6	mtudisc_lowat	integer	yes
1433.It icmp6	nd6_debug	integer	yes
1434.It icmp6	nd6_delay	integer	yes
1435.It icmp6	nd6_maxnudhint	integer	yes
1436.It icmp6	nd6_mmaxtries	integer	yes
1437.It icmp6	nd6_prune	integer	yes
1438.It icmp6	nd6_umaxtries	integer	yes
1439.It icmp6	nd6_useloopback	integer	yes
1440.It icmp6	nodeinfo	integer	yes
1441.It icmp6	rediraccept	integer	yes
1442.It icmp6	redirtimeout	integer	yes
1443.It ip6	accept_rtadv	integer	yes
1444.It ip6	anonportmax	integer	yes
1445.It ip6	anonportmin	integer	yes
1446.It ip6	auto_flowlabel	integer	yes
1447.It ip6	dad_count	integer	yes
1448.It ip6	defmcasthlim	integer	yes
1449.It ip6	forwarding	integer	yes
1450.It ip6	gifhlim	integer	yes
1451.It ip6	hlim	integer	yes
1452.It ip6	hdrnestlimit	integer	yes
1453.It ip6	kame_version	string	no
1454.It ip6	keepfaith	integer	yes
1455.It ip6	log_interval	integer	yes
1456.It ip6	lowportmax	integer	yes
1457.It ip6	lowportmin	integer	yes
1458.It ip6	maxfragpackets	integer	yes
1459.It ip6	maxfrags	integer	yes
1460.It ip6	redirect	integer	yes
1461.It ip6	rr_prune	integer	yes
1462.It ip6	use_deprecated	integer	yes
1463.It ip6	v6only	integer	yes
1464.It udp6	do_loopback_cksum	integer	yes
1465.It udp6	recvspace	integer	yes
1466.It udp6	sendspace	integer	yes
1467.El
1468.Pp
1469The variables are as follows:
1470.Bl -tag -width "123456"
1471.It Li ip6.accept_rtadv
1472If set to non-zero, the node will accept ICMPv6 router advertisement packets
1473and autoconfigures address prefixes and default routers.
1474The node must be a host
1475.Pq not a router
1476for the option to be meaningful.
1477.It Li ip6.anonportmax
1478The highest port number to use for TCP and UDP ephemeral port allocation.
1479This cannot be set to less than 1024 or greater than 65535, and must
1480be greater than
1481.Li ip6.anonportmin .
1482.It Li ip6.anonportmin
1483The lowest port number to use for TCP and UDP ephemeral port allocation.
1484This cannot be set to less than 1024 or greater than 65535.
1485.It Li ip6.auto_flowlabel
1486On connected transport protocol packets,
1487fill IPv6 flowlabel field to help intermediate routers to identify packet flows.
1488.It Li ip6.dad_count
1489The variable configures number of IPv6 DAD
1490.Pq duplicated address detection
1491probe packets.
1492The packets will be generated when IPv6 interface addresses are configured.
1493.It Li ip6.defmcasthlim
1494The default hop limit value for an IPv6 multicast packet sourced by the node.
1495This value applies to all the transport protocols on top of IPv6.
1496There are APIs to override the value, as documented in
1497.Xr ip6 4 .
1498.It Li ip6.forwarding
1499If set to 1, enables IPv6 forwarding for the node,
1500meaning that the node is acting as a router.
1501If set to 0, disables IPv6 forwarding for the node,
1502meaning that the node is acting as a host.
1503IPv6 specification defines node behavior for
1504.Dq router
1505case and
1506.Dq host
1507case quite differently, and changing this variable during operation
1508may cause serious trouble.
1509It is recommended to configure the variable at bootstrap time,
1510and bootstrap time only.
1511.It Li ip6.gifhlim
1512The maximum hop limit value for an IPv6 packet generated by
1513.Xr gif 4
1514tunnel interface.
1515.It Li ip6.hdrnestlimit
1516The number of IPv6 extension headers permitted on incoming IPv6 packets.
1517If set to 0, the node will accept as many extension headers as possible.
1518.It Li ip6.hlim
1519The default hop limit value for an IPv6 unicast packet sourced by the node.
1520This value applies to all the transport protocols on top of IPv6.
1521There are APIs to override the value, as documented in
1522.Xr ip6 4 .
1523.It Li ip6.kame_version
1524The string identifies the version of KAME IPv6 stack implemented in the kernel.
1525.It Li ip6.keepfaith
1526If set to non-zero, it enables
1527.Dq FAITH
1528TCP relay IPv6-to-IPv4 translator code in the kernel.
1529Refer
1530.Xr faith 4
1531and
1532.Xr faithd 8
1533for detail.
1534.It Li ip6.log_interval
1535The variable controls amount of logs generated by IPv6 packet
1536forwarding engine, by setting interval between log output
1537.Pq in seconds .
1538.It Li ip6.lowportmax
1539The highest port number to use for TCP and UDP reserved port allocation.
1540This cannot be set to less than 0 or greater than 1024, and must
1541be greater than
1542.Li ip6.lowportmin .
1543.It Li ip6.lowportmin
1544The lowest port number to use for TCP and UDP reserved port allocation.
1545This cannot be set to less than 0 or greater than 1024, and must
1546be smaller than
1547.Li ip6.lowportmax .
1548.It Li ip6.maxfragpackets
1549The maximum number of fragmented packets the node will accept.
15500 means that the node will not accept any fragmented packets.
1551\-1 means that the node will accept as many fragmented packets as it receives.
1552The flag is provided basically for avoiding possible DoS attacks.
1553.It Li ip6.maxfrags
1554The maximum number of fragments the node will accept.
15550 means that the node will not accept any fragments.
1556\-1 means that the node will accept as many fragments as it receives.
1557The flag is provided basically for avoiding possible DoS attacks.
1558.It Li ip6.redirect
1559If set to 1, ICMPv6 redirects may be sent by the node.
1560This option is ignored unless the node is routing IP packets,
1561and should normally be enabled on all systems.
