Re: kstat - an API for gathering kernel stats

[Matthew N. Dodd]

On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Arun Sharma wrote:
> I just looked at the sysctl implementation and there are some differences.
> Moreover, since it was not being used in tools like vmstat and xosview,
> I thought there must be a reason.
> 
> sysctl also seems to assume that it doesn't get called frequently. So
> mapping the name to the sysctl data is a slightly more heavy duty
> operation than a hash table lookup.

Wouldn't hashing the sysctl OIDs be the way to go then?

Why invent another namespace?

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