vlib_mains == 0 special cases be gone

Clean up spurious binary API client link dependency on libvlib.so,
which managed to hide behind vlib_mains == 0 checks reached by
VLIB_xxx_FUNCTION macros.

Change-Id: I5df1f8ab07dca1944250e643ccf06e60a8462325
Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net>

16 files changed, 575 insertions, 598 deletions

diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/ipsec/ipsec.c b/src/plugins/dpdk/ipsec/ipsec.c
index 16bec20a..b0aaaaec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/ipsec/ipsec.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/ipsec/ipsec.c
@@ -380,13 +380,9 @@ dpdk_ipsec_process (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * rt,
   im->cb.check_support_cb = dpdk_ipsec_check_support;
   im->cb.add_del_sa_sess_cb = add_del_sa_sess;
 
-  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) == 0)
-    vlib_node_set_state (&vlib_global_main, dpdk_crypto_input_node.index,
+  for (i = 1; i < tm->n_vlib_mains; i++)
+    vlib_node_set_state (vlib_mains[i], dpdk_crypto_input_node.index,
 			 VLIB_NODE_STATE_POLLING);
-  else
-    for (i = 1; i < tm->n_vlib_mains; i++)
-      vlib_node_set_state (vlib_mains[i], dpdk_crypto_input_node.index,
-			   VLIB_NODE_STATE_POLLING);
 
   /* TODO cryptodev counters */
 
diff --git a/src/vlib-api.am b/src/vlib-api.am
index c05929b1..4e1dae99 100644
--- a/src/vlib-api.am
+++ b/src/vlib-api.am
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 lib_LTLIBRARIES += libvlibmemory.la libvlibapi.la libvlibmemoryclient.la \
 	           libvlibsocket.la
 
-libvlibmemory_la_DEPENDENCIES = libvppinfra.la libsvm.la libvlib.la
+libvlibmemory_la_DEPENDENCIES = libvppinfra.la libsvm.la 
 libvlibmemory_la_LIBADD = $(libvlibmemory_la_DEPENDENCIES) -lpthread
 libvlibmemory_la_SOURCES =			\
 	vlibmemory/api.h			\
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libvlibmemory_la_SOURCES =			\
 	vlibmemory/unix_shared_memory_queue.c	\
 	vlibmemory/unix_shared_memory_queue.h
 
-libvlibapi_la_DEPENDENCIES = libvppinfra.la libvlib.la libvlibmemory.la
+libvlibapi_la_DEPENDENCIES = libvppinfra.la 
 libvlibapi_la_LIBADD = $(libvlibapi_la_DEPENDENCIES)
 libvlibapi_la_SOURCES = 			\
 	vlibapi/api.h				\
diff --git a/src/vlib/buffer.c b/src/vlib/buffer.c
index 9f26bec7..6ba82584 100644
--- a/src/vlib/buffer.c
+++ b/src/vlib/buffer.c
@@ -261,7 +261,28 @@ done:
   return result;
 }
 
-vlib_main_t **vlib_mains;
+/*
+ * Hand-craft a static vector w/ length 1, so vec_len(vlib_mains) =1
+ * and vlib_mains[0] = &vlib_global_main from the beginning of time.
+ *
+ * The only place which should ever expand vlib_mains is start_workers()
+ * in threads.c. It knows about the bootstrap vector.
+ */
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+static struct
+{
+  vec_header_t h;
+  vlib_main_t *vm;
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) __bootstrap_vlib_main_vector
+  __attribute__ ((aligned (CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES))) =
+{
+  .h.len = 1,
+  .vm = &vlib_global_main,
+};
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+vlib_main_t **vlib_mains = &__bootstrap_vlib_main_vector.vm;
+
 
 /* When dubugging validate that given buffers are either known allocated
    or known free. */
@@ -280,7 +301,7 @@ vlib_buffer_validate_alloc_free (vlib_main_t * vm,
   ASSERT (os_get_cpu_number () == 0);
 
   /* smp disaster check */
-  if (vlib_mains)
+  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) > 1)
     ASSERT (vm == vlib_mains[0]);
 
   is_free = expected_state == VLIB_BUFFER_KNOWN_ALLOCATED;
@@ -956,7 +977,7 @@ show_buffers (vlib_main_t * vm,
 
   do
     {
-      curr_vm = vec_len (vlib_mains) ? vlib_mains[vm_index] : vm;
+      curr_vm = vlib_mains[vm_index];
       bm = curr_vm->buffer_main;
 
     /* *INDENT-OFF* */
diff --git a/src/vlib/global_funcs.h b/src/vlib/global_funcs.h
index bbdbdef5..f51ec381 100644
--- a/src/vlib/global_funcs.h
+++ b/src/vlib/global_funcs.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ always_inline vlib_main_t *
 vlib_get_main (void)
 {
   vlib_main_t *vm;
-  vm = vlib_mains ? vlib_mains[os_get_cpu_number ()] : &vlib_global_main;
+  vm = vlib_mains[os_get_cpu_number ()];
   ASSERT (vm);
   return vm;
 }
diff --git a/src/vlib/node_cli.c b/src/vlib/node_cli.c
index 05d0f0b5..62ab2e64 100644
--- a/src/vlib/node_cli.c
+++ b/src/vlib/node_cli.c
@@ -248,16 +248,11 @@ show_node_runtime (vlib_main_t * vm,
       if (unformat (input, "max") || unformat (input, "m"))
 	max = 1;
 
-      if (vec_len (vlib_mains) == 0)
-	vec_add1 (stat_vms, vm);
-      else
+      for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vlib_mains); i++)
 	{
-	  for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vlib_mains); i++)
-	    {
-	      stat_vm = vlib_mains[i];
-	      if (stat_vm)
-		vec_add1 (stat_vms, stat_vm);
-	    }
+	  stat_vm = vlib_mains[i];
+	  if (stat_vm)
+	    vec_add1 (stat_vms, stat_vm);
 	}
 
