On Saturday, March 10, 2018 10:46:53 AM Eugene Grosbein wrote: > 10.03.2018 6:37, 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). > > Note well: we already have some examples of complex sysctl comma-separated > "list" values such as: > > security.mac.portacl.rules=uid:53:tcp:53,uid:53:udp:53
Yes, but those are stored as strings (CTLTYPE_STRING) and require string parsing in the kernel. This permits nodes that just need a flat array of integers to be set without requiring string parsing in the kernel. -- John Baldwin _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"