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information from the submitter: Starting value for OID_AUTO was changed from 100 to 256 (0x100) in kern/kern_sysctl.c#rev1.112 on 2001-07-25, and defined as CTL_AUTO_START in sys/sysctl.h#rev1.98. Submitted by: cnst Silence from: #bsddocs on efnet MFC After: 3 days Approved by: re (bmah)
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.\" Copyright (c) 2000, Andrzej Bialecki <abial@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 15, 2000
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.Dt SYSCTL_CTX_INIT 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sysctl_ctx_init ,
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.Nm sysctl_ctx_free ,
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.Nm sysctl_ctx_entry_add ,
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.Nm sysctl_ctx_entry_find ,
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.Nm sysctl_ctx_entry_del
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.Nd "sysctl context for managing dynamically created sysctl oids"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/types.h
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.In sys/sysctl.h
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.Ft int
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.Fo sysctl_ctx_init
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.Fa "struct sysctl_ctx_list *clist"
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.Fc
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.Ft int
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.Fo sysctl_ctx_free
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.Fa "struct sysctl_ctx_list *clist"
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.Fc
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.Ft struct sysctl_ctx_entry *
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.Fo sysctl_ctx_entry_add
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.Fa "struct sysctl_ctx_list *clist"
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.Fa "struct sysctl_oid *oidp"
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.Fc
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.Ft struct sysctl_ctx_entry *
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.Fo sysctl_ctx_entry_find
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.Fa "struct sysctl_ctx_list *clist"
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.Fa "struct sysctl_oid *oidp"
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.Fc
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.Ft int
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.Fo sysctl_ctx_entry_del
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.Fa "struct sysctl_ctx_list *clist"
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.Fa "struct sysctl_oid *oidp"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions provide an interface
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for managing dynamically created oids.
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The sysctl context is responsible for keeping track of created oids,
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as well as their proper removal when needed.
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It adds a simple transactional aspect to oid removal operations;
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i.e., if a removal operation fails part way,
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it is possible to roll back the sysctl tree
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to its previous state.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn sysctl_ctx_init
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function initializes a sysctl context.
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The
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.Fa clist
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argument must point to an already allocated variable.
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A context
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.Em must
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be initialized before use.
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Once it is initialized,
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a pointer to the context can be passed as an argument to all the
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.Fa SYSCTL_ADD_*
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macros (see
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.Xr sysctl_add_oid 9 ) ,
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and it will be updated with entries pointing to newly created oids.
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.Pp
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Internally, the context is represented as a
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.Xr queue 3
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TAILQ linked list.
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The list consists of
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.Li struct sysctl_ctx_entry
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entries:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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struct sysctl_ctx_entry {
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struct sysctl_oid *entry;
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TAILQ_ENTRY(sysctl_ctx_entry) link;
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};
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TAILQ_HEAD(sysctl_ctx_list, sysctl_ctx_entry);
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Each context entry points to one dynamic oid that it manages.
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Newly created oids are always inserted in the front of the list.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn sysctl_ctx_free
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function removes the context and associated oids it manages.
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If the function completes successfully,
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all managed oids have been unregistered
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(removed from the tree)
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and freed,
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together with all their allocated memory,
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and the entries of the context have been freed as well.
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.Pp
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The removal operation is performed in two steps.
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First, for each context entry, the function
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.Xr sysctl_remove_oid 9
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is executed, with parameter
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.Fa del
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set to 0, which inhibits the freeing of resources.
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If there are no errors during this step,
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.Fn sysctl_ctx_free
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proceeds to the next step.
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If the first step fails,
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all unregistered oids associated with the context are registered again.
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.Pp
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.Em Note :
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in most cases, the programmer specifies
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.Dv OID_AUTO
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as the oid number when creating an oid.
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However, during registration of the oid in the tree,
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this number is changed to the first available number
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greater than or equal to
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.Dv CTL_AUTO_START .
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If the first step of context deletion fails,
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re-registration of the oid does not change the already assigned oid number
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(which is different from OID_AUTO).
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This ensures that re-registered entries
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maintain their original positions in the tree.
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.Pp
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The second step actually performs the deletion of the dynamic oids.
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.Xr sysctl_remove_oid 9
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iterates through the context list,
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starting from beginning (i.e., the newest entries).
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.Em Important :
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this time, the function not only deletes the oids from the tree,
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but also frees their memory (provided that oid_refcnt == 0),
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as well as the memory of all context entries.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn sysctl_ctx_entry_add
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function allows the addition of an existing dynamic oid to a context.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn sysctl_ctx_entry_del
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function removes an entry from the context.
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.Em Important :
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in this case, only the corresponding
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.Li struct sysctl_ctx_entry
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is freed, but the
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.Fa oidp
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pointer remains intact.
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Thereafter, the programmer is responsible for managing the resources
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allocated to this oid.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn sysctl_ctx_entry_find
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function searches for a given
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.Fa oidp
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within a context list,
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either returning a pointer to the
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.Fa struct sysctl_ctx_entry
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found,
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or
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.Dv NULL .
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The following is an example of how to create a new top-level category
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and how to hook up another subtree to an existing static node.
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This example uses contexts to keep track of the oids.
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.Bd -literal
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#include <sys/sysctl.h>
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...
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struct sysctl_ctx_list clist;
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struct sysctl_oid *oidp;
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int a_int;
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char *string = "dynamic sysctl";
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...
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sysctl_ctx_init(&clist);
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oidp = SYSCTL_ADD_NODE( &clist, SYSCTL_STATIC_CHILDREN(/* tree top */),
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OID_AUTO, "newtree", CTFLAG_RW, 0, "new top level tree");
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oidp = SYSCTL_ADD_INT( &clist, SYSCTL_CHILDREN(oidp),
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OID_AUTO, "newint", CTLFLAG_RW, &a_int, 0, "new int leaf");
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...
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oidp = SYSCTL_ADD_NODE( &clist, SYSCTL_STATIC_CHILDREN(_debug),
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OID_AUTO, "newtree", CTFLAG_RW, 0, "new tree under debug");
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oidp = SYSCTL_ADD_STRING( &clist, SYSCTL_CHILDREN(oidp),
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OID_AUTO, "newstring", CTLFLAG_R, string, 0, "new string leaf");
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...
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/* Now we can free up the oids */
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if(sysctl_ctx_free(&clist)) {
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printf("can't free this context - other oids depend on it");
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return(ENOTEMPTY);
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} else {
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printf("Success!\\n"):
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return(0);
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}
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.Ed
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.Pp
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This example creates the following subtrees:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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debug.newtree.newstring
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newtree.newint
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Note that both trees are removed, and their resources freed,
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through one
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.Fn sysctl_ctx_free
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call, which starts by freeing the newest entries (leaves)
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and then proceeds to free the older entries (in this case the nodes).
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr queue 3 ,
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.Xr sysctl 8 ,
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.Xr sysctl 9 ,
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.Xr sysctl_add_oid 9 ,
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.Xr sysctl_remove_oid 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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These functions first appeared in
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.Fx 4.2 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Andrzej Bialecki Aq abial@FreeBSD.org
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.Sh BUGS
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The current removal algorithm is somewhat heavy.
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In the worst case,
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all oids need to be unregistered, registered again,
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and then unregistered and deleted.
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However, the algorithm does guarantee transactional properties
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for removal operations.
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.Pp
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All operations on contexts involve linked list traversal.
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For this reason,
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creation and removal of entries is relatively costly.
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