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Diffstat (limited to 'src/or/config.c')
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1 files changed, 53 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c index 9ad5d63f8d..9553822ba3 100644 --- a/src/or/config.c +++ b/src/or/config.c @@ -6,7 +6,56 @@ /** * \file config.c - * \brief Code to parse and interpret configuration files. + * \brief Code to interpret the user's configuration of Tor. + * + * This module handles torrc configuration file, including parsing it, + * combining it with torrc.defaults and the command line, allowing + * user changes to it (via editing and SIGHUP or via the control port), + * writing it back to disk (because of SAVECONF from the control port), + * and -- most importantly, acting on it. + * + * The module additionally has some tools for manipulating and + * inspecting values that are calculated as a result of the + * configured options. + * + * <h3>How to add new options</h3> + * + * To add new items to the torrc, there are a minimum of three places to edit: + * <ul> + * <li>The or_options_t structure in or.h, where the options are stored. + * <li>The option_vars_ array below in this module, which configures + * the names of the torrc options, their types, their multiplicities, + * and their mappings to fields in or_options_t. + * <li>The manual in doc/tor.1.txt, to document what the new option + * is, and how it works. + * </ul> + * + * Additionally, you might need to edit these places too: + * <ul> + * <li>options_validate() below, in case you want to reject some possible + * values of the new configuration option. + * <li>options_transition_allowed() below, in case you need to + * forbid some or all changes in the option while Tor is + * running. + * <li>options_transition_affects_workers(), in case changes in the option + * might require Tor to relaunch or reconfigure its worker threads. + * <li>options_transition_affects_descriptor(), in case changes in the + * option might require a Tor relay to build and publish a new server + * descriptor. + * <li>options_act() and/or options_act_reversible(), in case there's some + * action that needs to be taken immediately based on the option's + * value. + * </ul> + * + * <h3>Changing the value of an option</h3> + * + * Because of the SAVECONF command from the control port, it's a bad + * idea to change the value of any user-configured option in the + * or_options_t. If you want to sometimes do this anyway, we recommend + * that you create a secondary field in or_options_t; that you have the + * user option linked only to the secondary field; that you use the + * secondary field to initialize the one that Tor actually looks at; and that + * you use the one Tor looks as the one that you modify. **/ #define CONFIG_PRIVATE @@ -781,7 +830,7 @@ set_options(or_options_t *new_val, char **msg) tor_free(line); } } else { - smartlist_add(elements, tor_strdup(options_format.vars[i].name)); + smartlist_add_strdup(elements, options_format.vars[i].name); smartlist_add(elements, NULL); } } @@ -5335,7 +5384,7 @@ options_init_logs(const or_options_t *old_options, or_options_t *options, SPLIT_SKIP_SPACE|SPLIT_IGNORE_BLANK, 2); if (smartlist_len(elts) == 0) - smartlist_add(elts, tor_strdup("stdout")); + smartlist_add_strdup(elts, "stdout"); if (smartlist_len(elts) == 1 && (!strcasecmp(smartlist_get(elts,0), "stdout") || @@ -5870,7 +5919,7 @@ get_options_from_transport_options_line(const char *line,const char *transport) } /* add it to the options smartlist */ - smartlist_add(options, tor_strdup(option)); + smartlist_add_strdup(options, option); log_debug(LD_CONFIG, "Added %s to the list of options", escaped(option)); } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(option); |