       /*
@@ -331,7 +326,7 @@ show_node_runtime (vlib_main_t * vm,
 		}
 	    }
 
-	  if (vec_len (vlib_mains))
+	  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) > 1)
 	    {
 	      vlib_worker_thread_t *w = vlib_worker_threads + j;
 	      if (j > 0)
@@ -404,16 +399,11 @@ clear_node_runtime (vlib_main_t * vm,
   vlib_main_t **stat_vms = 0, *stat_vm;
   vlib_node_runtime_t *r;
 
-  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) == 0)
-    vec_add1 (stat_vms, vm);
-  else
+  for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vlib_mains); i++)
     {
-      for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vlib_mains); i++)
-	{
-	  stat_vm = vlib_mains[i];
-	  if (stat_vm)
-	    vec_add1 (stat_vms, stat_vm);
-	}
+      stat_vm = vlib_mains[i];
+      if (stat_vm)
+	vec_add1 (stat_vms, stat_vm);
     }
 
   vlib_worker_thread_barrier_sync (vm);
diff --git a/src/vlib/node_funcs.h b/src/vlib/node_funcs.h
index f49a8d6f..8ccfc438 100644
--- a/src/vlib/node_funcs.h
+++ b/src/vlib/node_funcs.h
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ vlib_get_frame_no_check (vlib_main_t * vm, uword frame_index)
   vlib_frame_t *f;
   u32 cpu_index = frame_index & VLIB_CPU_MASK;
   u32 offset = frame_index & VLIB_OFFSET_MASK;
-  vm = vlib_mains ? vlib_mains[cpu_index] : vm;
+  vm = vlib_mains[cpu_index];
   f = vm->heap_base + offset;
   return f;
 }
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ vlib_frame_index_no_check (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_frame_t * f)
 
   ASSERT (((uword) f & VLIB_CPU_MASK) == 0);
 
-  vm = vlib_mains ? vlib_mains[f->cpu_index] : vm;
+  vm = vlib_mains[f->cpu_index];
 
   i = ((u8 *) f - (u8 *) vm->heap_base);
   return i | f->cpu_index;
diff --git a/src/vlib/threads.c b/src/vlib/threads.c
index e3ea3c9c..4676be97 100644
--- a/src/vlib/threads.c
+++ b/src/vlib/threads.c
@@ -570,9 +570,13 @@ start_workers (vlib_main_t * vm)
 
   if (n_vlib_mains > 1)
     {
-      vec_validate (vlib_mains, tm->n_vlib_mains - 1);
+      /* Replace hand-crafted length-1 vector with a real vector */
+      vlib_mains = 0;
+
+      vec_validate_aligned (vlib_mains, tm->n_vlib_mains - 1,
+			    CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
       _vec_len (vlib_mains) = 0;
-      vec_add1 (vlib_mains, vm);
+      vec_add1_aligned (vlib_mains, vm, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
 
       vlib_worker_threads->wait_at_barrier =
 	clib_mem_alloc_aligned (sizeof (u32), CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
@@ -685,7 +689,7 @@ start_workers (vlib_main_t * vm)
 	      /* Packet trace buffers are guaranteed to be empty, nothing to do here */
 
 	      clib_mem_set_heap (oldheap);
-	      vec_add1 (vlib_mains, vm_clone);
+	      vec_add1_aligned (vlib_mains, vm_clone, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
 
 	      vm_clone->error_main.counters =
 		vec_dup (vlib_mains[0]->error_main.counters);
@@ -805,7 +809,7 @@ vlib_worker_thread_node_runtime_update (void)
 
   ASSERT (os_get_cpu_number () == 0);
 
-  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) == 0)
+  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) == 1)
     return;
 
   vm = vlib_mains[0];
@@ -1148,7 +1152,7 @@ vlib_worker_thread_barrier_sync (vlib_main_t * vm)
   f64 deadline;
   u32 count;
 
-  if (!vlib_mains)
+  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) < 2)
     return;
 
   count = vec_len (vlib_mains) - 1;
@@ -1179,7 +1183,7 @@ vlib_worker_thread_barrier_release (vlib_main_t * vm)
 {
   f64 deadline;
 
-  if (!vlib_mains)
+  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) < 2)
     return;
 
   if (--vlib_worker_threads[0].recursion_level > 0)
diff --git a/src/vlib/threads.h b/src/vlib/threads.h
index 75a5a281..a032311c 100644
--- a/src/vlib/threads.h
+++ b/src/vlib/threads.h
@@ -222,30 +222,25 @@ vlib_worker_thread_barrier_check (void)
     }
 }
 
-#define foreach_vlib_main(body)			                        \
-do {                                                                    \
-    vlib_main_t ** __vlib_mains = 0, *this_vlib_main;                   \
-    int ii;                                                             \
-                                                                        \
-    if (vec_len (vlib_mains) == 0)                                      \
-        vec_add1 (__vlib_mains, &vlib_global_main);                     \
-    else                                                                \
-    {                                                                   \
-        for (ii = 0; ii < vec_len (vlib_mains); ii++)                   \
-        {                                                               \
-            this_vlib_main = vlib_mains[ii];                            \
-            if (this_vlib_main)                                         \
-                vec_add1 (__vlib_mains, this_vlib_main);                \
-        }                                                               \
-    }                                                                   \
-                                                                        \
-    for (ii = 0; ii < vec_len (__vlib_mains); ii++)                     \
-    {                                                                   \
-        this_vlib_main = __vlib_mains[ii];                              \
-        /* body uses this_vlib_main... */                               \
-        (body);                                                         \
-    }                                                                   \
-    vec_free (__vlib_mains);                                            \
+#define foreach_vlib_main(body)                         \
+do {                                                    \
+  vlib_main_t ** __vlib_mains = 0, *this_vlib_main;     \
+  int ii;                                               \
+                                                        \
+  for (ii = 0; ii < vec_len (vlib_mains); ii++)         \
+    {                                                   \
+      this_vlib_main = vlib_mains[ii];                  \
+      if (this_vlib_main)                               \
+        vec_add1 (__vlib_mains, this_vlib_main);        \
+    }                                                   \
+                                                        \
+  for (ii = 0; ii < vec_len (__vlib_mains); ii++)       \
+    {                                                   \
+      this_vlib_main = __vlib_mains[ii];                \
+      /* body uses this_vlib_main... */                 \
+      (body);                                           \
+    }                                                   \
+  vec_free (__vlib_mains);                              \
 } while (0);
 
