From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Dec 24 10:33:05 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0478E133DE1A for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:33:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ed@nuxi.nl) Received: from mail-ed1-x534.google.com (mail-ed1-x534.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::534]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C66F180E27 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:33:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ed@nuxi.nl) Received: by mail-ed1-x534.google.com with SMTP id b14so9784235edt.6 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2018 02:33:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nuxi-nl.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=tEioW2Tyxol1ZABex9pfz32sg/dlSYujho8T8hjusrU=; b=fV3xflZCs6zH3InTP7jgS3CDVvq//YqcSl8J01Dst+8ObkPTB3WZf8IpBexjSnXcDO bCEQogUl6YonmlgMLBKy1R0lxMtRnk36KYyIXBF+RAAb6O8TEJ0ellrZBdrdmfFRmWSl NiZU/W0roVe5GSIj/pGvsA3WuOuEx/6rRIi4JnYMVUgtFRAnjFlTHmBj1rPRojjB/z21 vjrWrcQX5Kyxlm01VS/K/P7O3DT0i4fCEL3+et8UMxoOqC0gRof9udR/p8D5j4HlJcqA j7GTfS4nmlL8KtDmyjVNdvNp+ID42PvnKzaJoeQX68o0XupuNs99mhLYYrS7Sc6+dCrM RB2A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=tEioW2Tyxol1ZABex9pfz32sg/dlSYujho8T8hjusrU=; b=l7ZCKM7X7O2ynsMnkUJpIXzWu/r8+HcHRGPSwz3/WgQOXVwXUmPsaeAsynkln8jGEG Pa5NfmG4ExtyVs6gSWuzMkxl3IkVx8VNW2y/raR+xPPso93S5vrNTDLBVmQ7jDtf36Mn oDlzn+zjqPcanBBRei7HLCAHm0/jkJsLmjJvI23ziDxYKi6rx+r5CejwSiVrqoroMC0X 8CFgMiW3uAHbMgfCPveegvnvmcxdu5AszKirtoWyunAu3vgFYXlGd1B/iUamFj6ZXEUw pgyURLfoSB9hxM5M/GILIn0AVYxBXaZGb3zwxH39vwcuSaCd9hiyZu5NAEPU4xUbCOwE VqKg== X-Gm-Message-State: AJcUuke8Lj79z+lTmLedEAnD/cvK1Du7xa5aXzCIealiYgCD3fmF42Hv hxrXbNMkh5dVEW9WXDKtiu5yJ9Uu8kfxrqCogh5l7NJYZAE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ALg8bN4DuYEOOrEWvSdQWvSkoyZjWzCxbqjsuF6vNXxYfWu2vURgYdlDQ4oofsNfKNan7K6brp2t7HLWWDyQqBF31Ao= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:4896:: with SMTP id v22-v6mr3510909ejq.85.1545647582305; Mon, 24 Dec 2018 02:33:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20181222202228.95f48408c8e2ebe9c40d9d75@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20181222202228.95f48408c8e2ebe9c40d9d75@gmail.com> From: Ed Schouten Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 11:32:36 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: libsysctl: a C API for sysctl-mib-tree To: Alfonso Siciliano Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: C66F180E27 X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=nuxi-nl.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.s=20150623 header.b=fV3xflZC X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.48 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[nuxi-nl.20150623.gappssmtp.com:s=20150623]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.76)[-0.756,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[nuxi.nl]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[nuxi-nl.20150623.gappssmtp.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[4.3.5.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.5.4.1.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM,ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM,ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM,ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM,ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM,ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM,ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; IP_SCORE(-2.41)[ip: (-8.82), ipnet: 2a00:1450::/32(-1.69), asn: 15169(-1.47), country: US(-0.08)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:33:05 -0000 Hi Alfonso, Op za 22 dec. 2018 om 20:26 schreef Alfonso Siciliano : > I' m currently working on a library called "libsysctl" which will > provide a C API to wrap kern_sysctl.c undocumented interface, build > mib-entry, entries-list and mib-tree in userspace and then to do > the work that /sbin/sysctl currently does. Great work! This would have been nice to have when I implemented the Prometheus metrics exporter for sysctl: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/usr.sbin/prometheus_sysctl_exporter/prometheus_sysctl_exporter.c?view=markup Best regards, -- Ed Schouten