+ *
+ * NOTES: We implement binary comparibility between CTLFLAG_OID2 and
+ * pre-CTLFLAG_OID2 structure in sysctl_register_oid() and in
+ * sysctl_unregister_oid() using the fact that the fields up
+ * to oid_fmt are unchanged, and that the field immediately
+ * following is on an alignment boundary following a pointer
+ * type and is also a pointer. This lets us get the previous
+ * size of the structure, and the copy-cut-off point, using
+ * the offsetof() language primitive, and these values are
+ * used in conjunction with the fact that earlier and future
+ * statically compiled sysctl_oid structures are declared via
+ * macros. This lets us overload the macros so that the addition
+ * of the CTLFLAG_OID2 in newly compiled code containing sysctl
+ * node declarations, subsequently allowing us to to avoid
+ * changing the KPI used for non-static (un)registration in
+ * KEXTs.
+ *
+ * This depends on the fact that people declare SYSCTLs,
+ * rather than declaring sysctl_oid structures. All new code
+ * should avoid declaring struct sysctl_oid's directly without
+ * the macros; the current risk for this is limited to losing
+ * your description field and ending up with a malloc'ed copy,
+ * as if it were a legacy binary static declaration via SYSCTL;
+ * in the future, we may deprecate access to a named structure
+ * type in third party code. Use the macros, or our code will
+ * end up with compile errors when that happens.
+ *
+ * Please try to include a long description of the field in any
+ * new sysctl declarations (all the macros support this). This
+ * field may be the only human readable documentation your users
+ * get for your sysctl.