 #define foreach_sched_policy \
diff --git a/src/vlibapi/api.h b/src/vlibapi/api.h
index 2cbeb63c..87a56121 100644
--- a/src/vlibapi/api.h
+++ b/src/vlibapi/api.h
@@ -252,11 +252,13 @@ 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_barrier_sync (void) __attribute__ ((weak));
+void vl_msg_api_barrier_release (void) __attribute__ ((weak));
 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_post_mortem_dump_enable_disable (int enable);
 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);
diff --git a/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c b/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c
index 69ba10c1..6774e3dd 100644
--- a/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c
+++ b/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 #include <vppinfra/format.h>
 #include <vppinfra/byte_order.h>
 #include <vppinfra/error.h>
@@ -36,19 +31,14 @@
 #include <vlibapi/api.h>
 #include <vppinfra/elog.h>
 
-api_main_t api_main;
-
-void vl_msg_api_barrier_sync (void) __attribute__ ((weak));
-void
-vl_msg_api_barrier_sync (void)
-{
-}
-
-void vl_msg_api_barrier_release (void) __attribute__ ((weak));
-void
-vl_msg_api_barrier_release (void)
-{
-}
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+api_main_t api_main =
+  {
+    .region_name = "/unset",
+    .api_uid = -1,
+    .api_gid = -1,
+  };
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
 
 void
 vl_msg_api_increment_missing_client_counter (void)
@@ -57,14 +47,6 @@ vl_msg_api_increment_missing_client_counter (void)
   am->missing_clients++;
 }
 
-typedef enum
-{
-  DUMP,
-  CUSTOM_DUMP,
-  REPLAY,
-  INITIALIZERS,
-} vl_api_replay_t;
-
 int
 vl_msg_api_rx_trace_enabled (api_main_t * am)
 {
@@ -397,6 +379,16 @@ vl_msg_api_trace_configure (api_main_t * am, vl_api_trace_which_t which,
   return 0;
 }
 
+void
+vl_msg_api_barrier_sync (void)
+{
+}
+
+void
+vl_msg_api_barrier_release (void)
+{
+}
+
 always_inline void
 msg_handler_internal (api_main_t * am,
 		      void *the_msg, int trace_it, int do_it, int free_it)
@@ -748,495 +740,15 @@ vl_noop_handler (void *mp)
 {
 }
 
