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-rw-r--r--README54
-rw-r--r--ext/raindrops/linux_tcp_info.c51
-rw-r--r--ext/raindrops/raindrops.c75
-rw-r--r--lib/raindrops.rb15
-rw-r--r--lib/raindrops/aggregate.rb4
-rw-r--r--lib/raindrops/aggregate/last_data_recv.rb29
-rw-r--r--lib/raindrops/aggregate/pmq.rb94
-rw-r--r--lib/raindrops/last_data_recv.rb2
-rw-r--r--lib/raindrops/linux.rb4
-rw-r--r--lib/raindrops/middleware.rb82
-rw-r--r--lib/raindrops/middleware/proxy.rb8
-rw-r--r--lib/raindrops/struct.rb15
13 files changed, 362 insertions, 73 deletions
diff --git a/.document b/.document
index f57a465..9231499 100644
--- a/.document
+++ b/.document
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ LICENSE
 NEWS
 ChangeLog
 lib
+ext/raindrops/raindrops.c
 ext/raindrops/raindrops_ext.c
 ext/raindrops/linux_inet_diag.c
+ext/raindrops/linux_tcp_info.c
diff --git a/README b/README
index 05b6eee..074722f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 = raindrops - real-time stats for preforking Rack servers
 
-Raindrops is a real time stats package to show statistics for Rack HTTP
+Raindrops is a real-time stats toolkit to show statistics for Rack HTTP
 servers.  It is designed for preforking servers such as Rainbows! and
 Unicorn, but should support any Rack HTTP server under Ruby 1.9, 1.8 and
-Rubinius on platforms supporting POSIX shared memory.
-
-Raindrops includes a Struct-like Raindrops::Struct class that may be used
-standalone to create atomic counters shared across any number of forked
-processes under SMP.
+Rubinius on platforms supporting POSIX shared memory.  It may also be
+used as a generic scoreboard for sharing atomic counters across multiple
+processes.
 
 == Features
 
@@ -57,46 +55,12 @@ http://raindrops.bogomips.org/files/
 
 Unpack it, and run "ruby setup.rb"
 
-== Usage (Rainbows!/Unicorn preload_app=false)
-
-If you're using preload_app=false (the default) in your Rainbows!/Unicorn
-config file, you'll need to create the global Stats object before
-forking.
-
-        require 'raindrops'
-        $stats ||= Raindrops::Middleware::Stats.new
-
-In your Rack config.ru:
-
-        use Raindrops::Middleware, :stats => $stats
-
-== Usage (Rainbows!/Unicorn preload_app=true)
-
-If you're using preload_app=true in your Rainbows!/Unicorn
-config file, just add the middleware to your stack:
-
-In your Rack config.ru:
-
-        use Raindrops::Middleware
-
-== Usage (Linux-extras)
-
-To get bound listener statistics under Linux, you need to specify the
-listener names for your server.  You can even include listen sockets for
-*other* servers on the same machine.  This can be handy for monitoring
-your nginx proxy as well.
-
-In your Rack config.ru, just pass the :listeners argument as an array of
-strings (along with any other arguments).  You can specify any
-combination of TCP or Unix domain socket names:
-
-        use Raindrops::Middleware, :listeners => %w(0.0.0.0:80 /tmp/.sock)
-
-See the tests/ and examples/ directory for more examples.
+== Usage
 
-If you're running Unicorn 0.98.0 or later, you don't have to pass in
-the :listeners array, Raindrops will automatically detect the listeners
-used by Unicorn master process.
+See Raindrops::Middleware and Raindrops::LastDataRecv documentation for
+use Rack servers.  The entire library is fully-documented and we are
+responsive on the mailing list (mailto:raindrops@librelist.com) if you
+have any questions or comments.
 
