add comments to client handler

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Nayan
2025-05-06 16:57:50 -04:00
parent 26937d4aba
commit 4362eccd92
2 changed files with 19 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -4,7 +4,21 @@
#define BUFFER_SIZE 1024
/**
* Handles a single client connection.
*
* @param args A pointer to the file descriptor of the client
*
* @return NULL
*
* @details
* This function is designed to be run in a separate thread. It will receive
* requests from the client until the client disconnects, at which point it will
* return. Reading the requests and building responses is handled by
* handle_request.
*/
void* client_handler(void* args) {
// Cast args
int client = *((int*)args);
char* buffer = (char*)malloc(BUFFER_SIZE);
@@ -13,9 +27,11 @@ void* client_handler(void* args) {
// Null terminate buffer
buffer[bytes_read] = '\0';
// Allocate space for response
char* response = (char*)malloc(BUFFER_SIZE);
size_t response_length = BUFFER_SIZE;
// Handle request
handle_request(buffer, bytes_read, response, &response_length);
// Send response

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@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
#ifndef CLIENT_HANDLER_H
#define CLIENT_HANDLER_H
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netinet/tcp.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
void* client_handler(void* args);