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diff --git a/src/lib/buf/lib_buf.md b/src/lib/buf/lib_buf.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..519ab50a2d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/lib/buf/lib_buf.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +@dir /lib/buf +@brief lib/buf: An efficient byte queue. + +This module defines the buf_t type, which is used throughout our networking +code. The implementation is a singly-linked queue of buffer chunks, similar +to the BSD kernel's +["mbuf"](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mbuf&sektion=9) structure. + +The buf_t type is also reasonable for use in constructing long strings. + +See \refdir{lib/net} for networking code that uses buf_t, and +\refdir{lib/tls} for cryptographic code that uses buf_t. + |