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+/*
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * api.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef included_api_h
+#define included_api_h
+
+#include <vppinfra/error.h>
+#include <svm/svm.h>
+#include <vlib/vlib.h>
+#include <vlibmemory/unix_shared_memory_queue.h>
+#include <vlib/unix/unix.h>
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  REGISTRATION_TYPE_FREE = 0,
+  REGISTRATION_TYPE_SHMEM,
+  REGISTRATION_TYPE_SOCKET_LISTEN,
+  REGISTRATION_TYPE_SOCKET_SERVER,
+  REGISTRATION_TYPE_SOCKET_CLIENT,
+} vl_registration_type_t;
+
+typedef struct vl_api_registration_
+{
+  vl_registration_type_t registration_type;
+
+  /* Index in VLIB's brain (not shared memory). */
+  u32 vl_api_registration_pool_index;
+
+  u8 *name;
+
+  /*
+   * The following groups of data could be unioned, but my fingers are
+   * going to be sore enough.
+   */
+
+  /* shared memory only */
+  unix_shared_memory_queue_t *vl_input_queue;
+
+  /* socket server and client */
+  u32 unix_file_index;
+  i8 *unprocessed_input;
+  u32 unprocessed_msg_length;
+  u8 *output_vector;
+
+  /* socket client only */
+  u32 server_handle;
+  u32 server_index;
+
+} vl_api_registration_t;
+
+
+/* Trace configuration for a single message */
+typedef struct
+{
+  int size;
+  int trace_enable;
+  int replay_enable;
+} trace_cfg_t;
+
+/*
+ * API recording
+ */
+typedef struct
+{
+  u8 endian;
+  u8 enabled;
+  u8 wrapped;
+  u8 pad;
+  u32 nitems;
+  u32 curindex;
+  u8 **traces;
+} vl_api_trace_t;
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+typedef CLIB_PACKED
+(struct
+ {
+   u8 endian; u8 wrapped;
+   u32 nitems;
+}) vl_api_trace_file_header_t;
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  VL_API_TRACE_TX,
+  VL_API_TRACE_RX,
+} vl_api_trace_which_t;
+
+#define VL_API_LITTLE_ENDIAN 0x00
+#define VL_API_BIG_ENDIAN 0x01
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  u8 *name;
+  u16 first_msg_id;
+  u16 last_msg_id;
+} vl_api_msg_range_t;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  void (**msg_handlers) (void *);
+  int (**pd_msg_handlers) (void *, int);
+  void (**msg_cleanup_handlers) (void *);
+  void (**msg_endian_handlers) (void *);
+  void (**msg_print_handlers) (void *, void *);
+  char **msg_names;
+  u8 *message_bounce;
+  u8 *is_mp_safe;
+  struct ring_alloc_ *arings;
+  u32 ring_misses;
+  u32 missing_clients;
+  vl_api_trace_t *rx_trace;
+  vl_api_trace_t *tx_trace;
+  int msg_print_flag;
+  trace_cfg_t *api_trace_cfg;
+  int our_pid;
+  svm_region_t *vlib_rp;
+  svm_region_t **mapped_shmem_regions;
+  struct vl_shmem_hdr_ *shmem_hdr;
+  vl_api_registration_t **vl_clients;
+
+  u8 *serialized_message_table_in_shmem;
+
+  /* For plugin msg allocator */
+  u16 first_available_msg_id;
+
+  /* message range by name hash */
+  uword *msg_range_by_name;
+
+  /* vector of message ranges */
+  vl_api_msg_range_t *msg_ranges;
+
+  /* uid for the api shared memory region */
+  int api_uid;
+  /* gid for the api shared memory region */
+  int api_gid;
+
+  /* base virtual address for global VM region */
+  u64 global_baseva;
+
+  /* size of the global VM region */
+  u64 global_size;
+
+  /* size of the API region */
+  u64 api_size;
+
+  /* size of the global VM private mheap */
+  u64 global_pvt_heap_size;
+
+  /* size of the api private mheap */
+  u64 api_pvt_heap_size;
+
+  /* Client-only data structures */
+  unix_shared_memory_queue_t *vl_input_queue;
+
+  /*
+   * All VLIB-side message handlers use my_client_index to identify
+   * the queue / client. This works in sim replay.
