The name of the provider's module (such as "sd", "esp", ...). The "core" kernel uses the name "unix".
instance
The provider's instance number, as from ddi_get_instance(9F). Modules which do not have a meaningful instance number should use 0.
name
A pointer to a string that uniquely identifies this structure. Only KSTAT_STRLEN - 1 characters are significant.
class
The general class that this kstat belongs to. The following classes are currently in use: disk, tape, net, controller, vm, kvm, hat, streams, kstat, and misc.
type
The type of kstat to allocate. Valid types are:
KSTAT_TYPE_NAMED
Allows more than one data record per kstat.
KSTAT_TYPE_INTR
Interrupt; only one data record per kstat.
KSTAT_TYPE_IO
I/O; only one data record per kstat
ndata
The number of type-specific data records to allocate.
ks_flag
A bit-field of various flags for this kstat. ks_flag is some combination of:
KSTAT_FLAG_VIRTUAL
Tells kstat_create() not to allocate memory for the kstat data section; instead, the driver will set the ks_data field to point to the data it wishes to export. This provides a convenient way to export existing data structures.
KSTAT_FLAG_WRITABLE
Makes the kstat data section writable by root.
KSTAT_FLAG_PERSISTENT
Indicates that this kstat is to be persistent over time. For persistent kstats, kstat_delete(9F) simply
marks the kstat as dormant; a subsequent kstat_create() reactivates the kstat. This feature is provided so that statistics are not lost across driver close/open (such as raw disk I/O on a disk with no mounted partitions.) Note: Persistent kstats cannot be virtual, since ks_data points to garbage as soon as the driver goes away.
DESCRIPTION
The net_kstat_create() function allocates and initializes a kstat(9S) structure. See kstat_create(9F) for a complete discussion of this function.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, net_kstat_create() returns a pointer to the allocated kstat. NULL is returned upon failure.
CONTEXT
The net_kstat_create() function may be called from user or kernel context.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: