+/*
+ * 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 __attribute__((unused)) *identifier)
+{
+ pthread_mutex_lock (&send_buffer_lock);
+
+ if (((time (NULL) - cache_flush_last) >= timeout)
+ && (send_buffer_fill > 0))
+ {
+ flush_buffer ();
+ }
+
+ pthread_mutex_unlock (&send_buffer_lock);
+
+ return (0);
+} /* int network_flush */
+