On Sep 10, 2007, at 12:51 PM, jean-frederic clere wrote:
Jim Jagielski wrote:
On Sep 10, 2007, at 12:19 PM, jean-frederic clere wrote:
Well that just because I am thinking that the size of
proxy_worker_stat
could be "changed" by a balancer, like adding extra bytes to
proxy_worker_stat.
That is what 'void *context' is designed to do. Be a place
where "unique" data can be stored.
Well now context can't be pointing after proxy_worker_stat and
using few
bytes of the 1K buffer. Someone having his own balancer could add the
bytes he needs in his balancer code if the size is set in the
balancer code.
??
The idea of the context element is, if a balancer needs
additional data other than what is defined in proxy_worker_stat,
the 'content' element allows them to create a struct/union/whatever
of that "extra" data, allocate it as needed and tuck away a pointer
to that in context, which required no change to the size or
definition of proxy_worker_stat at all.
