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KSTAT(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual KSTAT(4) NAME kstat - kernel statistics SYNOPSIS pseudo-device kstat DESCRIPTION The /dev/kstat device exposes kernel statistics (kstats) to userland. IOCTLS The kstat ioctl(2) calls are provided in <sys/kstat.h>. With the exception of KSTATIOC_VERSION, the kstat ioctl(2) calls use the kstat_req structure to request or enumerate kernel statistic data from the kernel: struct kstat_req { unsigned int ks_rflags; #define KSTATIOC_F_IGNVER (1 << 0) /* the current version of the kstat subsystem */ unsigned int ks_version; uint64_t ks_id; char ks_provider[KSTAT_STRLEN]; unsigned int ks_instance; char ks_name[KSTAT_STRLEN]; unsigned int ks_unit; struct timespec ks_created; struct timespec ks_updated; struct timespec ks_interval; unsigned int ks_type; unsigned int ks_state; void *ks_data; size_t ks_datalen; unsigned int ks_dataver; }; The kstat subsystem increments a version number when a kstat is added to or removed from the subsystem so changes to the set of kstats can be detected. The current version can be requested with a KSTATIOC_VERSION ioctl(2) call. Programs requesting a kstat with the other ioctl(2) calls pass the current version in ks_version, and if the version differs an error will be returned with errno(2) set to EINVAL to indicate that the program should resynchronise with the kernel subsystem. This check can be disabled by setting the KSTATIOC_F_IGNVER flag in ks_rflags. A kstat is identified by a 64bit number, or the combination of a provider name, instance number, name, and unit number. Unless ks_data is NULL, the kstat subsystem will request an update of the statistics data and copy up to ks_datalen bytes of it to the specified memory. The kstat ioctl(2) calls are as follows: KSTATIOC_VERSION unsigned int Get the current version of the set of kernel statistics. KSTATIOC_FIND_ID struct kstat_req Request the kstat identified by ks_id. KSTATIOC_NFIND_ID struct kstat_req Request a kstat with an identifier greater than or equal to ks_id. KSTATIOC_FIND_PROVIDER struct kstat_req Request the kstat identified by ks_provider, ks_instance, ks_name, and ks_unit. KSTATIOC_NFIND_PROVIDER struct kstat_req Request the kstat or next kstat from the set of kstats ordered by ks_provider, ks_instance, ks_name, and ks_unit. KSTATIOC_FIND_NAME struct kstat_req Request the kstat identified by ks_name, ks_unit, ks_provider, and ks_instance. KSTATIOC_NFIND_NAME struct kstat_req Request the kstat or next kstat from the set of kstats ordered by ks_name, ks_unit, ks_provider, and ks_instance. Upon the successful request of a kstat, the kstat driver will update the kstat_req structure with current information about that kstat. Updated fields include: ks_version The current version of the kstat subsystem. ks_id The 64bit unique identifier for the requested kstat. A kstat can be requested using this identifier and the KSTATIOC_FIND_ID ioctl(2) call. ks_provider, ks_instance, ks_name, ks_unit The fully specified identifier of the kstat. A kstat can be requested using these identifiers with the KSTATIOC_FIND_NAME and KSTATIOC_FIND_PROVIDER ioctl(2) calls. Groups of kstats with the same identifier or name can be enumerated or requested with the KSTATIOC_NFIND_NAME and KSTATIOC_NFIND_PROVIDER ioctl(2) calls without having to fetch the entire set of kstats and filtering them. ks_created The system uptime when the kstat was created and added to the kstat subsystem. ks_updated The system uptime at which the kstat data payload was last updated. A kstat provider may update data when requested, or report when data was last updated by some other process. ks_updated can by used by a program to identify if data has been updated, or for calculating rates of changes of values between updates. ks_type The type or structure of the data payload. Currently supported types are documented in kstat_create(9). ks_datalen The amount of data the kstat provides in bytes. When requesting kstat data, the program specifies the amount of space available at ks_data by setting this variable. FILES /dev/kstat SEE ALSO kstat_create(9), kstat_kv_init(9) HISTORY The kstat device appeared in OpenBSD 6.8. FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 January 14, 2022 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8