 == Development
 
diff --git a/ext/raindrops/linux_tcp_info.c b/ext/raindrops/linux_tcp_info.c
index 0c64ded..4aa1c0e 100644
--- a/ext/raindrops/linux_tcp_info.c
+++ b/ext/raindrops/linux_tcp_info.c
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ static VALUE alloc(VALUE klass)
         return Data_Wrap_Struct(klass, NULL, -1, info);
 }
 
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *
+ *        Raindrops::TCP_Info.new(tcp_socket)        -> TCP_Info object
+ *
+ * Reads a TCP_Info object from any given +tcp_socket+.  See the tcp(7)
+ * manpage and /usr/include/linux/tcp.h for more details.
+ */
 static VALUE init(VALUE self, VALUE io)
 {
         int fd = my_fileno(io);
@@ -71,6 +79,49 @@ void Init_raindrops_linux_tcp_info(void)
         VALUE cRaindrops = rb_const_get(rb_cObject, rb_intern("Raindrops"));
         VALUE cTCP_Info;
 
+        /*
+         * Document-class: Raindrops::TCP_Info
+         *
+         * This is used to wrap "struct tcp_info" as described in tcp(7)
+         * and /usr/include/linux/tcp.h.  The following readers methods
+         * are defined corresponding to the "tcpi_" fields in the
+         * tcp_info struct.
+         *
+         * - state
+         * - ca_state
+         * - retransmits
+         * - probes
+         * - backoff
+         * - options
+         * - snd_wscale
+         * - rcv_wscale
+         * - rto
+         * - ato
+         * - snd_mss
+         * - rcv_mss
+         * - unacked
+         * - sacked
+         * - lost
+         * - retrans
+         * - fackets
+         * - last_data_sent
+         * - last_ack_sent
+         * - last_data_recv
+         * - last_ack_recv
+         * - pmtu
+         * - rcv_ssthresh
+         * - rtt
+         * - rttvar
+         * - snd_ssthresh
+         * - snd_cwnd
+         * - advmss
+         * - reordering
+         * - rcv_rtt
+         * - rcv_space
+         * - total_retrans
+         *
+         * http://kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man7/tcp.7.html
+         */
         cTCP_Info = rb_define_class_under(cRaindrops, "TCP_Info", rb_cObject);
         rb_define_alloc_func(cTCP_Info, alloc);
         rb_define_private_method(cTCP_Info, "initialize", init, 1);
diff --git a/ext/raindrops/raindrops.c b/ext/raindrops/raindrops.c
index 766ee02..dbb076a 100644
--- a/ext/raindrops/raindrops.c
+++ b/ext/raindrops/raindrops.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct raindrop {
         unsigned long counter;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
-/* allow mmap-ed regions can store more than one raindrop */
+/* allow mmap-ed regions to store more than one raindrop */
 struct raindrops {
         long size;
         struct raindrop *drops;
@@ -59,7 +59,16 @@ static struct raindrops *get(VALUE self)
         return r;
 }
 
-/* initializes a Raindrops object to hold +size+ elements */
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *        Raindrops.new(size)        -> raindrops object
+ *
+ * Initializes a Raindrops object to hold +size+ counters.  +size+ is
+ * only a hint and the actual number of counters the object has is
+ * dependent on the CPU model, number of cores, and page size of
+ * the machine.  The actual size of the object will always be equal
+ * or greater than the specified +size+.
+ */
 static VALUE init(VALUE self, VALUE size)
 {
         struct raindrops *r = get(self);
@@ -87,7 +96,12 @@ retry:
         return self;
 }
 
-/* :nodoc */
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *        rd.dup                -> rd_copy
+ *
+ * Duplicates and snapshots the current state of a Raindrops object.
+ */
 static VALUE init_copy(VALUE dest, VALUE source)
 {
         struct raindrops *dst = get(dest);
@@ -119,7 +133,13 @@ static unsigned long incr_decr_arg(int argc, const VALUE *argv)
         return argc == 2 ? NUM2ULONG(argv[1]) : 1;
 }
 
-/* increments the value referred to by the +index+ constant by 1 */
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *        rd.incr(index[, number])        -> result
+ *
+ * Increments the value referred to by the +index+ by +number+.
+ * +number+ defaults to +1+ if unspecified.
+ */
 static VALUE incr(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
 {
         unsigned long nr = incr_decr_arg(argc, argv);
@@ -127,7 +147,13 @@ static VALUE incr(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
         return ULONG2NUM(__sync_add_and_fetch(addr_of(self, argv[0]), nr));
 }
 
