Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:51:35 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r330711 - head/sbin/sysctl Message-ID: <62e6ac8a-90d0-4877-9303-7a61ee192b0a@selasky.org> In-Reply-To: <201803092337.w29NbJSX093826@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201803092337.w29NbJSX093826@repo.freebsd.org>
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On 03/10/18 00:37, John Baldwin wrote: > Author: jhb > Date: Fri Mar 9 23:37:19 2018 > New Revision: 330711 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/330711 > > Log: > Permit sysctl(8) to set an array of numeric values for a single node. > > Most sysctl nodes only return a single value, but some nodes return an > array of values (e.g. kern.cp_time). sysctl(8) understand how to display > the values of a node that returns multiple values (it prints out each > numeric value separated by spaces). However, until now sysctl(8) has > only been able to set sysctl nodes to a single value. This change > allows sysctl to accept a new value for a numeric sysctl node that contains > multiple values separated by either spaces or commas. sysctl(8) parses > this list into an array of values and passes the array as the "new" value > to sysctl(2). Hi, Was support added to handle such settings through the kernel environment aswell, like /boot/loader.conf. See the XXX_RWTUN and XXX_RDTUN flags for sysctls. --HPS
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