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authorKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2009-06-22 00:32:26 +0200
committerKay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>2009-06-22 00:32:26 +0200
commitf86ac6e170eae3f40548627cf5ba1264329d43d3 (patch)
tree58c93e979d81f35b936bc55dc553992202b8ea21 /libudev/libudev-queue-private.c
parent7567ca34aafe537dff9734e312b37a021a4cdb9c (diff)
libudev: queue - add comments for queue format
udev/udev.pc
Diffstat (limited to 'libudev/libudev-queue-private.c')
-rw-r--r--libudev/libudev-queue-private.c21
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/libudev/libudev-queue-private.c b/libudev/libudev-queue-private.c
index 9ae680c386..0427b65a01 100644
--- a/libudev/libudev-queue-private.c
+++ b/libudev/libudev-queue-private.c
@@ -19,19 +19,22 @@
*
* When a new event is queued, its details are appended to the log.
* When the event finishes, a second record is appended to the log
- * with the same sequence number but a null devpath.
+ * with the same sequence number but a devpath len of 0.
*
* Example:
- * {1, "/devices/virtual/mem/null" },
- * {2, "/devices/virtual/mem/zero" },
- * {1, "" },
- * Event 2 is still queued, but event 1 has been finished
+ * { 0x0000000000000001 }
+ * { 0x0000000000000001, 0x0019, "/devices/virtual/mem/null" },
+ * { 0x0000000000000002, 0x001b, "/devices/virtual/mem/random" },
+ * { 0x0000000000000001, 0x0000 },
+ * { 0x0000000000000003, 0x0019, "/devices/virtual/mem/zero" },
*
- * The queue does not grow indefinitely. It is periodically re-created
- * to remove finished events. Atomic rename() makes this transparent to readers.
+ * Events 2 and 3 are still queued, but event 1 has finished.
+ *
+ * The queue does not grow indefinitely. It is periodically re-created
+ * to remove finished events. Atomic rename() makes this transparent to readers.
*
* The queue file starts with a single sequence number which specifies the
- * minimum sequence number in the log that follows. Any events prior to this
+ * minimum sequence number in the log that follows. Any events prior to this
* sequence number have already finished.
*/
@@ -349,7 +352,7 @@ static int update_queue(struct udev_queue_export *udev_queue_export,
return -1;
}
- /* when the queue files grow too large, they must be garbage collected and rebuilt */
+ /* when the queue file grows too large, garbage-collect and rebuild it */
bytes = ftell(udev_queue_export->queue_file) + queue_record_size(devpath_len);
/* if we're removing the last event from the queue, that's the best time to rebuild it */