api: memclnt api use string type.

Type: fix
Signed-off-by: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com>
Change-Id: Idad79286b7730c8e85202c4b8e675ea50f8bbc48
Signed-off-by: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com>
diff --git a/src/vlibmemory/memclnt.api b/src/vlibmemory/memclnt.api
index 2f1e2da..08b829c 100644
--- a/src/vlibmemory/memclnt.api
+++ b/src/vlibmemory/memclnt.api
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     u32 context;                /* opaque value to be returned in the reply */
     i32 ctx_quota;              /* requested punt context quota */
     u64 input_queue;            /* client's queue */
-    u8 name[64];                /* for show, find by name, whatever */
+    string name[64];            /* for show, find by name, whatever */
     u32 api_versions[8];        /* client-server pairs use as desired */
 };
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 define get_first_msg_id {
     u32 client_index;
     u32 context;
-    u8 name[64];
+    string name[64];
 };
 
 define get_first_msg_id_reply {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
   u32 major;
   u32 minor;
   u32 patch;
-  u8 name[64];
+  string name[64];
 };
 define api_versions {
   u32 client_index;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 {
     u32 client_index;
     u32 context;
-    u8 plugin_name[128];
+    string plugin_name[128];
     u16 first_msg_id;
     u16 last_msg_id;
 };
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 typedef message_table_entry
 {
   u16 index;
-  u8 name[64];
+  string name[64];
 };
 
 /*
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
  */
 define sockclnt_create {
     u32 context;                /* opaque value to be returned in the reply */
-    u8 name[64];                /* for show, find by name, whatever */
+    string name[64];                /* for show, find by name, whatever */
 };
 
 define sockclnt_create_reply {
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
index b3f2a15..5af58a4 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
         self._api = VppApiDynamicMethodHolder()
         for name, msg in vpp_iterator(self.messages):
             n = name + '_' + msg.crc[2:]
-            i = self.transport.get_msg_index(n.encode('utf-8'))
+            i = self.transport.get_msg_index(n)
             if i > 0:
                 self.id_msgdef[i] = msg
                 self.id_names[i] = name
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
                          do_async):
         pfx = chroot_prefix.encode('utf-8') if chroot_prefix else None
 
-        rv = self.transport.connect(name.encode('utf-8'), pfx,
+        rv = self.transport.connect(name, pfx,
                                     msg_handler, rx_qlen)
         if rv != 0:
             raise VPPIOError(2, 'Connect failed')
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
         # Initialise control ping
         crc = self.messages['control_ping'].crc
         self.control_ping_index = self.transport.get_msg_index(
-            ('control_ping' + '_' + crc[2:]).encode('utf-8'))
+            ('control_ping' + '_' + crc[2:]))
         self.control_ping_msgdef = self.messages['control_ping']
         if self.async_thread:
             self.event_thread = threading.Thread(
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py
index 64c1a59..4e40f23 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         self.connected = True
         if not pfx:
             pfx = ffi.NULL
-        return vpp_api.vac_connect(name, pfx, msg_handler, rx_qlen)
+        return vpp_api.vac_connect(name.encode('ascii'), pfx, msg_handler, rx_qlen)
 
     def disconnect(self):
         self.connected = False
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         return vac_callback_sync if not do_async else vac_callback_async
 
     def get_msg_index(self, name):
-        return vpp_api.vac_get_msg_index(name)
+        return vpp_api.vac_get_msg_index(name.encode('ascii'))
 
     def msg_table_max_index(self):
         return vpp_api.vac_msg_table_max_index()
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_socket.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_socket.py
index 6c06791..3c3c8e5 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_socket.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_socket.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         r, length = sockclnt_create_reply.unpack(msg)
         self.socket_index = r.index
         for m in r.message_table:
-            n = m.name.rstrip(b'\x00\x13')
+            n = m.name
             self.message_table[n] = m.index
 
         self.message_thread.daemon = True