1562.It Li ip6.rr_prune
1563The variable specifies interval between IPv6 router renumbering prefix
1564babysitting, in seconds.
1565.It Li ip6.use_deprecated
1566The variable controls use of deprecated address, specified in RFC 2462 5.5.4.
1567.It Li ip6.v6only
1568The variable specifies initial value for
1569.Dv IPV6_V6ONLY
1570socket option for
1571.Dv AF_INET6
1572socket.
1573Please refer to
1574.Xr ip6 4
1575for detail.
1576.It Li icmp6.errppslimit
1577The variable specifies the maximum number of outgoing ICMPv6 error messages,
1578per second.
1579ICMPv6 error messages that exceeded the value are subject to rate limitation
1580and will not go out from the node.
1581Negative value disables rate limitation.
1582.It Li icmp6.mtudisc_hiwat
1583.It Li icmp6.mtudisc_lowat
1584The variables define the maximum number of routing table entries,
1585created due to path MTU discovery
1586.Pq prevents denial-of-service attacks with ICMPv6 too big messages .
1587When IPv6 path MTU discovery happens, we keep path MTU information into
1588the routing table.
1589If the number of routing table entries exceed the value,
1590the kernel will not attempt to keep the path MTU information.
1591.Li icmp6.mtudisc_hiwat
1592is used when we have verified ICMPv6 too big messages.
1593.Li icmp6.mtudisc_lowat
1594is used when we have unverified ICMPv6 too big messages.
1595Verification is performed by using address/port pairs kept in connected pcbs.
1596Negative value disables the upper limit.
1597.It Li icmp6.nd6_debug
1598If set to non-zero, kernel IPv6 neighbor discovery code will generate
1599debugging messages.
1600The debug outputs are useful to diagnose IPv6 interoperability issues.
1601The flag must be set to 0 for normal operation.
1602.It Li icmp6.nd6_delay
1603The variable specifies
1604.Dv DELAY_FIRST_PROBE_TIME
1605timing constant in IPv6 neighbor discovery specification
1606.Pq RFC 2461 ,
1607in seconds.
1608.It Li icmp6.nd6_maxnudhint
1609IPv6 neighbor discovery permits upper layer protocols to supply reachability
1610hints, to avoid unnecessary neighbor discovery exchanges.
1611The variable defines the number of consecutive hints the neighbor discovery
1612layer will take.
1613For example, by setting the variable to 3, neighbor discovery layer
1614will take 3 consecutive hints in maximum.
1615After receiving 3 hints, neighbor discovery layer will perform
1616normal neighbor discovery process.
1617.It Li icmp6.nd6_mmaxtries
1618The variable specifies
1619.Dv MAX_MULTICAST_SOLICIT
1620constant in IPv6 neighbor discovery specification
1621.Pq RFC 2461 .
1622.It Li icmp6.nd6_prune
1623The variable specifies interval between IPv6 neighbor cache babysitting,
1624in seconds.
1625.It Li icmp6.nd6_umaxtries
1626The variable specifies
1627.Dv MAX_UNICAST_SOLICIT
1628constant in IPv6 neighbor discovery specification
1629.Pq RFC 2461 .
1630.It Li icmp6.nd6_useloopback
1631If set to non-zero, kernel IPv6 stack will use loopback interface for
1632local traffic.
1633.It Li icmp6.nodeinfo
1634The variable enables responses to ICMPv6 node information queries.
1635If you set the variable to 0, responses will not be generated for
1636ICMPv6 node information queries.
1637Since node information queries can have a security impact, it is
1638possible to fine tune which responses should be answered.
1639Two separate bits can be set.
1640.Bl -tag -width "12345"
1641.It 1
1642Respond to ICMPv6 FQDN queries, e.g.
1643.Li ping6 -w .
1644.It 2
1645Respond to ICMPv6 node addresses queries, e.g.
1646.Li ping6 -a .
1647.El
1648.It Li icmp6.rediraccept
1649If set to non-zero, the host will accept ICMPv6 redirect packets.
1650Note that IPv6 routers will never accept ICMPv6 redirect packets,
1651and the variable is meaningful on IPv6 hosts
1652.Pq non-router
1653only.
1654.It Li icmp6.redirtimeout
1655The variable specifies lifetime of routing entries generated by incoming
1656ICMPv6 redirect.
1657.It Li udp6.do_loopback_cksum
1658Perform UDP checksum on loopback.
1659.It Li udp6.recvspace
1660Default UDP receive buffer size.
1661.It Li udp6.sendspace
1662Default UDP send buffer size.
1663.El
1664.Pp
1665We reuse net.*.tcp for
1666.Tn TCP
1667over
1668.Tn IPv6 ,
1669and therefore we do not have variables net.*.tcp6.
1670Variables net.inet6.udp6 have identical meaning to net.inet.udp.
1671Please refer to
1672.Li PF_INET
1673section above.
1674For variables net.*.ipsec6, please refer to
1675.Xr ipsec 4 .
1676.It Li PF_KEY
1677Get or set various global information about the IPsec key management.
1678The third level name is the variable name.
1679The currently defined variable and names are:
1680.Bl -column "blockacq_lifetime" "integer" "yes" -offset indent
1681.It Sy Variable name	Type	Changeable
1682.It debug	integer	yes
1683.It spi_try	integer	yes
1684.It spi_min_value	integer	yes
1685.It spi_max_value	integer	yes
1686.It larval_lifetime	integer	yes
1687.It blockacq_count	integer	yes
1688.It blockacq_lifetime	integer	yes
1689.It esp_keymin	integer	yes
1690.It esp_auth	integer	yes
1691.It ah_keymin	integer	yes
1692.El
1693The variables are as follows:
1694.Bl -tag -width "123456"
1695.It Li debug
1696Turn on debugging message from within the kernel.
1697The value is a bitmap, as defined in
1698.Pa /usr/include/netkey/key_debug.h .
1699.It Li spi_try
1700The number of times the kernel will try to obtain an unique SPI
1701when it generates it from random number generator.
