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authorGreg Cox2021-02-01 07:09:49 +0000
committerGert Doering2021-02-03 11:27:36 +0100
commit5b17607ad593bc081dc35b2ed1d6b852786a0d23 (patch)
treedba197fd9bf4966471188625165bd7d84df58b2b
parent86c674230d6334c1aa18f74acc7a9741a6c9683a (diff)
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Explain structver usage in sample defer plugin.
sample-plugins/defer/simple.c uses OPENVPN_PLUGINv3_STRUCTVER settings that may not be obvious to a new author. Add a comment to reduce possible confusion. Acked-by: David Sommerseth <davids@openvpn.net> Message-Id: <1612163389-16421-1-git-send-email-gcox@mozilla.com> URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg21540.html Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> (cherry picked from commit fdfbd4441c2225dc69431c57d18291e103c466cf)
-rw-r--r--sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.c b/sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.c
index 05bfc4e..6f08bed 100644
--- a/sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.c
+++ b/sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.c
@@ -69,12 +69,18 @@ static plugin_log_t plugin_log = NULL;
* Constants indicating minimum API and struct versions by the functions
* in this plugin. Consult openvpn-plugin.h, look for:
* OPENVPN_PLUGIN_VERSION and OPENVPN_PLUGINv3_STRUCTVER
+ *
+ * Strictly speaking, this sample code only requires plugin_log, a feature
+ * of structver version 1. However, '1' lines up with ancient versions
+ * of openvpn that are past end-of-support. As such, we are requiring
+ * structver '5' here to indicate a desire for modern openvpn, rather
+ * than a need for any particular feature found in structver beyond '1'.
*/
#define OPENVPN_PLUGIN_VERSION_MIN 3
#define OPENVPN_PLUGIN_STRUCTVER_MIN 5
/*
-* Our context, where we keep our state.
+ * Our context, where we keep our state.
*/
struct plugin_context {
@@ -160,7 +166,6 @@ openvpn_plugin_open_v3(const int v3structver,
const char **envp = args->envp; /* environment variables */
struct plugin_context *context;
- /* Check API compatibility -- struct version 5 or higher needed */
if (v3structver < OPENVPN_PLUGIN_STRUCTVER_MIN)
{
fprintf(stderr, "%s: this plugin is incompatible with the running version of OpenVPN\n", MODULE);
@@ -442,7 +447,6 @@ openvpn_plugin_func_v3(const int v3structver,
struct openvpn_plugin_args_func_in const *args,
struct openvpn_plugin_args_func_return *ret)
{
- /* Check API compatibility -- struct version 5 or higher needed */
if (v3structver < OPENVPN_PLUGIN_STRUCTVER_MIN)
{
fprintf(stderr, "%s: this plugin is incompatible with the running version of OpenVPN\n", MODULE);