Allow sysctl to filter boot and runtime tunables.

Add the following flags to sysctl:
 -W  - show only writable sysctls
 -T  - show only tuneable sysctls

This can be used to create a /var/run/sysctl.boot to
compare set tunables versus booted tunables.

Sponsored by: iXsystems
This commit is contained in:
Alfred Perlstein 2012-12-11 01:28:06 +00:00
parent 6b6bd3b704
commit 9ecd2e32cd
2 changed files with 30 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
.Nd get or set kernel state
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl bdehiNnoqx
.Op Fl bdehiNnoRTqx
.Ar name Ns Op = Ns Ar value
.Ar ...
.Nm
.Op Fl bdehNnoqx
.Op Fl bdehNnoRTqx
.Fl a
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ sixteen bytes of the value.
Suppress some warnings generated by
.Nm
to standard error.
.It Fl T
Display only variables that are setable via loader (CTLFLAG_TUN).
.It Fl W
Display only wriable variables that are not statistical.
Useful for determining the set of runtime tunable sysctls.
.It Fl X
Equivalent to
.Fl x a

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@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static const char rcsid[] =
#include <unistd.h>
static int aflag, bflag, dflag, eflag, hflag, iflag;
static int Nflag, nflag, oflag, qflag, xflag, warncount;
static int Nflag, nflag, oflag, qflag, Tflag, Wflag, xflag, warncount;
static int oidfmt(int *, int, char *, u_int *);
static void parse(const char *);
@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ usage(void)
{
(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n",
"usage: sysctl [-bdehiNnoqx] name[=value] ...",
" sysctl [-bdehNnoqx] -a");
"usage: sysctl [-bdehiNnoqTWx] name[=value] ...",
" sysctl [-bdehNnoqTWx] -a");
exit(1);
}
@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
setbuf(stdout,0);
setbuf(stderr,0);
while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "AabdehiNnoqwxX")) != -1) {
while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "AabdehiNnoqTwWxX")) != -1) {
switch (ch) {
case 'A':
/* compatibility */
@ -124,10 +124,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
case 'q':
qflag = 1;
break;
case 'T':
Tflag = 1;
break;
case 'w':
/* compatibility */
/* ignored */
break;
case 'W':
Wflag = 1;
break;
case 'X':
/* compatibility */
aflag = xflag = 1;
@ -181,6 +187,11 @@ parse(const char *string)
errx(1, "oid too long: '%s'", string);
bufp = strsep(&cp, "=");
if (cp != NULL) {
/* Tflag just lists tunables, do not allow assignment */
if (Tflag || Wflag) {
warnx("Can't set variables when using -T or -W");
usage();
}
while (isspace(*cp))
cp++;
newval = cp;
@ -602,6 +613,14 @@ show_var(int *oid, int nlen)
sign = ctl_sign[ctltype];
intlen = ctl_size[ctltype];
/* if Wflag then only list sysctls that are writeable and not stats. */
if (Wflag && ((kind & CTLFLAG_WR) == 0 || (kind & CTLFLAG_STATS) != 0))
return 1;
/* if Tflag then only list sysctls that are tuneables. */
if (Tflag && (kind & CTLFLAG_TUN) == 0)
return 1;
switch (ctltype) {
case CTLTYPE_STRING:
if (!nflag)