xref: /netbsd-src/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c (revision 23c8222edbfb0f0932d88a8351d3a0cf817dfb9e)
1 /*	$NetBSD: sysctlbyname.c,v 1.2 2004/04/08 05:45:26 atatat Exp $ */
2 
3 /*-
4  * Copyright (c) 2003,2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
5  *	All rights reserved.
6  *
7  * This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
8  * by Andrew Brown.
9  *
10  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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33  */
34 
35 #include "namespace.h"
36 #include <sys/param.h>
37 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
38 
39 #ifdef __weak_alias
40 __weak_alias(sysctlbyname,_sysctlbyname)
41 #endif
42 
43 /*
44  * trivial sysctlbyname() function for the "lazy".
45  */
46 int
47 sysctlbyname(const char *gname, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp, void *newp,
48 	     size_t newlen)
49 {
50 	int name[CTL_MAXNAME], rc;
51 	u_int namelen;
52 
53 	rc = sysctlgetmibinfo(gname, &name[0], &namelen, NULL, NULL, NULL,
54 			      SYSCTL_VERSION);
55 	if (rc == 0)
56 		rc = sysctl(&name[0], namelen, oldp, oldlenp, newp, newlen);
57 	return (rc);
58 }
59