network plugin: Documented (in the source) that the network plugin cannot flush indiv...

diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index cf01b719b026254a303b92afeca044d9130f589b..6be7a09859cf0bd0b580c9ed540b00cc9fa3ed21 100644 (file)
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -1757,8 +1757,14 @@ static int network_init (void)
        return (0);
 } /* int network_init */
 
-/* TODO: Implement flushing of single items. */
-static int network_flush (int timeout, const char *itentifier)
+/* 
+ * The flush option of the network plugin cannot flush individual identifiers.
+ * All the values are added to a buffer and sent when the buffer is full, the
+ * requested value may or may not be in there, it's not worth finding out. We
+ * just send the buffer if `flush'  is called - if the requested value was in
+ * there, good. If not, well, then there is nothing to flush.. -octo
+ */
+static int network_flush (int timeout, const char *identifier)
 {
        pthread_mutex_lock (&send_buffer_lock);