Add Vhost-user interfaces library

Change-Id: I295e67b4a5622b1fff4fbe5d4a7e5753f3c4af57
Signed-off-by: Matus Fabian <matfabia@cisco.com>

2 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/resources/libraries/python/VhostUser.py b/resources/libraries/python/VhostUser.py
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+++ b/resources/libraries/python/VhostUser.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2016 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.
+
+"""Vhost-user interfaces library."""
+
+from resources.libraries.python.VatExecutor import VatExecutor
+
+
+class VhostUser(object):
+    """Vhost-user interfaces"""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def vpp_create_vhost_user_interface(node, socket):
+        """Create Vhost-user interface on VPP node.
+
+        :param node: Node to create Vhost-user interface on.
+        :param socket: Vhost-user interface socket path.
+        :type node: dict
+        :type socket: str
+        :return: SW interface index.
+        :rtype: int
+        """
+        out = VatExecutor.cmd_from_template(node, "create_vhost_user_if.vat",
+                                            sock=socket)
+        if out[0].get('retval') == 0:
+            return out[0].get('sw_if_index')
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError('Create Vhost-user interface failed on node '
+                               '"{}"'.format(node['host']))
diff --git a/resources/templates/vat/create_vhost_user_if.vat b/resources/templates/vat/create_vhost_user_if.vat
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+create_vhost_user_if socket {sock}