- * There's only one struct of this type which lives in shared memory
- * for communication between the server instances. Access to this
- * area is serialized via mmd_lock() and mmd_unlock(). There are two
- * reasons for a variable to be included here:
+ * There's only one instance of this structure which lives in a shared memory
+ * area. Command handlers communicate with the server process through this
+ * area. Changes made by the command handlers stay after the command handler
+ * exits. Conversely, changes made by the server process propagate to the
+ * command handlers. Access to this area is serialized via mmd_lock() and
+ * mmd_unlock().