+   */
+  int my_client_index;
+  /*
+   * This is the (shared VM) address of the registration,
+   * don't use it to id the connection since it can't possibly
+   * work in simulator replay.
+   */
+  vl_api_registration_t *my_registration;
+
+  i32 vlib_signal;
+
+  /* client side message index hash table */
+  uword *msg_index_by_name_and_crc;
+
+  char *region_name;
+  char *root_path;
+} api_main_t;
+
+extern api_main_t api_main;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  int id;
+  char *name;
+  u32 crc;
+  void *handler;
+  void *cleanup;
+  void *endian;
+  void *print;
+  int size;
+  int traced;
+  int replay;
+  int message_bounce;
+  int is_mp_safe;
+} vl_msg_api_msg_config_t;
+
+typedef struct msgbuf_
+{
+  unix_shared_memory_queue_t *q;
+  u32 data_len;
+  u32 pad;
+  u8 data[0];
+} msgbuf_t;
+
+/* api_shared.c prototypes */
+int vl_msg_api_rx_trace_enabled (api_main_t * am);
+int vl_msg_api_tx_trace_enabled (api_main_t * am);
+void vl_msg_api_trace (api_main_t * am, vl_api_trace_t * tp, void *msg);
+int vl_msg_api_trace_onoff (api_main_t * am, vl_api_trace_which_t which,
+			    int onoff);
+int vl_msg_api_trace_free (api_main_t * am, vl_api_trace_which_t which);
+int vl_msg_api_trace_save (api_main_t * am,
+			   vl_api_trace_which_t which, FILE * fp);
+int vl_msg_api_trace_configure (api_main_t * am, vl_api_trace_which_t which,
+				u32 nitems);
+void vl_msg_api_handler_with_vm_node (api_main_t * am,
+				      void *the_msg, vlib_main_t * vm,
+				      vlib_node_runtime_t * node);
+void vl_msg_api_handler (void *the_msg);
+void vl_msg_api_handler_no_free (void *the_msg);
+void vl_msg_api_handler_no_trace_no_free (void *the_msg);
+void vl_msg_api_trace_only (void *the_msg);
+void vl_msg_api_cleanup_handler (void *the_msg);
+void vl_msg_api_replay_handler (void *the_msg);
+void vl_msg_api_socket_handler (void *the_msg);
+void vl_msg_api_set_handlers (int msg_id, char *msg_name,
+			      void *handler,
+			      void *cleanup,
+			      void *endian,
+			      void *print, int msg_size, int traced);
+void vl_msg_api_config (vl_msg_api_msg_config_t *);
+void vl_msg_api_set_cleanup_handler (int msg_id, void *fp);
+void vl_msg_api_queue_handler (unix_shared_memory_queue_t * q);
+vl_api_trace_t *vl_msg_api_trace_get (api_main_t * am,
+				      vl_api_trace_which_t which);
+
+void vl_msg_api_free (void *);
+void vl_noop_handler (void *mp);
+clib_error_t *vl_api_init (vlib_main_t * vm);
+void vl_msg_api_increment_missing_client_counter (void);
+void vl_msg_api_post_mortem_dump (void);
+void vl_msg_api_register_pd_handler (void *handler,
+				     u16 msg_id_host_byte_order);
+int vl_msg_api_pd_handler (void *mp, int rv);
+
+void vl_msg_api_set_first_available_msg_id (u16 first_avail);
+u16 vl_msg_api_get_msg_ids (char *name, int n);
+void vl_msg_api_add_msg_name_crc (api_main_t * am, char *string, u32 id);
+u32 vl_api_get_msg_index (u8 * name_and_crc);
+
+/* node_serialize.c prototypes */
+u8 *vlib_node_serialize (vlib_node_main_t * nm, u8 * vector,
+			 u32 max_threads, int include_nexts,
+			 int include_stats);
+vlib_node_t **vlib_node_unserialize (u8 * vector);
+
+#define VLIB_API_INIT_FUNCTION(x) VLIB_DECLARE_INIT_FUNCTION(x,api_init)
+
+#endif /* included_api_h */
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */