Simple Pirate queue in C

//
// Simple Pirate queue
// This is identical to the LRU pattern, with no reliability mechanisms
// at all. It depends on the client for recovery. Runs forever.
//
#include "czmq.h"

#define LRU_READY "\001" // Signals worker is ready

int main (void)
{
zctx_t *ctx = zctx_new ();
void *frontend = zsocket_new (ctx, ZMQ_ROUTER);
void *backend = zsocket_new (ctx, ZMQ_ROUTER);
zsocket_bind (frontend, "tcp://*:5555"); // For clients
zsocket_bind (backend, "tcp://*:5556"); // For workers

// Queue of available workers
zlist_t *workers = zlist_new ();

// The body of this example is exactly the same as lruqueue2.
while (true) {
zmq_pollitem_t items [] = {
{ backend, 0, ZMQ_POLLIN, 0 },
{ frontend, 0, ZMQ_POLLIN, 0 }
};
// Poll frontend only if we have available workers
int rc = zmq_poll (items, zlist_size (workers)? 2: 1, -1);
if (rc == -1)
break; // Interrupted

// Handle worker activity on backend
if (items [0].revents & ZMQ_POLLIN) {
// Use worker address for LRU routing
zmsg_t *msg = zmsg_recv (backend);
if (!msg)
break; // Interrupted
zframe_t *address = zmsg_unwrap (msg);
zlist_append (workers, address);

// Forward message to client if it's not a READY
zframe_t *frame = zmsg_first (msg);
if (memcmp (zframe_data (frame), LRU_READY, 1) == 0)
zmsg_destroy (&msg);
else
zmsg_send (&msg, frontend);
}
if (items [1].revents & ZMQ_POLLIN) {
// Get client request, route to first available worker
zmsg_t *msg = zmsg_recv (frontend);
if (msg) {
zmsg_wrap (msg, (zframe_t *) zlist_pop (workers));
zmsg_send (&msg, backend);
}
}
}
// When we're done, clean up properly
while (zlist_size (workers)) {
zframe_t *frame = (zframe_t *) zlist_pop (workers);
zframe_destroy (&frame);
}
zlist_destroy (&workers);
zctx_destroy (&ctx);
return 0;
}