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Updated: July 2017
 
 

kstat_named_setstr(9F)

Name

kstat_named_init, kstat_named_setstr - initialize a named kstat

Synopsis

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/kstat.h>

void kstat_named_init(kstat_named_t *knp, const char *name,
     uchar_t data_type);
void kstat_named_setstr(kstat_named_t *knp, const char *str);

Interface Level

Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI)

Parameters

knp

Pointer to a kstat_named(9S) structure.

name

The name of the statistic.

data_type

The type of value. This indicates which field of the kstat_named(9S) structure should be used. Valid values are:

KSTAT_DATA_CHAR

The “char” field.

KSTAT_DATA_LONG

The “long” field.

KSTAT_DATA_ULONG

The “unsigned long” field.

KSTAT_DATA_LONGLONG

Obsolete. Use KSTAT_DATA_INT64.

KSTAT_DATA_ULONGLONG

Obsolete. Use KSTAT_DATA_UINT64.

KSTAT_DATA_STRING

Arbitrary length “long string” field.

str

Pointer to a NULL-terminated string.

Description

kstat_named_init() associates a name and a type with a kstat_named(9S) structure.

kstat_named_setstr() associates str with the named kstat knp. It is an error for knp to be of type other than KSTAT_DATA_STRING. The string argument must remain valid even after the function that is calling kstat_named_setstr() is returned. This is the only supported method of changing the value of long strings.

Return Values

None.

Context

kstat_named_init() and kstat_named_setstr() can be called from user or kernel context.

See Also

kstat_create(9F), kstat_install(9F), kstat(9S), kstat_named(9S)

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