-clib_error_t *
-vl_api_init (vlib_main_t * vm)
-{
-  static u8 once;
-  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
-
-  if (once)
-    return 0;
-
-  once = 1;
-
-  am->region_name = "/unset";
-  /*
-   * Eventually passed to fchown, -1 => "current user"
-   * instead of 0 => "root". A very fine disctinction at best.
-   */
-  if (am->api_uid == 0)
-    am->api_uid = -1;
-  if (am->api_gid == 0)
-    am->api_gid = -1;
-
-  return (0);
-}
-
-void vl_msg_api_custom_dump_configure (api_main_t * am)
-  __attribute__ ((weak));
-void
-vl_msg_api_custom_dump_configure (api_main_t * am)
-{
-}
-
-VLIB_INIT_FUNCTION (vl_api_init);
-
-static void
-vl_msg_api_process_file (vlib_main_t * vm, u8 * filename,
-			 u32 first_index, u32 last_index,
-			 vl_api_replay_t which)
-{
-  vl_api_trace_file_header_t *hp;
-  int i, fd;
-  struct stat statb;
-  size_t file_size;
-  u8 *msg;
-  u8 endian_swap_needed = 0;
-  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
-  u8 *tmpbuf = 0;
-  u32 nitems;
-  void **saved_print_handlers = 0;
-
-  fd = open ((char *) filename, O_RDONLY);
-
-  if (fd < 0)
-    {
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Couldn't open %s\n", filename);
-      return;
-    }
-
-  if (fstat (fd, &statb) < 0)
-    {
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Couldn't stat %s\n", filename);
-      close (fd);
-      return;
-    }
-
-  if (!(statb.st_mode & S_IFREG) || (statb.st_size < sizeof (*hp)))
-    {
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "File not plausible: %s\n", filename);
-      close (fd);
-      return;
-    }
-
-  file_size = statb.st_size;
-  file_size = (file_size + 4095) & ~(4096);
-
-  hp = mmap (0, file_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
-
-  if (hp == (vl_api_trace_file_header_t *) MAP_FAILED)
-    {
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "mmap failed: %s\n", filename);
-      close (fd);
-      return;
-    }
-  close (fd);
-
-  if ((clib_arch_is_little_endian && hp->endian == VL_API_BIG_ENDIAN)
-      || (clib_arch_is_big_endian && hp->endian == VL_API_LITTLE_ENDIAN))
-    endian_swap_needed = 1;
-
-  if (endian_swap_needed)
-    nitems = ntohl (hp->nitems);
-  else
-    nitems = hp->nitems;
-
-  if (last_index == (u32) ~ 0)
-    {
-      last_index = nitems - 1;
-    }
-
-  if (first_index >= nitems || last_index >= nitems)
-    {
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Range (%d, %d) outside file range (0, %d)\n",
-		       first_index, last_index, nitems - 1);
-      munmap (hp, file_size);
-      return;
-    }
-  if (hp->wrapped)
-    vlib_cli_output (vm,
-		     "Note: wrapped/incomplete trace, results may vary\n");
-
-  if (which == CUSTOM_DUMP)
-    {
-      saved_print_handlers = (void **) vec_dup (am->msg_print_handlers);
-      vl_msg_api_custom_dump_configure (am);
-    }
-
-
-  msg = (u8 *) (hp + 1);
-
-  for (i = 0; i < first_index; i++)
-    {
-      trace_cfg_t *cfgp;
-      int size;
-      u16 msg_id;
-
-      size = clib_host_to_net_u32 (*(u32 *) msg);
-      msg += sizeof (u32);
-
-      if (clib_arch_is_little_endian)
-	msg_id = ntohs (*((u16 *) msg));
-      else
-	msg_id = *((u16 *) msg);
-
-      cfgp = am->api_trace_cfg + msg_id;
-      if (!cfgp)
-	{
-	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "Ugh: msg id %d no trace config\n", msg_id);
-	  munmap (hp, file_size);
-	  return;
-	}
-      msg += size;
-    }
-
-  if (which == REPLAY)
-    am->replay_in_progress = 1;
-
-  for (; i <= last_index; i++)
-    {
-      trace_cfg_t *cfgp;
-      u16 *msg_idp;
-      u16 msg_id;
-      int size;
-
-      if (which == DUMP)
-	vlib_cli_output (vm, "---------- trace %d -----------\n", i);
-
-      size = clib_host_to_net_u32 (*(u32 *) msg);
-      msg += sizeof (u32);
-
-      if (clib_arch_is_little_endian)
-	msg_id = ntohs (*((u16 *) msg));
-      else
-	msg_id = *((u16 *) msg);
-
-      cfgp = am->api_trace_cfg + msg_id;
-      if (!cfgp)
-	{
-	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "Ugh: msg id %d no trace config\n", msg_id);
-	  munmap (hp, file_size);
-	  vec_free (tmpbuf);
-	  am->replay_in_progress = 0;
-	  return;
-	}
-
-      /* Copy the buffer (from the read-only mmap'ed file) */
-      vec_validate (tmpbuf, size - 1 + sizeof (uword));
-      clib_memcpy (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword), msg, size);
-      memset (tmpbuf, 0xf, sizeof (uword));
-
-      /*
-       * Endian swap if needed. All msg data is supposed to be
-       * in network byte order. All msg handlers are supposed to
-       * know that. The generic message dumpers don't know that.
-       * One could fix apigen, I suppose.
-       */
-      if ((which == DUMP && clib_arch_is_little_endian) || endian_swap_needed)
-	{
-	  void (*endian_fp) (void *);
-	  if (msg_id >= vec_len (am->msg_endian_handlers)
-	      || (am->msg_endian_handlers[msg_id] == 0))
-	    {
-	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Ugh: msg id %d no endian swap\n", msg_id);
-	      munmap (hp, file_size);
-	      vec_free (tmpbuf);
-	      am->replay_in_progress = 0;
-	      return;
-	    }
-	  endian_fp = am->msg_endian_handlers[msg_id];
-	  (*endian_fp) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword));
-	}
-
-      /* msg_id always in network byte order */
-      if (clib_arch_is_little_endian)
-	{
-	  msg_idp = (u16 *) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword));
-	  *msg_idp = msg_id;
-	}
-
-      switch (which)
-	{
-	case CUSTOM_DUMP:
-	case DUMP:
-	  if (msg_id < vec_len (am->msg_print_handlers) &&
-	      am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id])
-	    {
-	      u8 *(*print_fp) (void *, void *);
-
-	      print_fp = (void *) am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id];
-	      (*print_fp) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword), vm);
-	    }
-	  else
-	    {
-	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Skipping msg id %d: no print fcn\n",
-			       msg_id);
-	      break;
-	    }
-	  break;
-
-	case INITIALIZERS:
-	  if (msg_id < vec_len (am->msg_print_handlers) &&
-	      am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id])
-	    {
-	      u8 *s;
-	      int j;
-	      u8 *(*print_fp) (void *, void *);
-
-	      print_fp = (void *) am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id];
-
-	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "/*");
-
-	      (*print_fp) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword), vm);
-	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "*/\n");
-
-	      s = format (0, "static u8 * vl_api_%s_%d[%d] = {",
-			  am->msg_names[msg_id], i,
-			  am->api_trace_cfg[msg_id].size);
-
-	      for (j = 0; j < am->api_trace_cfg[msg_id].size; j++)
-		{
-		  if ((j & 7) == 0)
-		    s = format (s, "\n    ");
-		  s = format (s, "0x%02x,", tmpbuf[sizeof (uword) + j]);
-		}
-	      s = format (s, "\n};\n%c", 0);
-	      vlib_cli_output (vm, (char *) s);
-	      vec_free (s);
-	    }
-	  break;
-
-	case REPLAY:
-	  if (msg_id < vec_len (am->msg_print_handlers) &&
-	      am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id] && cfgp->replay_enable)
-	    {
-	      void (*handler) (void *);
-
-	      handler = (void *) am->msg_handlers[msg_id];
-
-	      if (!am->is_mp_safe[msg_id])
-		vl_msg_api_barrier_sync ();
-	      (*handler) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword));
-	      if (!am->is_mp_safe[msg_id])
-		vl_msg_api_barrier_release ();
-	    }
-	  else
-	    {
-	      if (cfgp->replay_enable)
-		vlib_cli_output (vm, "Skipping msg id %d: no handler\n",
-				 msg_id);
-	      break;
-	    }
-	  break;
-	}
-
-      _vec_len (tmpbuf) = 0;
-      msg += size;
-    }
-
-  if (saved_print_handlers)
-    {
-      clib_memcpy (am->msg_print_handlers, saved_print_handlers,
-		   vec_len (am->msg_print_handlers) * sizeof (void *));
-      vec_free (saved_print_handlers);
-    }
-
-  munmap (hp, file_size);
-  vec_free (tmpbuf);
-  am->replay_in_progress = 0;
-}
-
-u8 *
-format_vl_msg_api_trace_status (u8 * s, va_list * args)
-{
-  api_main_t *am = va_arg (*args, api_main_t *);
-  vl_api_trace_which_t which = va_arg (*args, vl_api_trace_which_t);
-  vl_api_trace_t *tp;
-  char *trace_name;
-
-  switch (which)
-    {
-    case VL_API_TRACE_TX:
-      tp = am->tx_trace;
-      trace_name = "TX trace";
-      break;
-
-    case VL_API_TRACE_RX:
-      tp = am->rx_trace;
-      trace_name = "RX trace";
-      break;
-
-    default:
-      abort ();
-    }
-
-  if (tp == 0)
-    {
-      s = format (s, "%s: not yet configured.\n", trace_name);
-      return s;
-    }
-
-  s = format (s, "%s: used %d of %d items, %s enabled, %s wrapped\n",
-	      trace_name, vec_len (tp->traces), tp->nitems,
-	      tp->enabled ? "is" : "is not", tp->wrapped ? "has" : "has not");
-  return s;
-}
 
 static u8 post_mortem_dump_enabled;
 