-/* decrements the value referred to by the +index+ constant by 1 */
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *        rd.decr(index[, number])        -> result
+ *
+ * Decrements the value referred to by the +index+ by +number+.
+ * +number+ defaults to +1+ if unspecified.
+ */
 static VALUE decr(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
 {
         unsigned long nr = incr_decr_arg(argc, argv);
@@ -135,7 +161,12 @@ static VALUE decr(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
         return ULONG2NUM(__sync_sub_and_fetch(addr_of(self, argv[0]), nr));
 }
 
-/* converts the raindrops structure to an Array */
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *        rd.to_ary        -> Array
+ *
+ * converts the Raindrops structure to an Array
+ */
 static VALUE to_ary(VALUE self)
 {
         struct raindrops *r = get(self);
@@ -151,11 +182,25 @@ static VALUE to_ary(VALUE self)
         return rv;
 }
 
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *        rd.size                -> Integer
+ *
+ * Returns the number of counters a Raindrops object can hold.  Due to
+ * page alignment, this is always equal or greater than the number of
+ * requested slots passed to Raindrops.new
+ */
 static VALUE size(VALUE self)
 {
         return LONG2NUM(get(self)->size);
 }
 
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *        rd[index] = value
+ *
+ * Assigns +value+ to the slot designated by +index+
+ */
 static VALUE aset(VALUE self, VALUE index, VALUE value)
 {
         unsigned long *addr = addr_of(self, index);
@@ -165,6 +210,12 @@ static VALUE aset(VALUE self, VALUE index, VALUE value)
         return value;
 }
 
+/*
+ * call-seq:
+ *        rd[index]        -> value
+ *
+ * Returns the value of the slot designated by +index+
+ */
 static VALUE aref(VALUE self, VALUE index)
 {
         return  ULONG2NUM(*addr_of(self, index));
@@ -201,9 +252,19 @@ void Init_raindrops_ext(void)
                         raindrop_size = (size_t)tmp;
         }
 #endif
+
+        /*
+         * The size (in bytes) of a slot in a Raindrops object.
+         * This is the size of a word on single CPU systems and
+         * the size of the L1 cache line size if detectable.
+         *
+         * Defaults to 128 bytes if undetectable.
+         */
         rb_define_const(cRaindrops, "SIZE", SIZET2NUM(raindrop_size));
 
-        /* the maximum value a raindrop counter can hold */
+        /*
+         * The maximum value a raindrop counter can hold
+         */
         rb_define_const(cRaindrops, "MAX", ULONG2NUM((unsigned long)-1));
 
         rb_define_alloc_func(cRaindrops, alloc);
diff --git a/lib/raindrops.rb b/lib/raindrops.rb
index 88d65f6..54760a6 100644
--- a/lib/raindrops.rb
+++ b/lib/raindrops.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 # -*- encoding: binary -*-
+#
+# Each Raindrops object is a container that holds several counters.
+# It is internally a page-aligned, shared memory area that allows
+# atomic increments, decrements, assignments and reads without any
+# locking.
+#
+#   rd = Raindrops.new 4
+#   rd.incr(0, 1)   -> 1
+#   rd.to_ary       -> [ 1, 0, 0, 0 ]
+#
 class Raindrops
 
-  # Raindrops is currently at version 0.4.1
-  VERSION = '0.4.1'
-
   # Used to represent the number of +active+ and +queued+ sockets for
   # a single listen socket across all threads and processes on a
   # machine.
@@ -18,7 +25,7 @@ class Raindrops
   # +queued+ connections is the number of un-accept()-ed sockets in the
   # queue of a given listen socket.
   #
-  # These stats are currently only available under Linux
+  # These stats are currently only available under \Linux
   class ListenStats < Struct.new(:active, :queued)
 
