Re: sysctl add macros

From: Matthew Fleming <mdf_at_FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 06:48:24 -0800 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:40:44 UTC

On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Venkata Duvvuru <
VenkatKumar.Duvvuru_at_emulex.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm unable to figure out how to add an unsigned short or an unsigned char
> values to a sysctl node.
> SYSCTL_ADD_INT, SYSCTL_ADD_UINT, etc., are present but to add a char or a
> short values I couldn't find any macros.
>
> Could you please let me know how to add them?
>

FreeBSD does not have any sysctl handlers for 1 or 2 byte values.  FreeBSD
code that wants to do this has used int or u_int instead of a smaller type.

Cheers,
matthew