-static clib_error_t *
-api_trace_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm,
-		      unformat_input_t * input, vlib_cli_command_t * cmd)
-{
-  u32 nitems = 256 << 10;
-  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
-  vl_api_trace_which_t which = VL_API_TRACE_RX;
-  u8 *filename;
-  u32 first = 0;
-  u32 last = (u32) ~ 0;
-  FILE *fp;
-  int rv;
-
-  while (unformat_check_input (input) != UNFORMAT_END_OF_INPUT)
-    {
-      if (unformat (input, "on") || unformat (input, "enable"))
-	{
-	  if (unformat (input, "nitems %d", &nitems))
-	    ;
-	  vl_msg_api_trace_configure (am, which, nitems);
-	  vl_msg_api_trace_onoff (am, which, 1 /* on */ );
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "off"))
-	{
-	  vl_msg_api_trace_onoff (am, which, 0);
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "save %s", &filename))
-	{
-	  u8 *chroot_filename;
-	  if (strstr ((char *) filename, "..")
-	      || index ((char *) filename, '/'))
-	    {
-	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "illegal characters in filename '%s'",
-			       filename);
-	      return 0;
-	    }
-
-	  chroot_filename = format (0, "/tmp/%s%c", filename, 0);
-
-	  vec_free (filename);
-
-	  fp = fopen ((char *) chroot_filename, "w");
-	  if (fp == NULL)
-	    {
-	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Couldn't create %s\n", chroot_filename);
-	      return 0;
-	    }
-	  rv = vl_msg_api_trace_save (am, which, fp);
-	  fclose (fp);
-	  if (rv == -1)
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "API Trace data not present\n");
-	  else if (rv == -2)
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "File for writing is closed\n");
-	  else if (rv == -10)
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "Error while writing header to file\n");
-	  else if (rv == -11)
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "Error while writing trace to file\n");
-	  else if (rv == -12)
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
-			     "Error while writing end of buffer trace to file\n");
-	  else if (rv == -13)
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
-			     "Error while writing start of buffer trace to file\n");
-	  else if (rv < 0)
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "Unkown error while saving: %d", rv);
-	  else
-	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "API trace saved to %s\n", chroot_filename);
-	  vec_free (chroot_filename);
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "dump %s", &filename))
-	{
-	  vl_msg_api_process_file (vm, filename, first, last, DUMP);
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "custom-dump %s", &filename))
-	{
-	  vl_msg_api_process_file (vm, filename, first, last, CUSTOM_DUMP);
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "replay %s", &filename))
-	{
-	  vl_msg_api_process_file (vm, filename, first, last, REPLAY);
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "initializers %s", &filename))
-	{
-	  vl_msg_api_process_file (vm, filename, first, last, INITIALIZERS);
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "tx"))
-	{
-	  which = VL_API_TRACE_TX;
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "first %d", &first))
-	{
-	  ;
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "last %d", &last))
-	{
-	  ;
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "status"))
-	{
-	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "%U", format_vl_msg_api_trace_status,
-			   am, which);
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "free"))
-	{
-	  vl_msg_api_trace_onoff (am, which, 0);
-	  vl_msg_api_trace_free (am, which);
-	}
-      else if (unformat (input, "post-mortem-on"))
-	post_mortem_dump_enabled = 1;
-      else if (unformat (input, "post-mortem-off"))
-	post_mortem_dump_enabled = 0;
-      else
-	return clib_error_return (0, "unknown input `%U'",
-				  format_unformat_error, input);
-    }
-  return 0;
-}
-
-/* *INDENT-OFF* */
-VLIB_CLI_COMMAND (api_trace_command, static) = {
-    .path = "api trace",
-    .short_help =
-    "api trace [on|off][dump|save|replay <file>][status][free][post-mortem-on]",
-    .function = api_trace_command_fn,
-};
-/* *INDENT-ON* */
-
-static clib_error_t *
-api_config_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input)
+void
+vl_msg_api_post_mortem_dump_enable_disable (int enable)
 {
-  u32 nitems = 256 << 10;
-  vl_api_trace_which_t which = VL_API_TRACE_RX;
-  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
-
-  while (unformat_check_input (input) != UNFORMAT_END_OF_INPUT)
-    {
-      if (unformat (input, "on") || unformat (input, "enable"))
-	{
-	  if (unformat (input, "nitems %d", &nitems))
-	    ;
-	  vl_msg_api_trace_configure (am, which, nitems);
-	  vl_msg_api_trace_onoff (am, which, 1 /* on */ );
-	  post_mortem_dump_enabled = 1;
-	}
-      else
-	return clib_error_return (0, "unknown input `%U'",
-				  format_unformat_error, input);
-    }
-  return 0;
+  post_mortem_dump_enabled = enable;
 }
 
-VLIB_CONFIG_FUNCTION (api_config_fn, "api-trace");
-
 void
 vl_msg_api_post_mortem_dump (void)
 {
diff --git a/src/vlibapi/node_serialize.c b/src/vlibapi/node_serialize.c
index 4dc1a7d2..50e5c41c 100644
--- a/src/vlibapi/node_serialize.c
+++ b/src/vlibapi/node_serialize.c
@@ -73,16 +73,11 @@ vlib_node_serialize (vlib_node_main_t * nm, u8 * vector,
 
   if (vec_len (stat_vms) == 0)
     {
-      if (vec_len (vlib_mains) == 0)
-	vec_add1 (stat_vms, vm);
-      else
+      for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vlib_mains); i++)
 	{
-	  for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vlib_mains); i++)
-	    {
-	      stat_vm = vlib_mains[i];
-	      if (stat_vm)
-		vec_add1 (stat_vms, stat_vm);
-	    }
+	  stat_vm = vlib_mains[i];
+	  if (stat_vm)
+	    vec_add1 (stat_vms, stat_vm);
 	}
     }
 
@@ -286,7 +281,7 @@ vlib_node_unserialize (u8 * vector)
   return nodes_by_thread;
 }
 