     # the sum of +active+ and +queued+ sockets
diff --git a/lib/raindrops/aggregate.rb b/lib/raindrops/aggregate.rb
index 5bb7c04..998d514 100644
--- a/lib/raindrops/aggregate.rb
+++ b/lib/raindrops/aggregate.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # -*- encoding: binary -*-
-require "aggregate"
+#
+# raindrops may use the {aggregate}[http://github.com/josephruscio/aggregate]
+# RubyGem to aggregate statistics from TCP_Info lookups.
 module Raindrops::Aggregate
   autoload :PMQ, "raindrops/aggregate/pmq"
   autoload :LastDataRecv, "raindrops/aggregate/last_data_recv"
diff --git a/lib/raindrops/aggregate/last_data_recv.rb b/lib/raindrops/aggregate/last_data_recv.rb
index 2935927..87cbfb9 100644
--- a/lib/raindrops/aggregate/last_data_recv.rb
+++ b/lib/raindrops/aggregate/last_data_recv.rb
@@ -1,31 +1,50 @@
 # -*- encoding: binary -*-
 require "socket"
 #
-# Used to aggregate last_data_recv times
+# This module is used to extend TCPServer and Kgio::TCPServer objects
+# and aggregate +last_data_recv+ times for all accepted clients.
+#
+# Methods wrapped include:
+# - TCPServer#accept
+# - TCPServer#accept_nonblock
+# - Kgio::TCPServer#kgio_accept
+# - Kgio::TCPServer#kgio_tryaccept
 module Raindrops::Aggregate::LastDataRecv
+  # :stopdoc:
   TCP_Info = Raindrops::TCP_Info
+  # :startdoc:
+
+  # The integer value of +last_data_recv+ is sent to this object.
   attr_accessor :raindrops_aggregate
+
   @@default_aggregate = nil
 
+  # By default, this is a Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ object
   def self.default_aggregate
     @@default_aggregate ||= Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ.new
   end
 
+  # assign any object that is duck-type compatible with \Aggregate here,
   def self.default_aggregate=(agg)
     @@default_aggregate = agg
   end
 
+  # automatically extends any TCPServer objects used by Unicorn
   def self.cornify!
     Unicorn::HttpServer::LISTENERS.each do |sock|
       sock.extend(self) if TCPServer === sock
     end
   end
 
+  # each extended object needs to have TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT enabled
+  # for accuracy.
   def self.extended(obj)
     obj.raindrops_aggregate = default_aggregate
     obj.setsockopt Socket::SOL_TCP, tcp_defer_accept = 9, seconds = 60
   end
 
+  # :stopdoc:
+
   def kgio_tryaccept(*args)
     count! super
   end
@@ -42,6 +61,14 @@ module Raindrops::Aggregate::LastDataRecv
     count! super
   end
 
+  # :startdoc:
+
+  # The +last_data_recv+ member of Raindrops::TCP_Info can be used to
+  # infer the time a client spent in the listen queue before it was
+  # accepted.
+  #
+  # We require TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT on the listen socket for
+  # +last_data_recv+ to be accurate
   def count!(io)
     if io
       x = TCP_Info.new(io)
diff --git a/lib/raindrops/aggregate/pmq.rb b/lib/raindrops/aggregate/pmq.rb
index 0e7246d..6497ce1 100644
--- a/lib/raindrops/aggregate/pmq.rb
+++ b/lib/raindrops/aggregate/pmq.rb
@@ -6,17 +6,62 @@ require "fcntl"
 require "io/extra"
 require "thread"
 
-# Aggregate + POSIX message queues support
+# \Aggregate + POSIX message queues support for Ruby 1.9 and \Linux
+#
+# This class is duck-type compatible with \Aggregate and allows us to
+# aggregate and share statistics from multiple processes/threads aided
+# POSIX message queues.  This is designed to be used with the
+# Raindrops::LastDataRecv Rack application, but can be used independently
+# on compatible Runtimes.
+#
+# Unlike the core of raindrops, this is only supported on Ruby 1.9 and
+# Linux 2.6.  Using this class requires the following additional RubyGems
+# or libraries:
+#
+# * aggregate (tested with 0.2.2)
+# * io-extra  (tested with 1.2.3)
+# * posix_mq  (tested with 1.0.0)
+#
+# == Design
+#
+# There is one master thread which aggregates statistics.  Individual
+# worker processes or threads will write to a shared POSIX message
+# queue (default: "/raindrops") that the master reads from.  At a
+# predefined interval, the master thread will write out to a shared,
+# anonymous temporary file that workers may read from
+#
+# Setting +:worker_interval+ and +:master_interval+ to +1+ will result
+# in perfect accuracy but at the cost of a high synchronization
+# overhead.  Larger intervals mean less frequent messaging for higher
+# performance but lower accuracy.
 class Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ
 
