New upstream version 1.11.0+dfsgupstream/1.11.0+dfsg

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/main.h b/daemon/main.h
index d29bf74e7..cb0bde6a9 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/daemon/main.h
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 #ifndef NETDATA_MAIN_H
 #define NETDATA_MAIN_H 1
 
+#include "common.h"
+
+extern struct config netdata_config;
+
 #define NETDATA_MAIN_THREAD_RUNNING   CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES
 #define NETDATA_MAIN_THREAD_EXITING  (CONFIG_BOOLEAN_YES + 1)
 #define NETDATA_MAIN_THREAD_EXITED    CONFIG_BOOLEAN_NO
@@ -21,17 +27,17 @@ struct option_def {
 };
 
 struct netdata_static_thread {
-    char *name;
+    char *name;                         // the name of the thread as it should appear in the logs
 
-    char *config_section;
-    char *config_name;
+    char *config_section;               // the section of netdata.conf to check if this is enabled or not
+    char *config_name;                  // the name of the config option to check if it is true or false
 
-    volatile sig_atomic_t enabled;
+    volatile sig_atomic_t enabled;      // the current status of the thread
 
-    netdata_thread_t *thread;
+    netdata_thread_t *thread;           // internal use, to maintain a pointer to the created thread
 
-    void (*init_routine) (void);
-    void *(*start_routine) (void *);
+    void (*init_routine) (void);        // an initialization function to run before spawning the thread
+    void *(*start_routine) (void *);    // the threaded worker
 };
 
 extern void cancel_main_threads(void);