-#if CLIB_DEBUG > 0
+#if TEST_CODE
 
 static clib_error_t *
 test_node_serialize_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm,
diff --git a/src/vlibmemory/memory_vlib.c b/src/vlibmemory/memory_vlib.c
index 3a7415c0..d2e05968 100644
--- a/src/vlibmemory/memory_vlib.c
+++ b/src/vlibmemory/memory_vlib.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <vppinfra/vec.h>
@@ -1437,6 +1439,475 @@ rpc_api_hookup (vlib_main_t * vm)
 
 VLIB_API_INIT_FUNCTION (rpc_api_hookup);
 
+typedef enum
+{
+  DUMP,
+  CUSTOM_DUMP,
+  REPLAY,
+  INITIALIZERS,
+} vl_api_replay_t;
+
+u8 *
+format_vl_msg_api_trace_status (u8 * s, va_list * args)
+{
+  api_main_t *am = va_arg (*args, api_main_t *);
+  vl_api_trace_which_t which = va_arg (*args, vl_api_trace_which_t);
+  vl_api_trace_t *tp;
+  char *trace_name;
+
+  switch (which)
+    {
+    case VL_API_TRACE_TX:
+      tp = am->tx_trace;
+      trace_name = "TX trace";
+      break;
+
+    case VL_API_TRACE_RX:
+      tp = am->rx_trace;
+      trace_name = "RX trace";
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      abort ();
+    }
+
+  if (tp == 0)
+    {
+      s = format (s, "%s: not yet configured.\n", trace_name);
+      return s;
+    }
+
+  s = format (s, "%s: used %d of %d items, %s enabled, %s wrapped\n",
+	      trace_name, vec_len (tp->traces), tp->nitems,
+	      tp->enabled ? "is" : "is not", tp->wrapped ? "has" : "has not");
+  return s;
+}
+
+void vl_msg_api_custom_dump_configure (api_main_t * am)
+  __attribute__ ((weak));
+void
+vl_msg_api_custom_dump_configure (api_main_t * am)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+vl_msg_api_process_file (vlib_main_t * vm, u8 * filename,
+			 u32 first_index, u32 last_index,
+			 vl_api_replay_t which)
+{
+  vl_api_trace_file_header_t *hp;
+  int i, fd;
+  struct stat statb;
+  size_t file_size;
+  u8 *msg;
+  u8 endian_swap_needed = 0;
+  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
+  u8 *tmpbuf = 0;
+  u32 nitems;
+  void **saved_print_handlers = 0;
+
+  fd = open ((char *) filename, O_RDONLY);
+
+  if (fd < 0)
+    {
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Couldn't open %s\n", filename);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  if (fstat (fd, &statb) < 0)
+    {
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Couldn't stat %s\n", filename);
+      close (fd);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  if (!(statb.st_mode & S_IFREG) || (statb.st_size < sizeof (*hp)))
+    {
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "File not plausible: %s\n", filename);
+      close (fd);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  file_size = statb.st_size;
+  file_size = (file_size + 4095) & ~(4096);
+
+  hp = mmap (0, file_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
+
+  if (hp == (vl_api_trace_file_header_t *) MAP_FAILED)
+    {
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "mmap failed: %s\n", filename);
+      close (fd);
+      return;
+    }
+  close (fd);
+
+  if ((clib_arch_is_little_endian && hp->endian == VL_API_BIG_ENDIAN)
+      || (clib_arch_is_big_endian && hp->endian == VL_API_LITTLE_ENDIAN))
+    endian_swap_needed = 1;
+
+  if (endian_swap_needed)
+    nitems = ntohl (hp->nitems);
+  else
+    nitems = hp->nitems;
+
+  if (last_index == (u32) ~ 0)
+    {
+      last_index = nitems - 1;
+    }
+
+  if (first_index >= nitems || last_index >= nitems)
+    {
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Range (%d, %d) outside file range (0, %d)\n",
+		       first_index, last_index, nitems - 1);
+      munmap (hp, file_size);
+      return;
+    }
+  if (hp->wrapped)
+    vlib_cli_output (vm,
+		     "Note: wrapped/incomplete trace, results may vary\n");
+
+  if (which == CUSTOM_DUMP)
+    {
+      saved_print_handlers = (void **) vec_dup (am->msg_print_handlers);
+      vl_msg_api_custom_dump_configure (am);
+    }
+
+
+  msg = (u8 *) (hp + 1);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < first_index; i++)
+    {
+      trace_cfg_t *cfgp;
+      int size;
+      u16 msg_id;
+
+      size = clib_host_to_net_u32 (*(u32 *) msg);
+      msg += sizeof (u32);
+
+      if (clib_arch_is_little_endian)
+	msg_id = ntohs (*((u16 *) msg));
+      else
+	msg_id = *((u16 *) msg);
+
+      cfgp = am->api_trace_cfg + msg_id;
+      if (!cfgp)
+	{
+	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "Ugh: msg id %d no trace config\n", msg_id);
+	  munmap (hp, file_size);
+	  return;
+	}
+      msg += size;
+    }
+
+  if (which == REPLAY)
+    am->replay_in_progress = 1;
+
+  for (; i <= last_index; i++)
+    {
+      trace_cfg_t *cfgp;
+      u16 *msg_idp;
+      u16 msg_id;
+      int size;
+
+      if (which == DUMP)
+	vlib_cli_output (vm, "---------- trace %d -----------\n", i);
+
+      size = clib_host_to_net_u32 (*(u32 *) msg);
+      msg += sizeof (u32);
+
+      if (clib_arch_is_little_endian)
+	msg_id = ntohs (*((u16 *) msg));
+      else
+	msg_id = *((u16 *) msg);
+
+      cfgp = am->api_trace_cfg + msg_id;
+      if (!cfgp)
+	{
+	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "Ugh: msg id %d no trace config\n", msg_id);
+	  munmap (hp, file_size);
+	  vec_free (tmpbuf);
+	  am->replay_in_progress = 0;
+	  return;
+	}
+
+      /* Copy the buffer (from the read-only mmap'ed file) */
+      vec_validate (tmpbuf, size - 1 + sizeof (uword));
+      clib_memcpy (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword), msg, size);
+      memset (tmpbuf, 0xf, sizeof (uword));
+
+      /*
+       * Endian swap if needed. All msg data is supposed to be
+       * in network byte order. All msg handlers are supposed to
+       * know that. The generic message dumpers don't know that.
+       * One could fix apigen, I suppose.
+       */
+      if ((which == DUMP && clib_arch_is_little_endian) || endian_swap_needed)
+	{
+	  void (*endian_fp) (void *);
+	  if (msg_id >= vec_len (am->msg_endian_handlers)
+	      || (am->msg_endian_handlers[msg_id] == 0))
+	    {
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Ugh: msg id %d no endian swap\n", msg_id);
+	      munmap (hp, file_size);
+	      vec_free (tmpbuf);
+	      am->replay_in_progress = 0;
+	      return;
+	    }
+	  endian_fp = am->msg_endian_handlers[msg_id];
+	  (*endian_fp) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword));
+	}
+
+      /* msg_id always in network byte order */
+      if (clib_arch_is_little_endian)
+	{
+	  msg_idp = (u16 *) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword));
+	  *msg_idp = msg_id;
+	}
+
+      switch (which)
+	{
+	case CUSTOM_DUMP:
+	case DUMP:
+	  if (msg_id < vec_len (am->msg_print_handlers) &&
+	      am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id])
+	    {
+	      u8 *(*print_fp) (void *, void *);
+
+	      print_fp = (void *) am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id];
+	      (*print_fp) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword), vm);
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Skipping msg id %d: no print fcn\n",
+			       msg_id);
+	      break;
+	    }
+	  break;
+
+	case INITIALIZERS:
+	  if (msg_id < vec_len (am->msg_print_handlers) &&
+	      am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id])
+	    {
+	      u8 *s;
+	      int j;
+	      u8 *(*print_fp) (void *, void *);
+
+	      print_fp = (void *) am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id];
+
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "/*");
+
+	      (*print_fp) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword), vm);
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "*/\n");
+
+	      s = format (0, "static u8 * vl_api_%s_%d[%d] = {",
+			  am->msg_names[msg_id], i,
+			  am->api_trace_cfg[msg_id].size);
+
+	      for (j = 0; j < am->api_trace_cfg[msg_id].size; j++)
+		{
+		  if ((j & 7) == 0)