-  # These constants are for Linux.  Tthis is designed for aggregating
+  # :stopdoc:
+  # These constants are for Linux.  This is designed for aggregating
   # TCP_INFO.
   RDLOCK = [ Fcntl::F_RDLCK ].pack("s @256")
   WRLOCK = [ Fcntl::F_WRLCK ].pack("s @256")
   UNLOCK = [ Fcntl::F_UNLCK ].pack("s @256")
+  # :startdoc:
 
+  # returns the number of dropped messages sent to a POSIX message
+  # queue if non-blocking operation was desired with :lossy
   attr_reader :nr_dropped
 
+  #
+  # Creates a new Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ object
+  #
+  #   Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ.new(options = {})  -> aggregate
+  #
+  # +options+ is a hash that accepts the following keys:
+  #
+  # * :queue - name of the POSIX message queue (default: "/raindrops")
+  # * :worker_interval - interval to send to the master (default: 10)
+  # * :master_interval - interval to for the master to write out (default: 5)
+  # * :lossy - workers drop packets if master cannot keep up (default: false)
+  # * :aggregate - \Aggregate object (default: \Aggregate.new)
+  # * :mq_umask - umask for creatingthe POSIX message queue (default: 0666)
+  #
   def initialize(params = {})
     opts = {
       :queue => ENV["RAINDROPS_MQUEUE"] || "/raindrops",
@@ -50,6 +95,7 @@ class Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ
     end
   end
 
+  # adds a sample to the underlying \Aggregate object
   def << val
     if q = @worker_queue
       q << val
@@ -62,11 +108,18 @@ class Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ
     end
   end
 
-  def mq_send(val)
+  def mq_send(val) # :nodoc:
     @cached_aggregate = nil
     @mq_send.call Marshal.dump(val)
   end
 
+  #
+  # Starts running a master loop, usually in a dedicated thread or process:
+  #
+  #   Thread.new { agg.master_loop }
+  #
+  # Any worker can call +agg.stop_master_loop+ to stop the master loop
+  # (possibly causing the thread or process to exit)
   def master_loop
     buf = ""
     a = @aggregate
@@ -93,6 +146,7 @@ class Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ
       flush_master
   end
 
+  # Loads the last shared \Aggregate from the master thread/process
   def aggregate
     @cached_aggregate ||= begin
       flush
@@ -102,6 +156,9 @@ class Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ
     end
   end
 
+  # Flushes the currently aggregate statistics to a temporary file.
+  # There is no need to call this explicitly as +:worker_interval+ defines
+  # how frequently your data will be flushed for workers to read.
   def flush_master
     dump = Marshal.dump @aggregate
     synchronize(@wr, WRLOCK) do |wr|
@@ -110,19 +167,22 @@ class Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ
     end
   end
 
+  # stops the currently running master loop, may be called from any
+  # worker thread or process
   def stop_master_loop
     sleep 0.1 until mq_send(false)
     rescue Errno::EINTR
       retry
   end
 
-  def lock! io, type
+  def lock! io, type # :nodoc:
     io.fcntl Fcntl::F_SETLKW, type
     rescue Errno::EINTR
       retry
   end
 
-  def synchronize io, type
+  # we use both a mutex for thread-safety and fcntl lock for process-safety
+  def synchronize io, type # :nodoc:
     @mutex.synchronize do
       begin
         lock! io, type
@@ -133,6 +193,9 @@ class Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ
     end
   end
 
+  # flushes the local queue of the worker process, sending all pending
+  # data to the master.  There is no need to call this explicitly as
+  # +:worker_interval+ defines how frequently your queue will be flushed
   def flush
     if q = @local_queue && ! q.empty?
       mq_send q
@@ -141,15 +204,36 @@ class Raindrops::Aggregate::PMQ
     nil
   end
 
