Index: share/man/man9/sbuf.9
===================================================================
--- share/man/man9/sbuf.9
+++ share/man/man9/sbuf.9
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
 .Nm sbuf_delete ,
 .Nm sbuf_start_section ,
 .Nm sbuf_end_section ,
-.Nm sbuf_hexdump
+.Nm sbuf_hexdump ,
+.Nm sbuf_putbuf
 .Nd safe string composition
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In sys/types.h
@@ -124,6 +125,8 @@
 .Fa "const char *hdr"
 .Fa "int flags"
 .Fc
+.Ft void
+.Fn sbuf_putbuf "struct sbuf *s"
 .In sys/sysctl.h
 .Ft struct sbuf *
 .Fn sbuf_new_for_sysctl "struct sbuf *s" "char *buf" "int length" "struct sysctl_req *req"
@@ -472,6 +475,12 @@
 See the
 .Xr hexdump 3
 man page for more details on the interface.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn sbuf_putbuf
+function printfs the sbuf to stdout if in userland, and to the console
+and log if in the kernel.
+It does not drain the buffer or update any pointers.
 .Sh NOTES
 If an operation caused an
 .Fa sbuf
Index: sys/kern/subr_prf.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/subr_prf.c
+++ sys/kern/subr_prf.c
@@ -411,6 +411,23 @@
 }
 
 static void
+prf_putbuf(char *bufr, int flags, int pri)
+{
+
+	if (flags & TOLOG)
+		msglogstr(bufr, pri, /*filter_cr*/1);
+
+	if (flags & TOCONS) {
+		if ((panicstr == NULL) && (constty != NULL))
+			msgbuf_addstr(&consmsgbuf, -1,
+			    bufr, /*filter_cr*/ 0);
+
+		if ((constty == NULL) ||(always_console_output))
+			cnputs(bufr);
+	}
+}
+
+static void
 putbuf(int c, struct putchar_arg *ap)
 {
 	/* Check if no console output buffer was provided. */
@@ -431,18 +448,7 @@
 
 		/* Check if the buffer needs to be flushed. */
 		if (ap->remain == 2 || c == '\n') {
-
-			if (ap->flags & TOLOG)
-				msglogstr(ap->p_bufr, ap->pri, /*filter_cr*/1);
-
-			if (ap->flags & TOCONS) {
-				if ((panicstr == NULL) && (constty != NULL))
-					msgbuf_addstr(&consmsgbuf, -1,
-					    ap->p_bufr, /*filter_cr*/ 0);
-
-				if ((constty == NULL) ||(always_console_output))
-					cnputs(ap->p_bufr);
-			}
+			prf_putbuf(ap->p_bufr, ap->flags, ap->pri);
 
 			ap->p_next = ap->p_bufr;
 			ap->remain = ap->n_bufr;
@@ -1221,3 +1227,19 @@
 	}
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef _KERNEL
+void
+sbuf_putbuf(struct sbuf *sb)
+{
+
+	prf_putbuf(sbuf_data(sb), TOLOG | TOCONS, -1);
+}
+#else
+void
+sbuf_putbuf(struct sbuf *sb)
+{
+
+	printf("%s", sbuf_data(sb));
+}
+#endif