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Diffstat (limited to 'src/or/buffers.c')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/or/buffers.c b/src/or/buffers.c index c08da63a0d..412879606a 100644 --- a/src/or/buffers.c +++ b/src/or/buffers.c @@ -6,10 +6,22 @@ /** * \file buffers.c - * \brief Implements a generic interface buffer. Buffers are - * fairly opaque string holders that can read to or flush from: - * memory, file descriptors, or TLS connections. Buffers are implemented - * as linked lists of memory chunks. + * \brief Implements a generic buffer interface. + * + * A buf_t is a (fairly) opaque byte-oriented FIFO that can read to or flush + * from memory, sockets, file descriptors, TLS connections, or another buf_t. + * Buffers are implemented as linked lists of memory chunks. + * + * All socket-backed and TLS-based connection_t objects have a pair of + * buffers: one for incoming data, and one for outcoming data. These are fed + * and drained from functions in connection.c, trigged by events that are + * monitored in main.c. + * + * This module has basic support for reading and writing on buf_t objects. It + * also contains specialized functions for handling particular protocols + * on a buf_t backend, including SOCKS (used in connection_edge.c), Tor cells + * (used in connection_or.c and channeltls.c), HTTP (used in directory.c), and + * line-oriented communication (used in control.c). **/ #define BUFFERS_PRIVATE #include "or.h" |