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#count
   def count; aggregate.count; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#max
   def max; aggregate.max; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#min
   def min; aggregate.min; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#sum
   def sum; aggregate.sum; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#mean
   def mean; aggregate.mean; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#std_dev
   def std_dev; aggregate.std_dev; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#outliers_low
   def outliers_low; aggregate.outliers_low; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#outliers_high
   def outliers_high; aggregate.outliers_high; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#to_s
   def to_s(*args); aggregate.to_s *args; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#each
   def each; aggregate.each { |*args| yield *args }; end
+
+  # proxy for \Aggregate#each_nonzero
   def each_nonzero; aggregate.each_nonzero { |*args| yield *args }; end
 end
diff --git a/lib/raindrops/last_data_recv.rb b/lib/raindrops/last_data_recv.rb
index 3ec056e..3bc00e7 100644
--- a/lib/raindrops/last_data_recv.rb
+++ b/lib/raindrops/last_data_recv.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require "raindrops"
 #
 # A self-contained Rack application for aggregating in the
 # +tcpi_last_data_recv+ field in +struct tcp_info+ if
-# /usr/include/linux/tcp.h.  This is only useful for Linux 2.6 and later.
+# /usr/include/linux/tcp.h.  This is only useful for \Linux 2.6 and later.
 # This primarily supports Unicorn and derived servers, but may also be
 # used with any Ruby web server using the core TCPServer class in Ruby.
 #
diff --git a/lib/raindrops/linux.rb b/lib/raindrops/linux.rb
index 0e30c20..630bfe2 100644
--- a/lib/raindrops/linux.rb
+++ b/lib/raindrops/linux.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: binary -*-
 
-# For reporting TCP ListenStats, users of older Linux kernels need to ensure
+# For reporting TCP ListenStats, users of older \Linux kernels need to ensure
 # that the the "inet_diag" and "tcp_diag" kernel modules are loaded as they do
 # not autoload correctly
 module Raindrops::Linux
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module Raindrops::Linux
   # Get ListenStats from an array of +paths+
   #
   # Socket state mapping from integer => symbol, based on socket_state
-  # enum from include/linux/net.h in the Linux kernel:
+  # enum from include/linux/net.h in the \Linux kernel:
   #     typedef enum {
   #             SS_FREE = 0,              /* not allocated                */
   #             SS_UNCONNECTED,           /* unconnected to any socket    */
diff --git a/lib/raindrops/middleware.rb b/lib/raindrops/middleware.rb
index d45fa1a..f75af0b 100644
--- a/lib/raindrops/middleware.rb
+++ b/lib/raindrops/middleware.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,86 @@
 # -*- encoding: binary -*-
 require 'raindrops'
 
-# Raindrops middleware should be loaded at the top of Rack
-# middleware stack before other middlewares for maximum accuracy.
+# Raindrops::Middleware is Rack middleware that allows snapshotting
+# current activity from an HTTP request.  For all operating systems,
+# it returns at least the following fields:
+#
+# * calling - the number of application dispatchers on your machine
+# * writing - the number of clients being written to on your machine
+#
+# Additional fields are available for \Linux users.
+#
+# It should be loaded at the top of Rack middleware stack before other
+# middlewares for maximum accuracy.
+#
+# === Usage (Rainbows!/Unicorn preload_app=false)
+#
+# If you're using preload_app=false (the default) in your Rainbows!/Unicorn
+# config file, you'll need to create the global Stats object before
+# forking.
+#
+#    require 'raindrops'
+#    $stats ||= Raindrops::Middleware::Stats.new
+#
+# In your Rack config.ru:
+#
+#    use Raindrops::Middleware, :stats => $stats
+#
+# === Usage (Rainbows!/Unicorn preload_app=true)
+#
+# If you're using preload_app=true in your Rainbows!/Unicorn
+# config file, just add the middleware to your stack:
+#
+# In your Rack config.ru:
+#
+#    use Raindrops::Middleware
+#
+# === Linux-only extras!
+#
+# To get bound listener statistics under \Linux, you need to specify the
+# listener names for your server.  You can even include listen sockets for
+# *other* servers on the same machine.  This can be handy for monitoring
+# your nginx proxy as well.
+#
+# In your Rack config.ru, just pass the :listeners argument as an array of
+# strings (along with any other arguments).  You can specify any
+# combination of TCP or Unix domain socket names:
+#
+#    use Raindrops::Middleware, :listeners => %w(0.0.0.0:80 /tmp/.sock)
+#
+# If you're running Unicorn 0.98.0 or later, you don't have to pass in
+# the :listeners array, Raindrops will automatically detect the listeners
+# used by Unicorn master process.  This does not detect listeners in
+# different processes, of course.
+#
+# The response body includes the following stats for each listener
+# (see also Raindrops::ListenStats):
+#
+# * active - total number of active clients on that listener
+# * queued - total number of queued (pre-accept()) clients on that listener
+#
 class Raindrops::Middleware
-  attr_accessor :app, :stats, :path, :tcp, :unix
+  attr_accessor :app, :stats, :path, :tcp, :unix # :nodoc:
+
+  # A Raindrops::Struct used to count the number of :calling and :writing
+  # clients.  This struct is intended to be shared across multiple processes
+  # and both counters are updated atomically.
+  #
+  # This is supported on all operating systems supported by Raindrops
+  class Stats < Raindrops::Struct.new(:calling, :writing)
+  end
 