1702.It Li spi_min_value
1703Minimum SPI value when generating it within the kernel.
1704.It Li spi_max_value
1705Maximum SPI value when generating it within the kernel.
1706.It Li larval_lifetime
1707Lifetime for LARVAL SAD entries, in seconds.
1708.It Li blockacq_count
1709Number of ACQUIRE PF_KEY messages to be blocked after an ACQUIRE message.
1710It avoids flood of ACQUIRE PF_KEY from being sent from the kernel to the
1711key management daemon.
1712.It Li blockacq_lifetime
1713Lifetime of ACQUIRE PF_KEY message.
1714.It Li esp_keymin
1715Minimum ESP key length, in bits.
1716The value is used when the kernel creates proposal payload
1717on ACQUIRE PF_KEY message.
1718.It Li esp_auth
1719Whether ESP authentication should be used or not.
1720Non-zero value indicates that ESP authentication should be used.
1721The value is used when the kernel creates proposal payload
1722on ACQUIRE PF_KEY message.
1723.It Li ah_keymin
1724Minimum AH key length, in bits,
1725The value is used when the kernel creates proposal payload
1726on ACQUIRE PF_KEY message.
1727.El
1728.El
1729.Sh CTL_PROC
1730The string and integer information available for the CTL_PROC
1731is detailed below.
1732The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
1733privilege may change the value.
1734These values are per-process,
1735and as such may change from one process to another.
1736When a process is created,
1737the default values are inherited from its parent.
1738When a set-user-ID or set-group-ID binary is executed, the
1739value of PROC_PID_CORENAME is reset to the system default value.
1740The second level name is either the magic value PROC_CURPROC, which
1741points to the current process, or the PID of the target process.
1742.Bl -column "USER_COLL_WEIGHTS_MAXXXX" "integerXXX" "yes" -offset indent
1743.It Sy Third level name	Type	Changeable
1744.It PROC\_PID\_CORENAME	string	yes
1745.It PROC\_PID\_LIMIT	node	not applicable
1746.It PROC\_PID\_STOPFORK	int	yes
1747.It PROC\_PID\_STOPEXEC	int	yes
1748.It PROC\_PID\_STOPEXIT	int	yes
1749.El
1750.Bl -tag -width "123456"
1751.Pp
1752.It Li PROC_PID_CORENAME
1753The template used for the core dump file name (see
1754.Xr core 5
1755for details).
1756The base name must either be
1757.Nm core
1758or end with the suffix ``.core'' (the super-user may set arbitrary names).
1759By default it points to KERN_DEFCORENAME.
1760.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT
1761Return resources limits, as defined for the
1762.Xr getrlimit 2
1763and
1764.Xr setrlimit 2
1765system calls.
1766The fourth level name is one of:
1767.Bl -tag -width PROC_PID_LIMIT_MEMLOCKAA
1768.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT_CPU
1769The maximum amount of CPU time (in seconds) to be used by each process.
1770.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT_FSIZE
1771The largest size (in bytes) file that may be created.
1772.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT_DATA
1773The maximum size (in bytes) of the data segment for a process;
1774this defines how far a program may extend its break with the
1775.Xr sbrk 2
1776system call.
1777.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT_STACK
1778The maximum size (in bytes) of the stack segment for a process;
1779this defines how far a program's stack segment may be extended.
1780Stack extension is performed automatically by the system.
1781.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT_CORE
1782The largest size (in bytes)
1783.Pa core
1784file that may be created.
1785.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT_RSS
1786The maximum size (in bytes) to which a process's resident set size may
1787grow.
1788This imposes a limit on the amount of physical memory to be given to
1789a process; if memory is tight, the system will prefer to take memory
1790from processes that are exceeding their declared resident set size.
1791.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT_MEMLOCK
1792The maximum size (in bytes) which a process may lock into memory
1793using the
1794.Xr mlock 2
1795function.
1796.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT_NPROC
1797The maximum number of simultaneous processes for this user id.
1798.It Li PROC_PID_LIMIT_NOFILE
1799The maximum number of open files for this process.
1800.El
1801.Pp
1802The fifth level name is one of PROC_PID_LIMIT_TYPE_SOFT or
1803PROC_PID_LIMIT_TYPE_HARD, to select respectively the soft or hard limit.
1804Both are of type integer.
1805.It Li PROC_PID_STOPFORK
1806If non zero, the process' children will be stopped after
1807.Xr fork 2
1808calls.
1809The children is created in the SSTOP state and is never scheduled
1810for running before being stopped.
1811This feature helps attaching a process with a debugger such as
1812.Xr gdb 1
1813before it had the opportunity to actually do anything.
1814.Pp
1815This value is inherited by the process's children, and it also
1816apply to emulation specific system calls that fork a new process, such as
1817.Fn sproc
1818or
1819.Fn clone .
1820.It Li PROC_PID_STOPEXEC
1821If non zero, the process will be stopped on next
1822.Xr exec 3
1823call.
1824The process created by
1825.Xr exec 3
1826is created in the SSTOP state and is never scheduled for running
1827before being stopped.
1828This feature helps attaching a process with a debugger such as
1829.Xr gdb 1
1830before it had the opportunity to actually do anything.
1831.Pp
1832This value is inherited by the process's children.
1833.It Li PROC_PID_STOPEXIT
1834If non zero, the process will be stopped on when it has cause to exit,
1835either by way of calling
1836.Xr exit 3 ,
1837.Xr _exit 2 ,
1838or by the receipt of a specific signal.
1839The process is stopped before any of its resources or vm space is
1840released allowing examination of the termination state of a process
1841before it disappears.
1842This feature can be used to examine the final conditions of the
1843process's vmspace via
1844.Xr pmap 1
1845or its resource settings with
1846.Xr sysctl 8
1847before it disappears.
1848.Pp
1849This value is also inherited by the process's children.
1850.El
1851.Sh CTL_USER
1852The string and integer information available for the CTL_USER level
1853is detailed below.
1854The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
1855privilege may change the value.