+		    s = format (s, "\n    ");
+		  s = format (s, "0x%02x,", tmpbuf[sizeof (uword) + j]);
+		}
+	      s = format (s, "\n};\n%c", 0);
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm, (char *) s);
+	      vec_free (s);
+	    }
+	  break;
+
+	case REPLAY:
+	  if (msg_id < vec_len (am->msg_print_handlers) &&
+	      am->msg_print_handlers[msg_id] && cfgp->replay_enable)
+	    {
+	      void (*handler) (void *);
+
+	      handler = (void *) am->msg_handlers[msg_id];
+
+	      if (!am->is_mp_safe[msg_id])
+		vl_msg_api_barrier_sync ();
+	      (*handler) (tmpbuf + sizeof (uword));
+	      if (!am->is_mp_safe[msg_id])
+		vl_msg_api_barrier_release ();
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      if (cfgp->replay_enable)
+		vlib_cli_output (vm, "Skipping msg id %d: no handler\n",
+				 msg_id);
+	      break;
+	    }
+	  break;
+	}
+
+      _vec_len (tmpbuf) = 0;
+      msg += size;
+    }
+
+  if (saved_print_handlers)
+    {
+      clib_memcpy (am->msg_print_handlers, saved_print_handlers,
+		   vec_len (am->msg_print_handlers) * sizeof (void *));
+      vec_free (saved_print_handlers);
+    }
+
+  munmap (hp, file_size);
+  vec_free (tmpbuf);
+  am->replay_in_progress = 0;
+}
+
+static clib_error_t *
+api_trace_command_fn (vlib_main_t * vm,
+		      unformat_input_t * input, vlib_cli_command_t * cmd)
+{
+  u32 nitems = 256 << 10;
+  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
+  vl_api_trace_which_t which = VL_API_TRACE_RX;
+  u8 *filename;
+  u32 first = 0;
+  u32 last = (u32) ~ 0;
+  FILE *fp;
+  int rv;
+
+  while (unformat_check_input (input) != UNFORMAT_END_OF_INPUT)
+    {
+      if (unformat (input, "on") || unformat (input, "enable"))
+	{
+	  if (unformat (input, "nitems %d", &nitems))
+	    ;
+	  vl_msg_api_trace_configure (am, which, nitems);
+	  vl_msg_api_trace_onoff (am, which, 1 /* on */ );
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "off"))
+	{
+	  vl_msg_api_trace_onoff (am, which, 0);
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "save %s", &filename))
+	{
+	  u8 *chroot_filename;
+	  if (strstr ((char *) filename, "..")
+	      || index ((char *) filename, '/'))
+	    {
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "illegal characters in filename '%s'",
+			       filename);
+	      return 0;
+	    }
+
+	  chroot_filename = format (0, "/tmp/%s%c", filename, 0);
+
+	  vec_free (filename);
+
+	  fp = fopen ((char *) chroot_filename, "w");
+	  if (fp == NULL)
+	    {
+	      vlib_cli_output (vm, "Couldn't create %s\n", chroot_filename);
+	      return 0;
+	    }
+	  rv = vl_msg_api_trace_save (am, which, fp);
+	  fclose (fp);
+	  if (rv == -1)
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "API Trace data not present\n");
+	  else if (rv == -2)
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "File for writing is closed\n");
+	  else if (rv == -10)
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "Error while writing header to file\n");
+	  else if (rv == -11)
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "Error while writing trace to file\n");
+	  else if (rv == -12)
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			     "Error while writing end of buffer trace to file\n");
+	  else if (rv == -13)
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm,
+			     "Error while writing start of buffer trace to file\n");
+	  else if (rv < 0)
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "Unkown error while saving: %d", rv);
+	  else
+	    vlib_cli_output (vm, "API trace saved to %s\n", chroot_filename);
+	  vec_free (chroot_filename);
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "dump %s", &filename))
+	{
+	  vl_msg_api_process_file (vm, filename, first, last, DUMP);
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "custom-dump %s", &filename))
+	{
+	  vl_msg_api_process_file (vm, filename, first, last, CUSTOM_DUMP);
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "replay %s", &filename))
+	{
+	  vl_msg_api_process_file (vm, filename, first, last, REPLAY);
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "initializers %s", &filename))
+	{
+	  vl_msg_api_process_file (vm, filename, first, last, INITIALIZERS);
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "tx"))
+	{
+	  which = VL_API_TRACE_TX;
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "first %d", &first))
+	{
+	  ;
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "last %d", &last))
+	{
+	  ;
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "status"))
+	{
+	  vlib_cli_output (vm, "%U", format_vl_msg_api_trace_status,
+			   am, which);
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "free"))
+	{
+	  vl_msg_api_trace_onoff (am, which, 0);
+	  vl_msg_api_trace_free (am, which);
+	}
+      else if (unformat (input, "post-mortem-on"))
+	vl_msg_api_post_mortem_dump_enable_disable (1 /* enable */ );
+      else if (unformat (input, "post-mortem-off"))
+	vl_msg_api_post_mortem_dump_enable_disable (0 /* enable */ );
+      else
+	return clib_error_return (0, "unknown input `%U'",
+				  format_unformat_error, input);
+    }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
+VLIB_CLI_COMMAND (api_trace_command, static) = {
+    .path = "api trace",
+    .short_help =
+    "api trace [on|off][dump|save|replay <file>][status][free][post-mortem-on]",
+    .function = api_trace_command_fn,
+};
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+static clib_error_t *
+api_config_fn (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input)
+{
+  u32 nitems = 256 << 10;
+  vl_api_trace_which_t which = VL_API_TRACE_RX;
+  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
+
+  while (unformat_check_input (input) != UNFORMAT_END_OF_INPUT)
+    {
+      if (unformat (input, "on") || unformat (input, "enable"))
+	{
+	  if (unformat (input, "nitems %d", &nitems))
+	    ;
+	  vl_msg_api_trace_configure (am, which, nitems);
+	  vl_msg_api_trace_onoff (am, which, 1 /* on */ );
+	  vl_msg_api_post_mortem_dump_enable_disable (1 /* enable */ );
+	}
+      else
+	return clib_error_return (0, "unknown input `%U'",
+				  format_unformat_error, input);
+    }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+VLIB_CONFIG_FUNCTION (api_config_fn, "api-trace");
+
 /*
  * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
  *
diff --git a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost-user.c b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost-user.c
index b6b4c04a..100ec613 100644
--- a/src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost-user.c
+++ b/src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost-user.c
@@ -374,8 +374,7 @@ vhost_user_rx_thread_placement ()
   for (i = vum->input_cpu_first_index;
        i < vum->input_cpu_first_index + vum->input_cpu_count; i++)
     {
-      vlib_node_set_state (vlib_mains ? vlib_mains[i] : &vlib_global_main,
-			   vhost_user_input_node.index,
+      vlib_node_set_state (vlib_mains[i], vhost_user_input_node.index,
 			   VLIB_NODE_STATE_DISABLED);
       vec_add1 (workers, i);
     }
@@ -406,9 +405,9 @@ vhost_user_rx_thread_placement ()
 	  iaq.qid = qid;
 	  iaq.vhost_iface_index = vui - vum->vhost_user_interfaces;
 	  vec_add1 (vhc->rx_queues, iaq);
-	  vlib_node_set_state (vlib_mains ? vlib_mains[cpu_index] :
-	      &vlib_global_main, vhost_user_input_node.index,
-	      VLIB_NODE_STATE_POLLING);
+	  vlib_node_set_state (vlib_mains[cpu_index],
+                               vhost_user_input_node.index,
+                               VLIB_NODE_STATE_POLLING);
 	}
   });
   /* *INDENT-ON* */
diff --git a/src/vpp-api-test.am b/src/vpp-api-test.am
index f0d5df62..ceab687c 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api-test.am
+++ b/src/vpp-api-test.am
@@ -34,14 +34,12 @@ vpp_json_test_SOURCES = \
   vat/json_test.c
 
