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diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING index f2f15a55a..046521b3e 100644 --- a/doc/HACKING +++ b/doc/HACKING @@ -65,14 +65,15 @@ the distant future, stuff may have changed.) Also implements parsing functions to read HTTP and SOCKS commands from buffers. - tree.h -- A splay tree implementation by Niels Provos. Used only by - dns.c. + tree.h -- A splay tree implementation by Niels Provos. Used by + dns.c for dns caching at exits, and by connection_edge.c for dns + caching at clients. config.c -- Code to parse and validate the configuration file. [Background processing modules] - cpuworker.c -- Implements a separate 'CPU worker' process to perform + cpuworker.c -- Implements a farm of 'CPU worker' processes to perform CPU-intensive tasks in the background, so as not interrupt the onion router. (OR only) @@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ the distant future, stuff may have changed.) [Internal] CONN_TYPE_DNSWORKER -- Connection from the main process to a DNS worker process. [OR only] - + CONN_TYPE_CPUWORKER -- Connection from the main process to a CPU worker process. [OR only] @@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ the distant future, stuff may have changed.) poll, if poll is not available) to handle nonblocking (asynchronous) IO. If you're not familiar with nonblocking IO, check out the links at the end of this document. - + All asynchronous logic is handled in main.c. The functions 'connection_add', 'connection_set_poll_socket', and 'connection_remove' manage an array of connection_t*, and keep in synch with the array of |