1856.Bl -column "USER_COLL_WEIGHTS_MAXXXX" "integerXXX" -offset indent
1857.It Sy Second level name	Type	Changeable
1858.It USER\_BC\_BASE\_MAX	integer	no
1859.It USER\_BC\_DIM\_MAX	integer	no
1860.It USER\_BC\_SCALE\_MAX	integer	no
1861.It USER\_BC\_STRING\_MAX	integer	no
1862.It USER\_COLL\_WEIGHTS\_MAX	integer	no
1863.It USER\_CS\_PATH	string	no
1864.It USER\_EXPR\_NEST\_MAX	integer	no
1865.It USER\_LINE\_MAX	integer	no
1866.It USER\_POSIX2\_CHAR\_TERM	integer	no
1867.It USER\_POSIX2\_C\_BIND	integer	no
1868.It USER\_POSIX2\_C\_DEV	integer	no
1869.It USER\_POSIX2\_FORT\_DEV	integer	no
1870.It USER\_POSIX2\_FORT\_RUN	integer	no
1871.It USER\_POSIX2\_LOCALEDEF	integer	no
1872.It USER\_POSIX2\_SW\_DEV	integer	no
1873.It USER\_POSIX2\_UPE	integer	no
1874.It USER\_POSIX2\_VERSION	integer	no
1875.It USER\_RE\_DUP\_MAX	integer	no
1876.It USER\_STREAM\_MAX	integer	no
1877.It USER\_TZNAME\_MAX	integer	no
1878.It USER\_ATEXIT\_MAX	integer	no
1879.El
1880.Bl -tag -width "123456"
1881.Pp
1882.It Li USER_BC_BASE_MAX
1883The maximum ibase/obase values in the
1884.Xr bc 1
1885utility.
1886.It Li USER_BC_DIM_MAX
1887The maximum array size in the
1888.Xr bc 1
1889utility.
1890.It Li USER_BC_SCALE_MAX
1891The maximum scale value in the
1892.Xr bc 1
1893utility.
1894.It Li USER_BC_STRING_MAX
1895The maximum string length in the
1896.Xr bc 1
1897utility.
1898.It Li USER_COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX
1899The maximum number of weights that can be assigned to any entry of
1900the LC_COLLATE order keyword in the locale definition file.
1901.It Li USER_CS_PATH
1902Return a value for the
1903.Ev PATH
1904environment variable that finds all the standard utilities.
1905.It Li USER_EXPR_NEST_MAX
1906The maximum number of expressions that can be nested within
1907parenthesis by the
1908.Xr expr 1
1909utility.
1910.It Li USER_LINE_MAX
1911The maximum length in bytes of a text-processing utility's input
1912line.
1913.It Li USER_POSIX2_CHAR_TERM
1914Return 1 if the system supports at least one terminal type capable of
1915all operations described in POSIX 1003.2, otherwise 0.
1916.It Li USER_POSIX2_C_BIND
1917Return 1 if the system's C-language development facilities support the
1918C-Language Bindings Option, otherwise 0.
1919.It Li USER_POSIX2_C_DEV
1920Return 1 if the system supports the C-Language Development Utilities Option,
1921otherwise 0.
1922.It Li USER_POSIX2_FORT_DEV
1923Return 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN Development Utilities Option,
1924otherwise 0.
1925.It Li USER_POSIX2_FORT_RUN
1926Return 1 if the system supports the FORTRAN Runtime Utilities Option,
1927otherwise 0.
1928.It Li USER_POSIX2_LOCALEDEF
1929Return 1 if the system supports the creation of locales, otherwise 0.
1930.It Li USER_POSIX2_SW_DEV
1931Return 1 if the system supports the Software Development Utilities Option,
1932otherwise 0.
1933.It Li USER_POSIX2_UPE
1934Return 1 if the system supports the User Portability Utilities Option,
1935otherwise 0.
1936.It Li USER_POSIX2_VERSION
1937The version of POSIX 1003.2 with which the system attempts to comply.
1938.It Li USER_RE_DUP_MAX
1939The maximum number of repeated occurrences of a regular expression
1940permitted when using interval notation.
1941.ne 1i
1942.It Li USER_STREAM_MAX
1943The minimum maximum number of streams that a process may have open
1944at any one time.
1945.It Li USER_TZNAME_MAX
1946The minimum maximum number of types supported for the name of a
1947timezone.
1948.It Li USER_ATEXIT_MAX
1949The maximum number of functions that may be registered with
1950.Xr atexit 3 .
1951.El
1952.Sh CTL_VM
1953The string and integer information available for the CTL_VM level
1954is detailed below.
1955The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
1956privilege may change the value.
1957.Bl -column "Second level nameXXXXXX" "struct loadavgXXX" -offset indent
1958.It Sy Second level name	Type	Changeable
1959.It VM\_ANONMAX	int	yes
1960.It VM\_ANONMIN	int	yes
1961.It VM\_BUFCACHE	int	yes
1962.It VM\_BUFMEM	int	no
1963.It VM\_BUFMEM_HIWATER	int	yes
1964.It VM\_BUFMEM_LOWATER	int	yes
1965.It VM\_EXECMAX	int	yes
1966.It VM\_EXECMIN	int	yes
1967.It VM\_FILEMAX	int	yes
1968.It VM\_FILEMIN	int	yes
1969.It VM\_LOADAVG	struct loadavg	no
1970.It VM\_MAXSLP	int	no
1971.It VM\_METER	struct vmtotal	no
1972.It VM\_NKMEMPAGES	int	no
1973.It VM\_USPACE	int	no
1974.It VM\_UVMEXP	struct uvmexp	no
1975.It VM\_UVMEXP2	struct uvmexp_sysctl	no
1976.El
1977.Pp
1978.Bl -tag -width "123456"
1979.It Li VM_ANONMAX
1980The percentage of physical memory which will be reclaimed
1981from other types of memory usage to store anonymous application data.
1982.It Li VM_ANONMIN
1983The percentage of physical memory which will be always be available for
1984anonymous application data.
