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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:06:25 UTC
The branch main has been updated by imp:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=32cc01e75aabc117c2c19c25291aa25eb1ec3cef
commit 32cc01e75aabc117c2c19c25291aa25eb1ec3cef
Author: brothersw <tyler.waddell112@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: 2026-04-07 18:45:08 +0000
Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-04-16 06:05:20 +0000
sysctl.3: Correct kern and kern.proc type descriptions
Fix several incorrect sysctl.3 type and mutability descriptions so the
manpage matches the actual kern and kern.proc interfaces.
Signed-off-by: Tyler Waddell <tyler.waddell112@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: imp
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/2128
---
lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 | 27 +++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3
index ef897c653728..75fd6307bd30 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd July 31, 2025
+.Dd April 15, 2026
.Dt SYSCTL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ information.
.Bl -column "KERNXMAXFILESPERPROCXXX" "struct clockrateXXX" -offset indent
.It Sy Second Level Name Ta Sy Type Ta Sy Changeable
.It Dv KERN_ARGMAX Ta integer Ta no
-.It Dv KERN_ARND Ta integer Ta no
+.It Dv KERN_ARND Ta byte buffer Ta no
.It Dv KERN_BOOTFILE Ta string Ta yes
.It Dv KERN_BOOTTIME Ta struct timeval Ta no
.It Dv KERN_CLOCKRATE Ta struct clockinfo Ta no
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ information.
.It Dv KERN_HOSTID Ta integer Ta yes
.It Dv KERN_HOSTUUID Ta string Ta yes
.It Dv KERN_HOSTNAME Ta string Ta yes
-.It Dv KERN_IOV_MAX Ta integer Ta yes
+.It Dv KERN_IOV_MAX Ta integer Ta no
.It Dv KERN_JOB_CONTROL Ta integer Ta no
.It Dv KERN_LOCKF Ta struct kinfo_lockf Ta no
.It Dv KERN_LOGSIGEXIT Ta integer Ta yes
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ the currently installed userland.
.It Li KERN_OSRELEASE
The system release string.
.It Li KERN_OSREV
-The system revision string.
+The system revision number.
.It Li KERN_OSTYPE
The system type string.
.It Li KERN_POSIX1
@@ -501,14 +501,14 @@ specifies the current process.
.It Dv KERN_PROC_GROUPS Ta "gid_t []"
.It Dv KERN_PROC_ENV Ta "Set of strings"
.It Dv KERN_PROC_AUXV Ta "Elf_Auxinfo []"
-.It Dv KERN_PROC_RLIMIT Ta "Integer"
-.It Dv KERN_PROC_PS_STRINGS Ta "Integer"
+.It Dv KERN_PROC_RLIMIT Ta "struct rlimit"
+.It Dv KERN_PROC_PS_STRINGS Ta "Pointer to struct ps_strings"
.It Dv KERN_PROC_UMASK Ta "Integer/short"
.It Dv KERN_PROC_OSREL Ta "Integer"
-.It Dv KERN_PROC_SIGTRAMP Ta "Integer"
-.It Dv KERN_PROC_CWD Ta "String"
+.It Dv KERN_PROC_SIGTRAMP Ta "struct kinfo_sigtramp"
+.It Dv KERN_PROC_CWD Ta "struct kinfo_file"
.It Dv KERN_PROC_NFDS Ta "Integer"
-.It Dv KERN_PROC_SIGFASTBLK Ta "Integer"
+.It Dv KERN_PROC_SIGFASTBLK Ta "Address"
.It Dv KERN_PROC_VM_LAYOUT Ta "struct kinfo_vm_layout"
.It Dv KERN_PROC_RLIMIT_USAGE Ta "rlim_t []"
.It Dv KERN_PROC_KQUEUE Ta "struct kinfo_knote []"
@@ -570,7 +570,8 @@ Read from the note of the elf executable at
time.
Might be modified by the process.
.It Dv KERN_PROC_SIGTRAMP
-Address of the signal trampoline in the process address space,
+Structure describing the address range of the signal trampoline in the
+process address space,
where, simplifying, the kernel passes control for signal delivery.
.It Dv KERN_PROC_CWD
Returns the current working directory for the process.
@@ -586,6 +587,12 @@ Fills a structure describing process virtual address space layout.
Like
.Dv KERN_PROC_RLIMIT ,
but instead of the limit, returns the accounted resource usage.
+If the MIB is of the form
+.Li kern.proc.rlimit_usage\&. Ns Va pid ,
+usage values for all resources are returned.
+If the MIB is of the form
+.Li kern.proc.rlimit_usage\&. Ns Va pid Ns \&. Ns Va resource ,
+the usage value for the specified resource is returned.
For resources which do not have a meaningful current value,
.Li \-1
is returned.