 vpp_api_test_LDADD = \
-  libvlib.la				\
   libvlibmemoryclient.la		\
   libsvm.la				\
   libvatplugin.la			\
   libvppinfra.la 			\
   libvlibapi.la				\
   libvlibmemory.la			\
-  libvnet.la				\
   -lpthread -lm -lrt -ldl -lcrypto
 
 vpp_api_test_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--export-dynamic
diff --git a/src/vpp/api/api.c b/src/vpp/api/api.c
index 828394ed..c85dc680 100644
--- a/src/vpp/api/api.c
+++ b/src/vpp/api/api.c
@@ -2143,7 +2143,6 @@ vpe_api_init (vlib_main_t * vm)
   am->oam_events_registration_hash = hash_create (0, sizeof (uword));
   am->bfd_events_registration_hash = hash_create (0, sizeof (uword));
 
-  vl_api_init (vm);
   vl_set_memory_region_name ("/vpe-api");
   vl_enable_disable_memory_api (vm, 1 /* enable it */ );
 
diff --git a/src/vpp/api/gmon.c b/src/vpp/api/gmon.c
index 610f40ed..277be8c0 100644
--- a/src/vpp/api/gmon.c
+++ b/src/vpp/api/gmon.c
@@ -122,13 +122,8 @@ gmon_process (vlib_main_t * vm, vlib_node_runtime_t * rt, vlib_frame_t * f)
   /* Initial wait for the world to settle down */
   vlib_process_suspend (vm, 5.0);
 
-  if (vec_len (vlib_mains) == 0)
-    vec_add1 (gm->my_vlib_mains, &vlib_global_main);
-  else
-    {
-      for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vlib_mains); i++)
-	vec_add1 (gm->my_vlib_mains, vlib_mains[i]);
-    }
+  for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vlib_mains); i++)
+    vec_add1 (gm->my_vlib_mains, vlib_mains[i]);
 
   while (1)
     {