1985.It Li VM_BUFCACHE
1986The percentage of physical memory which will be available
1987for the buffer cache.
1988.It Li VM_BUFMEM
1989The amount of kernel memory that is being used by the buffer cache.
1990.It Li VM_BUFMEM_LOWATER
1991The minimum amount of kernel memory to reserve for the
1992buffer cache.
1993.It Li VM_BUFMEM_HIWATER
1994The maximum amount of kernel memory to be used for the
1995buffer cache.
1996.It Li VM_EXECMAX
1997The percentage of physical memory which will be reclaimed
1998from other types of memory usage to store cached executable data.
1999.It Li VM_EXECMIN
2000The percentage of physical memory which will be always be available for
2001cached executable data.
2002.It Li VM_FILEMAX
2003The percentage of physical memory which will be reclaimed
2004from other types of memory usage to store cached file data.
2005.It Li VM_FILEMIN
2006The percentage of physical memory which will be always be available for
2007cached file data.
2008.It Li VM_LOADAVG
2009Return the load average history.
2010The returned data consists of a
2011.Va struct loadavg .
2012.It Li VM_MAXSLP
2013The value of the maxslp kernel global variable.
2014.It Li VM_METER
2015Return system wide virtual memory statistics.
2016The returned data consists of a
2017.Va struct vmtotal .
2018.It Li VM_USPACE
2019The number of bytes allocated for each kernel stack.
2020.It Li VM_UVMEXP
2021Return system wide virtual memory statistics.
2022The returned data consists of a
2023.Va struct uvmexp .
2024.It Li VM_UVMEXP2
2025Return system wide virtual memory statistics.
2026The returned data consists of a
2027.Va struct uvmexp_sysctl .
2028.El
2029.Sh CTL_DDB
2030The integer information available for the CTL_DDB level is detailed below.
2031The changeable column shows whether a process with appropriate
2032privilege may change the value.
2033.Bl -column "DBCTL_TABSTOPSXXX" "integerXXX" -offset indent
2034.It Sy Second level name	Type	Changeable
2035.It DBCTL\_RADIX	integer	yes
2036.It DBCTL\_MAXOFF	integer	yes
2037.It DBCTL\_LINES	integer	yes
2038.It DBCTL\_TABSTOPS	integer	yes
2039.It DBCTL\_ONPANIC	integer	yes
2040.It DBCTL\_FROMCONSOLE	integer	yes
2041.El
2042.Pp
2043.Bl -tag -width "123456"
2044.It Li DBCTL_RADIX
2045The input and output radix.
2046.It Li DBCTL_MAXOFF
2047The maximum symbol offset.
2048.It Li DBCTL_LINES
2049Number of display lines.
2050.It Li DBCTL_TABSTOPS
2051Tab width.
2052.It Li DBCTL_ONPANIC
2053If non-zero, DDB will be entered when the kernel panics.
2054.It Li DBCTL_FROMCONSOLE
2055If not zero, DDB may be entered by sending a break on a serial
2056console or by a special key sequence on a graphics console.
2057.El
2058.Pp
2059These MIB nodes are also available as variables from within the DDB.
2060See
2061.Xr ddb 4
2062for more details.
2063.Sh CTL_SECURITY
2064The security level contains various security-related settings for
2065the system. Available settings are detailed below.
2066.Pp
2067.Bl -tag -width "123456"
2068.It Li security.curtain
2069If non-zero, will filter return objects according to the user-id
2070requesting information about them, preventing from users any
2071access to objects they don't own.
2072.Pp
2073At the moment, it affects
2074.Xr ps 1 ,
2075.Xr netstat 1
2076(for
2077.Dv PF_INET ,
2078.Dv PF_INET6 ,
2079and
2080.Dv PF_UNIX
2081PCBs), and
2082.Xr w 1 .
2083.It Li security.pax
2084Settings for PaX -- exploit mitigation features.
2085.Pp
2086.Bl -tag -width "123456"
2087.It Li security.pax.mprotect.enable
2088Enable PaX MPROTECT restrictions.
2089.Pp
2090These are
2091.Xr mprotect 2
2092restrictions to better enforce a W^X policy. The value of this
2093knob must be non-zero for PaX MPROTECT to be enabled, even if a
2094process is already marked with
2095.Em P_PAXMPROTECT .
2096.It Li security.pax.mprotect.global
2097Specifies the default global policy for programs without an
2098explicit enable/disable flag.
2099.Pp
2100When non-zero, all programs will get the PaX MPROTECT restrictions,
2101except those exempted with
2102.Xr paxctl 1  .
2103Otherwise, all programs will not get the PaX MPROTECT restrictions,
2104except those specifically marked as such with
2105.Xr paxctl 1 .
2106.El
2107.El
2108.Sh CTL_VENDOR
2109The "vendor" toplevel name is reserved to be used by vendors who wish to
2110have their own private MIB tree.
2111Intended use is to store values under
2112.Dq vendor.\*[Lt]yourname\*[Gt].* .
2113.Sh DYNAMIC OPERATIONS
2114Several meta-identifiers are provided to perform operations on the
2115.Nm
2116tree itself, or support alternate means of accessing the data
2117instrumented by the
2118.Nm
2119tree.
