1 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/plugins_d.h b/src/plugins_d.h
index 11e89e0ac..6f1fbd6e1 100644
--- a/src/plugins_d.h
+++ b/src/plugins_d.h
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-
 #ifndef NETDATA_PLUGINS_D_H
 #define NETDATA_PLUGINS_D_H 1
 
@@ -11,22 +7,28 @@
 #define PLUGINSD_LINE_MAX 1024
 
 struct plugind {
-	char id[CONFIG_MAX_NAME+1];			// config node id
+    char id[CONFIG_MAX_NAME+1];         // config node id
+
+    char filename[FILENAME_MAX+1];      // just the filename
+    char fullfilename[FILENAME_MAX+1];  // with path
+    char cmd[PLUGINSD_CMD_MAX+1];       // the command that is executes
+
+    pid_t pid;
+    pthread_t thread;
 
-	char filename[FILENAME_MAX+1];		// just the filename
-	char fullfilename[FILENAME_MAX+1];	// with path
-	char cmd[PLUGINSD_CMD_MAX+1];		// the command that is executes
+    size_t successful_collections;      // the number of times we have seen
+                                        // values collected from this plugin
 
-	pid_t pid;
-	pthread_t thread;
+    size_t serial_failures;             // the number of times the plugin started
+                                        // without collecting values
 
-	int update_every;
-	int obsolete;
-	int enabled;
+    int update_every;                   // the plugin default data collection frequency
+    int obsolete;                       // do not touch this structure after setting this to 1
+    int enabled;                        // if this is enabled or not
 
-	time_t started_t;
+    time_t started_t;
 
-	struct plugind *next;
+    struct plugind *next;
 };
 
 extern struct plugind *pluginsd_root;