pkg/utils/sysctl/sysctl_linux.go

// Copyright 2016 CNI authors
//
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package sysctl

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"path/filepath"
	"strings"
)

// Sysctl provides a method to set/get values from /proc/sys - in linux systems
// new interface to set/get values of variables formerly handled by sysctl syscall
// If optional `params` have only one string value - this function will
// set this value into corresponding sysctl variable
func Sysctl(name string, params ...string) (string, error) {
	if len(params) > 1 {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexcepted additional parameters")
	} else if len(params) == 1 {
		return setSysctl(name, params[0])
	}
	return getSysctl(name)
}

func getSysctl(name string) (string, error) {
	fullName := filepath.Join("/proc/sys", strings.Replace(name, ".", "/", -1))
	fullName = filepath.Clean(fullName)
	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fullName)
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	return string(data[:len(data)-1]), nil
}

func setSysctl(name, value string) (string, error) {
	fullName := filepath.Join("/proc/sys", strings.Replace(name, ".", "/", -1))
	fullName = filepath.Clean(fullName)
	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(fullName, []byte(value), 0644); err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	return getSysctl(name)
}