2120.Bl -column CTLXCREATESYMXXX
2121.It Sy Name	Description
2122.It CTL\_QUERY	Retrieve a mapping of names to numbers below a given node
2123.It CTL\_CREATE	Create a new node
2124.It CTL\_CREATESYM	Create a new node by its kernel symbol
2125.It CTL\_DESTROY	Destroy a node
2126.It CTL\_DESCRIBE	Retrieve node descriptions
2127.El
2128.Pp
2129The core interface to all of these meta-functions is the structure
2130that the kernel uses to describe the tree internally, as defined in
2131.Aq Pa sys/sysctl.h
2132as:
2133.Pp
2134.Bd -literal
2135struct sysctlnode {
2136        uint32_t sysctl_flags;          /* flags and type */
2137        int32_t sysctl_num;             /* mib number */
2138        char sysctl_name[SYSCTL_NAMELEN]; /* node name */
2139        uint32_t sysctl_ver;        /* node's version vs. rest of tree */
2140        uint32_t __rsvd;
2141        union {
2142                struct {
2143                        uint32_t suc_csize; /* size of child node array */
2144                        uint32_t suc_clen; /* number of valid children */
2145                        struct sysctlnode* suc_child; /* array of child nodes */
2146                } scu_child;
2147                struct {
2148                        void *sud_data; /* pointer to external data */
2149                        size_t sud_offset; /* offset to data */
2150                } scu_data;
2151                int32_t scu_alias;      /* node this node refers to */
2152                int32_t scu_idata;      /* immediate "int" data */
2153                u_quad_t scu_qdata;     /* immediate "u_quad_t" data */
2154        } sysctl_un;
2155        size_t _sysctl_size;            /* size of instrumented data */
2156        sysctlfn _sysctl_func;          /* access helper function */
2157        struct sysctlnode *sysctl_parent; /* parent of this node */
2158        const char *sysctl_desc;        /* description of node */
2159};
2160
2161#define sysctl_csize    sysctl_un.scu_child.suc_csize
2162#define sysctl_clen     sysctl_un.scu_child.suc_clen
2163#define sysctl_child    sysctl_un.scu_child.suc_child
2164#define sysctl_data     sysctl_un.scu_data.sud_data
2165#define sysctl_offset   sysctl_un.scu_data.sud_offset
2166#define sysctl_alias    sysctl_un.scu_alias
2167#define sysctl_idata    sysctl_un.scu_idata
2168#define sysctl_qdata    sysctl_un.scu_qdata
2169.Ed
2170.Pp
2171Querying the tree to discover the name to number mapping permits
2172dynamic discovery of all the data that the tree currently has
2173instrumented.
2174For example, to discover all the nodes below the
2175CTL_VFS node:
2176.Pp
2177.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
2178struct sysctlnode query, vfs[128];
2179int mib[2];
2180size_t len;
2181.sp
2182mib[0] = CTL_VFS;
2183mib[1] = CTL_QUERY;
2184memset(\*[Am]query, 0, sizeof(query));
2185query.sysctl_flags = SYSCTL_VERSION;
2186len = sizeof(vfs);
2187sysctl(mib, 2, \*[Am]vfs[0], \*[Am]len, \*[Am]query, sizeof(query));
2188.Ed
2189.Pp
2190Note that a reference to an empty node with
2191.Fa sysctl_flags
2192set to
2193.Dv SYSCTL_VERSION
2194is passed to sysctl in order to indicate the version that the program
2195is using.
2196All dynamic operations passing nodes into sysctl require that the
2197version be explicitly specified.
2198.Pp
2199Creation and destruction of nodes works by constructing part of a new
2200node description (or a description of the existing node) and invoking
2201CTL_CREATE (or CTL_CREATESYM) or CTL_DESTROY at the parent of the new
2202node, with a pointer to the new node passed via the
2203.Fa new
2204and
2205.Fa newlen
2206arguments.
2207If valid values for
2208.Fa old
2209and
2210.Fa oldlenp
2211are passed, a copy of the new node once in the tree will be returned.
2212If the create operation fails because a node with the same name or MIB
2213number exists, a copy of the conflicting node will be returned.
2214.Pp
2215The minimum requirements for creating a node are setting the
2216.Fa sysctl_flags
2217to indicate the new node's type,
2218.Fa sysctl_num
2219to either the new node's number (or CTL_CREATE or CTL_CREATESYM if a
2220dynamically allocated MIB number is acceptable),
2221.Fa sysctl_size
2222to the size of the data to be instrumented (which must agree with the
2223given type), and
2224.Fa sysctl_name
2225must be set to the new node's name.
2226Nodes that are not of type
2227.Dq node
2228must also have some description of the data to be instrumented, which
2229will vary depending on what is to be instrumented.
2230.Pp
2231If existing kernel data is to be covered by this new node, its address
2232should be given in
2233.Fa sysctl_data
2234or, if CTL_CREATESYM is used,
2235.Fa sysctl_data
2236should be set to a string containing its name from the kernel's symbol
2237table.
2238If new data is to be instrumented and an initial value is available,
2239the new integer or quad type data should be placed into either
2240.Fa sysctl_idata
2241or
2242.Fa sysctl_qdata ,
2243respectively, along with the SYSCTL_IMMEDIATE flag being set, or
2244.Fa sysctl_data
2245should be set to point to a copy of the new data, and the
2246SYSCTL_OWNDATA flag must be set.
2247This latter method is the only way that new string and struct type
2248nodes can be initialized.
2249Invalid kernel addresses are accepted, but any attempt to access those
2250nodes will return an error.
2251.Pp
2252The
2253.Fa sysctl_csize ,
2254.Fa sysctl_clen ,
2255.Fa sysctl_child ,
2256.Fa sysctl_parent ,
2257and
2258.Fa sysctl_alias
2259members are used by the kernel to link the tree together and must be
2260.Dv NULL
2261or 0.
2262Nodes created in this manner cannot have helper functions, so
2263.Fa sysctl_func
2264must also be
2265.Dv NULL .
2266If the
2267.Fa sysctl_ver
2268member is non-zero, it must match either the version of the parent or
2269the version at the root of the MIB or an error is returned.
2270This can be used to ensure that nodes are only added or removed from a
2271known state of the tree.
2272Note: It may not be possible to determine the version at the root
2273of the tree.
2274.Pp
2275This example creates a new subtree and adds a node to it that controls the
2276.Fa audiodebug
2277kernel variable, thereby making it tunable at at any time, without
2278needing to use
2279.Xr ddb 4
2280or
2281.Xr kvm 3
2282to alter the kernel's memory directly.