   # :stopdoc:
-  Stats = Raindrops::Struct.new(:calling, :writing)
   PATH_INFO = "PATH_INFO"
   require "raindrops/middleware/proxy"
-  autoload :TCP, "raindrops/middleware/tcp"
   # :startdoc:
 
+  # +app+ may be any Rack application, this middleware wraps it.
+  # +opts+ is a hash that understands the following members:
+  #
+  # * :stats - Raindrops::Middleware::Stats struct (default: Stats.new)
+  # * :path - HTTP endpoint used for reading the stats (default: "/_raindrops")
+  # * :listeners - array of host:port or socket paths (default: from Unicorn)
   def initialize(app, opts = {})
     @app = app
     @stats = opts[:stats] || Stats.new
@@ -32,7 +100,7 @@ class Raindrops::Middleware
   end
 
   # standard Rack endpoint
-  def call(env)
+  def call(env) # :nodoc:
     env[PATH_INFO] == @path and return stats_response
     begin
       @stats.incr_calling
@@ -48,7 +116,7 @@ class Raindrops::Middleware
     end
   end
 
-  def stats_response
+  def stats_response  # :nodoc:
     body = "calling: #{@stats.calling}\n" \
            "writing: #{@stats.writing}\n"
 
diff --git a/lib/raindrops/middleware/proxy.rb b/lib/raindrops/middleware/proxy.rb
index 8b2c0c8..53e14b5 100644
--- a/lib/raindrops/middleware/proxy.rb
+++ b/lib/raindrops/middleware/proxy.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # -*- encoding: binary -*-
+# :stopdoc:
+# This class is by Raindrops::Middleware to proxy application response
+# bodies.  There should be no need to use it directly.
 class Raindrops::Middleware::Proxy
   def initialize(body, stats)
     @body, @stats = body, stats
@@ -15,10 +18,15 @@ class Raindrops::Middleware::Proxy
     @body.close if @body.respond_to?(:close)
   end
 
+  # Some Rack servers can optimize response processing if it responds
+  # to +to_path+ via the sendfile(2) system call, we proxy +to_path+
+  # to the underlying body if possible.
   def to_path
     @body.to_path
   end
 
+  # Rack servers use +respond_to?+ to check for the presence of +close+
+  # and +to_path+ methods.
   def respond_to?(m)
     m = m.to_sym
     :close == m || @body.respond_to?(m)
diff --git a/lib/raindrops/struct.rb b/lib/raindrops/struct.rb
index ca5404d..e81a78e 100644
--- a/lib/raindrops/struct.rb
+++ b/lib/raindrops/struct.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 # -*- encoding: binary -*-
 
+# This is a wrapper around Raindrops objects much like the core Ruby
+# \Struct can be seen as a wrapper around the core \Array class.
+# It's usage is similar to the core \Struct class, except its fields
+# may only be used to house unsigned long integers.
+#
+#   class Foo < Raindrops::Struct.new(:readers, :writers)
+#   end
+#
+#   foo = Foo.new 0, 0
+#
+#   foo.incr_writers    -> 1
+#   foo.incr_readers    -> 1
+#
 class Raindrops::Struct
 
+  # returns a new class derived from Raindrops::Struct and supporting
+  # the given +members+ as fields, just like \Struct.new in core Ruby.
   def self.new(*members)
     members = members.map { |x| x.to_sym }.freeze
     str = <<EOS