From: Victor Julien <vjulien@oisf.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 11:29:24 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: util/var: add comments explaining types
X-Git-Tag: suricata-8.0.0-beta1~1104
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a81b23254c10805cb4bed4f7096134f2533f84c4;p=thirdparty%2Fsuricata.git

util/var: add comments explaining types
---

diff --git a/src/util-var.h b/src/util-var.h
index c8e7d5af6d..fe3010097d 100644
--- a/src/util-var.h
+++ b/src/util-var.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2024 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #ifndef SURICATA_UTIL_VAR_H
 #define SURICATA_UTIL_VAR_H
 
+/** variable types: these are used to track variable names */
 enum VarTypes {
     VAR_TYPE_NOT_SET,
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ enum VarTypes {
 };
 
 typedef struct GenericVar_ {
-    uint8_t type;
+    uint8_t type; /**< variable type, uses detection sm_type */
     uint8_t pad[3];
     uint32_t idx;
     struct GenericVar_ *next;