2283.Pp
2284.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
2285struct sysctlnode node;
2286int mib[2];
2287size_t len;
2288.sp
2289mib[0] = CTL_CREATE;		/* create at top-level */
2290len = sizeof(node);
2291memset(\*[Am]node, 0, len);
2292node.sysctl_flags = SYSCTL_VERSION|CTLFLAG_READWRITE|CTLTYPE_NODE;
2293snprintf(node.sysctl_name, sizeof(node.sysctl_name), "local");
2294node.sysctl_num = CTL_CREATE;	/* request dynamic MIB number */
2295sysctl(\*[Am]mib[0], 1, \*[Am]node, \*[Am]len, \*[Am]node, len);
2296.sp
2297mib[0] = node.sysctl_num;	/* use new MIB number */
2298mib[1] = CTL_CREATESYM;		/* create at second level */
2299len = sizeof(node);
2300memset(\*[Am]node, 0, len);
2301node.sysctl_flags = SYSCTL_VERSION|CTLFLAG_READWRITE|CTLTYPE_INT;
2302snprintf(node.sysctl_name, sizeof(node.sysctl_name), "audiodebug");
2303node.sysctl_num = CTL_CREATE;
2304node.sysctl_data = "audiodebug"; /* kernel symbol to be used */
2305sysctl(\*[Am]mib[0], 2, NULL, NULL, \*[Am]node, len);
2306.Ed
2307.Pp
2308The process for deleting nodes is similar, but less data needs to
2309be supplied.
2310Only the
2311.Fa sysctl_num
2312field
2313needs to be filled in; almost all other fields must be left blank.
2314The
2315.Fa sysctl_name
2316and/or
2317.Fa sysctl_ver
2318fields can be filled in with the name and version of the existing node
2319as additional checks on what will be deleted.
2320If all the given data fail to match any node, nothing will be deleted.
2321If valid values for
2322.Fa old
2323and
2324.Fa oldlenp
2325are supplied and a node is deleted, a copy of what was in the MIB tree
2326will be returned.
2327.Pp
2328This sample code shows the deletion of the two nodes created in the
2329above example:
2330.Pp
2331.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
2332int mib[2];
2333.sp
2334len = sizeof(node);
2335memset(\*[Am]node, 0, len);
2336node.sysctl_flags = SYSCTL_VERSION;
2337.sp
2338mib[0] = 3214;			/* assumed number for "local" */
2339mib[1] = CTL_DESTROY;
2340node.sysctl_num = 3215;		/* assumed number for "audiodebug" */
2341sysctl(\*[Am]mib[0], 2, NULL, NULL, \*[Am]node, len);
2342.sp
2343mib[0] = CTL_DESTROY;
2344node.sysctl_num = 3214;		/* now deleting "local" */
2345sysctl(\*[Am]mib[0], 1, NULL, NULL, \*[Am]node, len);
2346.Ed
2347.Pp
2348Descriptions of each of the nodes can also be retrieved, if they are
2349available.
2350Descriptions can be retrieved in bulk at each level or on a per-node
2351basis.
2352The layout of the buffer into which the descriptions are returned is a
2353series of variable length structures, each of which describes its own
2354size.
2355The length indicated includes the terminating
2356.Sq nul
2357character.
2358Nodes that have no description or where the description is not
2359available are indicated by an empty string.
2360The
2361.Fa descr_ver
2362will match the
2363.Fa sysctl_ver
2364value for a given node, so that descriptions for nodes whose number
2365have been recycled can be detected and ignored or discarded.
2366.Pp
2367.Bd -literal
2368struct sysctldesc {
2369        int32_t         descr_num;      /* mib number of node */
2370        uint32_t        descr_ver;      /* version of node */
2371        uint32_t        descr_len;      /* length of description string */
2372        char            descr_str[1];   /* not really 1...see above */
2373};
2374.Ed
2375.Pp
2376The
2377.Fn NEXT_DESCR
2378macro can be used to skip to the next description in the retrieved
2379list.
2380.Pp
2381.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
2382struct sysctlnode desc;
2383struct sysctldesc *d;
2384char buf[1024];
2385int mib[2];
2386size_t len;
2387.sp
2388/* retrieve kern-level descriptions */
2389mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
2390mib[1] = CTL_DESCRIBE;
2391d = (struct sysctldesc *)\*[Am]buf[0];
2392len = sizeof(buf);
2393sysctl(mib, 2, d, \*[Am]len, NULL, 0);
2394while ((caddr_t)d \*[Lt] (caddr_t)\*[Am]buf[len]) {
2395	printf("node %d: %.*s\\n", d-\*[Gt]descr_num, d-\*[Gt]descr_len,
2396	    d-\*[Gt]descr_str);
2397	d = NEXT_DESCR(d);
2398}
2399.sp
2400/* retrieve description for kern.securelevel */
2401memset(\*[Am]desc, 0, sizeof(desc));
2402desc.sysctl_flags = SYSCTL_VERSION;
2403desc.sysctl_num = KERN_SECURELEVEL;
2404d = (struct sysctldesc *)\*[Am]buf[0];
2405len = sizeof(buf);
2406sysctl(mib, 2, d, \*[Am]len, \*[Am]desc, sizeof(desc));
2407printf("kern.securelevel: %.*s\\n", d-\*[Gt]descr_len, d-\*[Gt]descr_str);
2408.Ed
2409.Pp
2410Descriptions can also be set as follows, subject to the following rules:
2411.Pp
2412.Bl -bullet -compact
2413.It
2414The kernel securelevel is at zero or lower
2415.It
2416The caller has super-user privileges
2417.It
2418The node does not currently have a description
2419.It
2420The node is not marked as
2421.Dq permanent
2422.El
2423.Pp
2424.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
2425struct sysctlnode desc;
2426int mib[2];
2427.sp
2428/* presuming the given top-level node was just added... */
2429mib[0] = 3214; /* mib numbers taken from previous examples */
2430mib[1] = CTL_DESCRIBE;
2431memset(\*[Am]desc, 0, sizeof(desc));
2432desc.sysctl_flags = SYSCTL_VERSION;
2433desc.sysctl_num = 3215;
2434desc.sysctl_desc = "audio debug control knob";
2435sysctl(mib, 2, NULL, NULL, \*[Am]desc, sizeof(desc));
2436.Ed
2437.Pp
2438Upon successfully setting a description, the new description will be
2439returned in the space indicated by the
2440.Fa oldp
2441and
2442.Fa oldlenp
2443arguments.
