- // This trick is needed in order to allow the child thread to save the 'sockmain' variable
- // withouth getting it overwritten by the sock_open, in case we want to open more than one waiting sockets
- // For instance, the rpcapd_thread_create() will accept the socktemp variable, and it will deallocate immediately that variable
+ //
+ // This trick is needed in order to allow the child
+ // thread to save the 'sockmain' variable without
+ // getting it overwritten by the sock_open, in case
+ // we want to open more than one waiting socket.
+ //
+ // For instance, the rpcapd_thread_create() will
+ // accept the socktemp variable, and it will
+ // immediately deallocate that variable.
+ //
+ // XXX - this shouldn't be necessary if we're
+ // using subprocesses rather than threads, as
+ // the use and overwrite would be done in
+ // separate processes; we should be able to
+ // pass a pointer to sockmain in the child
+ // process.
+ //