some comments

src/client.rs

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ impl Client {
 
         // Active shard we're talking to.
         // The lifetime of this depends on the pool mode:
-        // - if in session mode, this lives until client disconnects or changes it,
+        // - if in session mode, this lives until the client disconnects,
         // - if in transaction mode, this lives for the duration of one transaction.
         let mut shard: Option<usize> = None;
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ impl Client {
             // either a `Q` (query) or `P` (prepare, extended protocol).
             // We can parse it here before grabbing a server from the pool,
             // in case the client is sending some control messages, e.g.
-            // SET sharding_context.key = '1234';
+            // SET SHARDING KEY TO 'bigint';
             let mut message = read_message(&mut self.read).await?;
 
             // Parse for special select shard command.
@@ -191,9 +191,6 @@ impl Client {
                 None => (),
             };
 
-            // The message is part of the regular protocol.
-            // self.buffer.put(message);
-
             // Grab a server from the pool.
             // None = any shard
             let connection = pool.get(shard).await.unwrap();
@@ -361,12 +358,19 @@ impl Client {
         guard.remove(&(self.process_id, self.secret_key));
     }
 
+    /// Determine if the query is part of our special syntax, extract
+    /// the shard key, and return the shard to query based on Postgres'
+    /// PARTITION BY HASH function.
     async fn select_shard(&mut self, mut buf: BytesMut, shards: usize) -> Option<usize> {
         let code = buf.get_u8() as char;
 
+        // Only supporting simpe protocol here, so
+        // one would have to execute something like this:
+        // psql -c "SET SHARDING KEY TO '1234'"
+        // after sanitizing the value manually, which can be just done with an
+        // int parser, e.g. `let key = "1234".parse::<i64>().unwrap()`.
         match code {
             'Q' => (),
-            // 'P' => (),
             _ => return None,
         };
 

src/config.rs

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub shards: HashMap<String, Shard>,
 }
 
+/// Parse the config.
 pub async fn parse(path: &str) -> Result<Config, Error> {
-    // let path = Path::new(path);
     let mut contents = String::new();
     let mut file = match File::open(path).await {
         Ok(file) => file,

src/messages.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ pub async fn auth_ok(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 /// Send server parameters to the client. This will tell the client
 /// what server version and what's the encoding we're using.
+//
+// TODO: Forward these from the server instead of hardcoding.
+//
 pub async fn server_parameters(stream: &mut TcpStream) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let client_encoding = BytesMut::from(&b"client_encoding\0UTF8\0"[..]);
     let server_version =
@@ -138,16 +141,20 @@ pub async fn md5_password(
     Ok(write_all(stream, message).await?)
 }
 
+/// Implements a response to our custom `SET SHARDING KEY` command.
+/// This tells the client we're ready for the next query.
 pub async fn set_sharding_key(stream: &mut OwnedWriteHalf) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let mut res = BytesMut::with_capacity(25);
 
     let set_complete = BytesMut::from(&"SET SHARDING KEY\0"[..]);
     let len = (set_complete.len() + 4) as i32;
 
+    // CommandComplete
     res.put_u8(b'C');
     res.put_i32(len);
     res.put_slice(&set_complete[..]);
 
+    // ReadyForQuery (idle)
     res.put_u8(b'Z');
     res.put_i32(5);
     res.put_u8(b'I');

src/pool.rs

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ impl ConnectionPool {
     pub fn is_banned(&self, address: &Address, shard: usize) -> bool {
         let mut guard = self.banlist.lock().unwrap();
 
-        // Everything is banned, nothig is banned
+        // Everything is banned = nothing is banned.
         if guard[shard].len() == self.databases[shard].len() {
             guard[shard].clear();
             drop(guard);
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ impl ConnectionPool {
         match guard[shard].get(address) {
             Some(timestamp) => {
                 let now = chrono::offset::Utc::now().naive_utc();
+                // Ban expired.
                 if now.timestamp() - timestamp.timestamp() > self.ban_time {
-                    // 1 minute
                     guard[shard].remove(address);
                     false
                 } else {