Module Name: src
Committed By: pgoyette
Date: Wed Sep 7 01:18:33 UTC 2022
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man9: sysctl.9
Log Message:
Update to match recent changes in implementation.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.23 -r1.24 src/share/man/man9/sysctl.9
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man9/sysctl.9
diff -u src/share/man/man9/sysctl.9:1.23 src/share/man/man9/sysctl.9:1.24
--- src/share/man/man9/sysctl.9:1.23 Wed Aug 7 19:58:50 2019
+++ src/share/man/man9/sysctl.9 Wed Sep 7 01:18:32 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.9,v 1.23 2019/08/07 19:58:50 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.9,v 1.24 2022/09/07 01:18:32 pgoyette Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd August 7, 2019
+.Dd September 6, 2022
.Dt SYSCTL 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -546,7 +546,8 @@ specifically ignores any arguments given
to zero, and returns success.
.Sh SETUP FUNCTIONS
Although nodes can be added to the SYSCTL tree at any time, in order to
-add nodes during the kernel bootstrap phase, a proper
+add nodes during the kernel bootstrap phase (and during loadable module
+initialization), a proper
.Dq setup
function must be used.
Setup functions are declared using the
@@ -565,11 +566,11 @@ The address of the function is added to
traverses during initialization.
For loadable kernel modules (see
.Xr module 9 ) ,
-the list of functions is called from the module loader after the module's
+the list of functions is called from the module loader before the module's
initialization routine.
Any sysctl nodes created for the loadable module are removed using
.Fn sysctl_teardown
-before calling the module's termination code.
+after calling the module's termination code.
.Pp
Setup functions do not have to add nodes to the main tree, but can set
up their own trees for emulation or other purposes.