2444.Pp
2445The
2446.Fa sysctl_flags
2447field in the struct sysctlnode contains the sysctl version, node type
2448information, and a number of flags.
2449The macros
2450.Fn SYSCTL_VERS ,
2451.Fn SYSCTL_TYPE ,
2452and
2453.Fn SYSCTL_FLAGS
2454can be used to access the different fields.
2455Valid flags are:
2456.Bl -column CTLFLAGXPERMANENTXXX
2457.It Sy Name	Description
2458.It CTLFLAG\_READONLY	Node is read-only
2459.It CTLFLAG\_READONLY1	Node becomes read-only at securelevel 1
2460.It CTLFLAG\_READONLY2	Node becomes read-only at securelevel 2
2461.It CTLFLAG\_READWRITE	Node is writable by the superuser
2462.It CTLFLAG\_ANYWRITE	Node is writable by anyone
2463.It CTLFLAG\_PRIVATE	Node is readable only by the superuser
2464.It CTLFLAG\_PERMANENT	Node cannot be removed (cannot be set by
2465processes)
2466.It CTLFLAG\_OWNDATA	Node owns data and does not instrument
2467existing data
2468.It CTLFLAG\_IMMEDIATE	Node contains instrumented data and does not
2469instrument existing data
2470.It CTLFLAG\_HEX	Node's contents should be displayed in a hexadecimal
2471form
2472.It CTLFLAG\_ROOT	Node is the root of a tree (cannot be set at
2473any time)
2474.It CTLFLAG\_ANYNUMBER	Node matches any MIB number (cannot be set by
2475processes)
2476.It CTLFLAG\_HIDDEN	Node not displayed by default
2477.It CTLFLAG\_ALIAS	Node refers to a sibling node (cannot be set
2478by processes)
2479.It CTLFLAG\_OWNDESC	Node owns its own description string space
2480.El
2481.Sh RETURN VALUES
2482If the call to
2483.Nm
2484is successful, the number of bytes copied out is returned.
2485Otherwise \-1 is returned and
2486.Va errno
2487is set appropriately.
2488.Sh FILES
2489.Bl -tag -width \*[Lt]netinet6/udp6Xvar.h\*[Gt] -compact
2490.It Aq Pa sys/sysctl.h
2491definitions for top level identifiers, second level kernel and hardware
2492identifiers, and user level identifiers
2493.It Aq Pa sys/socket.h
2494definitions for second level network identifiers
2495.It Aq Pa sys/gmon.h
2496definitions for third level profiling identifiers
2497.It Aq Pa uvm/uvm_param.h
2498definitions for second level virtual memory identifiers
2499.It Aq Pa netinet/in.h
2500definitions for third level IPv4/v6 identifiers and
2501fourth level IPv4/v6 identifiers
2502.It Aq Pa netinet/icmp_var.h
2503definitions for fourth level ICMP identifiers
2504.It Aq Pa netinet/icmp6.h
2505definitions for fourth level ICMPv6 identifiers
2506.It Aq Pa netinet/tcp_var.h
2507definitions for fourth level TCP identifiers
2508.It Aq Pa netinet/udp_var.h
2509definitions for fourth level UDP identifiers
2510.It Aq Pa netinet6/udp6_var.h
2511definitions for fourth level IPv6 UDP identifiers
2512.It Aq Pa netinet6/ipsec.h
2513definitions for fourth level IPsec identifiers
2514.It Aq Pa netkey/key_var.h
2515definitions for third level PF_KEY identifiers
2516.It Aq Pa machine/cpu.h
2517definitions for second level machdep identifiers
2518.El
2519.Sh ERRORS
2520The following errors may be reported:
2521.Bl -tag -width Er
2522.It Bq Er EFAULT
2523The buffer
2524.Fa name ,
2525.Fa oldp ,
2526.Fa newp ,
2527or length pointer
2528.Fa oldlenp
2529contains an invalid address, or the requested value is temporarily
2530unavailable.
2531.It Bq Er EINVAL
2532The
2533.Fa name
2534array is zero or greater than CTL_MAXNAME.
2535.It Bq Er EINVAL
2536A non-null
2537.Fa newp
2538is given and its specified length in
2539.Fa newlen
2540is too large or too small, or the given value is not acceptable for
2541the given node.
2542.It Bq Er ENOMEM
2543The length pointed to by
2544.Fa oldlenp
2545is too short to hold the requested value.
2546.It Bq Er EISDIR
2547The
2548.Fa name
2549array specifies an intermediate rather than terminal name.
2550.It Bq Er ENOTDIR
2551The
2552.Fa name
2553array specifies a node below a node that addresses data.
2554.It Bq Er ENOENT
2555The
2556.Fa name
2557array specifies a node that does not exist in the tree.
2558.It Bq Er ENOENT
2559An attempt was made to destroy a node that does not exist, or to
2560create or destroy a node below a node that does not exist.
2561.It Bq Er ENOTEMPTY
2562An attempt was made to destroy a node that still has children.
2563.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP
2564The
2565.Fa name
2566array specifies a value that is unknown or a meta-operation was
2567attempted that the requested node does not support.
2568.It Bq Er EPERM
2569An attempt is made to set a read-only value.
2570.It Bq Er EPERM
2571A process without appropriate privilege attempts to set a value or to
2572create or destroy a node.
2573.It Bq Er EPERM
2574An attempt to change a value protected by the current kernel security
2575level is made.
2576.El
2577.Sh SEE ALSO
2578.Xr ipsec 4 ,
2579.Xr tcp 4 ,
2580.Xr sysctl 8
2581.\" .Xr sysctl 9
2582.Sh HISTORY
2583The
2584.Nm
2585function first appeared in
2586.Bx 4.4 .
2587