xref: /netbsd-src/lib/libc/gen/sysctlbyname.c (revision 88c3eadbfa9f9453071747a1798fe9363cb0265e)
1 /*	$NetBSD: sysctlbyname.c,v 1.3 2005/06/12 05:21:27 lukem 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
11  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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15  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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18  * 3. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
19  *    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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21  *
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24  * TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
25  * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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33  */
34 
35 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
36 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
37 __RCSID("$NetBSD: sysctlbyname.c,v 1.3 2005/06/12 05:21:27 lukem Exp $");
38 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
39 
40 #include "namespace.h"
41 #include <sys/param.h>
42 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
43 
44 #ifdef __weak_alias
45 __weak_alias(sysctlbyname,_sysctlbyname)
46 #endif
47 
48 /*
49  * trivial sysctlbyname() function for the "lazy".
50  */
51 int
52 sysctlbyname(const char *gname, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp, void *newp,
53 	     size_t newlen)
54 {
55 	int name[CTL_MAXNAME], rc;
56 	u_int namelen;
57 
58 	rc = sysctlgetmibinfo(gname, &name[0], &namelen, NULL, NULL, NULL,
59 			      SYSCTL_VERSION);
60 	if (rc == 0)
61 		rc = sysctl(&name[0], namelen, oldp, oldlenp, newp, newlen);
62 	return (rc);
63 }
64