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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 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_ip_table_h
+#define included_ip_table_h
+
+#include <vlib/vlib.h>
+
+/* ip table add delete callback */
+typedef struct _vnet_ip_table_function_list_elt
+{
+  struct _vnet_ip_table_function_list_elt *next_ip_table_function;
+  clib_error_t *(*fp) (struct vnet_main_t * vnm, u32 table_id, u32 flags);
+} _vnet_ip_table_function_list_elt_t;
+
+typedef enum vnet_ip_table_function_priority_t_
+{
+  VNET_IP_TABLE_FUNC_PRIORITY_LOW,
+  VNET_IP_TABLE_FUNC_PRIORITY_HIGH,
+} vnet_ip_table_function_priority_t;
+#define VNET_IP_TABLE_FUNC_N_PRIO ((vnet_ip_table_function_priority_t)VNET_IP_TABLE_FUNC_PRIORITY_HIGH+1)
+
+#ifndef CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT
+#define _VNET_IP_TABLE_FUNCTION_DECL_PRIO(f,tag,p)                    \
+                                                                        \
+static void __vnet_ip_table_function_init_##tag##_##f (void)           \
+    __attribute__((__constructor__)) ;                                  \
+                                                                        \
+static void __vnet_ip_table_function_init_##tag##_##f (void)           \
+{                                                                       \
+ vnet_main_t * vnm = vnet_get_main();                                   \
+ static _vnet_ip_table_function_list_elt_t init_function;              \
+ init_function.next_ip_table_function = vnm->tag##_functions[p];       \
+ vnm->tag##_functions[p] = &init_function;                              \
+ init_function.fp = (void *) &f;                                        \
+}                                                                       \
+static void __vnet_ip_table_function_deinit_##tag##_##f (void)         \
+    __attribute__((__destructor__)) ;                                   \
+                                                                        \
+static void __vnet_ip_table_function_deinit_##tag##_##f (void)         \
+{                                                                       \
+ vnet_main_t * vnm = vnet_get_main();                                   \
+ _vnet_ip_table_function_list_elt_t *next;                             \
+ if (vnm->tag##_functions[p]->fp == f)                                  \
+    {                                                                   \
+      vnm->tag##_functions[p] =                                         \
+        vnm->tag##_functions[p]->next_ip_table_function;               \
+      return;                                                           \
+    }                                                                   \
+  next = vnm->tag##_functions[p];                                       \
+  while (next->next_ip_table_function)                                 \
+    {                                                                   \
+      if (next->next_ip_table_function->fp == f)                       \
+        {                                                               \
+          next->next_ip_table_function =                               \
+            next->next_ip_table_function->next_ip_table_function;     \
+          return;                                                       \
+        }                                                               \
+      next = next->next_ip_table_function;                             \
+    }                                                                   \
+}
+#else
+/* create unused pointer to silence compiler warnings and get whole
+   function optimized out */
+#define _VNET_IP_TABLE_FUNCTION_DECL_PRIO(f,tag,p)                    \
+static __clib_unused void * __clib_unused_##f = f;
+#endif
+
+#define _VNET_IP_TABLE_FUNCTION_DECL(f,tag)                            \
+  _VNET_IP_TABLE_FUNCTION_DECL_PRIO(f,tag,VNET_ITF_FUNC_PRIORITY_LOW)
+
+#define VNET_IP_TABLE_ADD_DEL_FUNCTION(f)			\
+  _VNET_IP_TABLE_FUNCTION_DECL(f,ip_table_add_del)
+
+#endif /* included_ip_table_h */
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */