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+// Copyright (c) 2018 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.
+
+package core
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "time"
+
+ "errors"
+
+ "git.fd.io/govpp.git/api"
+ "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+const defaultReplyTimeout = time.Second * 1 // default timeout for replies from VPP, can be changed with SetReplyTimeout
+
+// requestCtxData is a context of a ongoing request (simple one - only one response is expected).
+type requestCtxData struct {
+ ch *channel
+ seqNum uint16
+}
+
+// multiRequestCtxData is a context of a ongoing multipart request (multiple responses are expected).
+type multiRequestCtxData struct {
+ ch *channel
+ seqNum uint16
+}
+
+func (req *requestCtxData) ReceiveReply(msg api.Message) error {
+ if req == nil || req.ch == nil {
+ return errors.New("invalid request context")
+ }
+
+ lastReplyReceived, err := req.ch.receiveReplyInternal(msg, req.seqNum)
+
+ if lastReplyReceived {
+ err = errors.New("multipart reply recieved while a simple reply expected")
+ }
+ return err
+}
+
+func (req *multiRequestCtxData) ReceiveReply(msg api.Message) (lastReplyReceived bool, err error) {
+ if req == nil || req.ch == nil {
+ return false, errors.New("invalid request context")
+ }
+
+ return req.ch.receiveReplyInternal(msg, req.seqNum)
+}
+
+// channel is the main communication interface with govpp core. It contains four Go channels, one for sending the requests
+// to VPP, one for receiving the replies from it and the same set for notifications. The user can access the Go channels
+// via methods provided by Channel interface in this package. Do not use the same channel from multiple goroutines
+// concurrently, otherwise the responses could mix! Use multiple channels instead.
+type channel struct {
+ id uint16 // channel ID
+
+ reqChan chan *api.VppRequest // channel for sending the requests to VPP, closing this channel releases all resources in the ChannelProvider
+ replyChan chan *api.VppReply // channel where VPP replies are delivered to
+
+ notifSubsChan chan *api.NotifSubscribeRequest // channel for sending notification subscribe requests
+ notifSubsReplyChan chan error // channel where replies to notification subscribe requests are delivered to
+
+ msgDecoder api.MessageDecoder // used to decode binary data to generated API messages
+ msgIdentifier api.MessageIdentifier // used to retrieve message ID of a message
+
+ lastSeqNum uint16 // sequence number of the last sent request
+
+ delayedReply *api.VppReply // reply already taken from ReplyChan, buffered for later delivery
+ replyTimeout time.Duration // maximum time that the API waits for a reply from VPP before returning an error, can be set with SetReplyTimeout
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) SendRequest(msg api.Message) api.RequestCtx {
+ ch.lastSeqNum++
+ ch.reqChan <- &api.VppRequest{
+ Message: msg,
+ SeqNum: ch.lastSeqNum,
+ }
+ return &requestCtxData{ch: ch, seqNum: ch.lastSeqNum}
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) SendMultiRequest(msg api.Message) api.MultiRequestCtx {
+ ch.lastSeqNum++
+ ch.reqChan <- &api.VppRequest{
+ Message: msg,
+ Multipart: true,
+ SeqNum: ch.lastSeqNum,
+ }
+ return &multiRequestCtxData{ch: ch, seqNum: ch.lastSeqNum}
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) SubscribeNotification(notifChan chan api.Message, msgFactory func() api.Message) (*api.NotifSubscription, error) {
+ subscription := &api.NotifSubscription{
+ NotifChan: notifChan,
+ MsgFactory: msgFactory,
+ }
+ ch.notifSubsChan <- &api.NotifSubscribeRequest{
+ Subscription: subscription,
+ Subscribe: true,
+ }
+ return subscription, <-ch.notifSubsReplyChan
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) UnsubscribeNotification(subscription *api.NotifSubscription) error {
+ ch.notifSubsChan <- &api.NotifSubscribeRequest{
+ Subscription: subscription,
+ Subscribe: false,
+ }
+ return <-ch.notifSubsReplyChan
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) CheckMessageCompatibility(messages ...api.Message) error {
+ for _, msg := range messages {
+ _, err := ch.msgIdentifier.GetMessageID(msg)
+ if err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("message %s with CRC %s is not compatible with the VPP we are connected to",
+ msg.GetMessageName(), msg.GetCrcString())
+ }
+ }
+ return nil
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) SetReplyTimeout(timeout time.Duration) {
+ ch.replyTimeout = timeout
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) GetRequestChannel() chan<- *api.VppRequest {
+ return ch.reqChan
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) GetReplyChannel() <-chan *api.VppReply {
+ return ch.replyChan
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) GetNotificationChannel() chan<- *api.NotifSubscribeRequest {
+ return ch.notifSubsChan
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) GetNotificationReplyChannel() <-chan error {
+ return ch.notifSubsReplyChan
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) GetMessageDecoder() api.MessageDecoder {
+ return ch.msgDecoder
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) GetID() uint16 {
+ return ch.id
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) Close() {
+ if ch.reqChan != nil {
+ close(ch.reqChan)
+ }
+}
+
+// receiveReplyInternal receives a reply from the reply channel into the provided msg structure.
+func (ch *channel) receiveReplyInternal(msg api.Message, expSeqNum uint16) (lastReplyReceived bool, err error) {
+ var ignore bool
+ if msg == nil {
+ return false, errors.New("nil message passed in")
+ }
+
+ if ch.delayedReply != nil {
+ // try the delayed reply
+ vppReply := ch.delayedReply
+ ch.delayedReply = nil
+ ignore, lastReplyReceived, err = ch.processReply(vppReply, expSeqNum, msg)
+ if !ignore {
+ return lastReplyReceived, err
+ }
+ }
+
+ timer := time.NewTimer(ch.replyTimeout)
+ for {
+ select {
+ // blocks until a reply comes to ReplyChan or until timeout expires
+ case vppReply := <-ch.replyChan:
+ ignore, lastReplyReceived, err = ch.processReply(vppReply, expSeqNum, msg)
+ if ignore {
+ continue
+ }
+ return lastReplyReceived, err
+
+ case <-timer.C:
+ err = fmt.Errorf("no reply received within the timeout period %s", ch.replyTimeout)
+ return false, err
+ }
+ }
+ return
+}
+
+func (ch *channel) processReply(reply *api.VppReply, expSeqNum uint16, msg api.Message) (ignore bool, lastReplyReceived bool, err error) {
+ // check the sequence number
+ cmpSeqNums := compareSeqNumbers(reply.SeqNum, expSeqNum)
+ if cmpSeqNums == -1 {
+ // reply received too late, ignore the message
+ logrus.WithField("sequence-number", reply.SeqNum).Warn(
+ "Received reply to an already closed binary API request")
+ ignore = true
+ return
+ }
+ if cmpSeqNums == 1 {
+ ch.delayedReply = reply
+ err = fmt.Errorf("missing binary API reply with sequence number: %d", expSeqNum)
+ return
+ }
+
+ if reply.Error != nil {
+ err = reply.Error
+ return
+ }
+ if reply.LastReplyReceived {
+ lastReplyReceived = true
+ return
+ }
+
+ // message checks
+ var expMsgID uint16
+ expMsgID, err = ch.msgIdentifier.GetMessageID(msg)
+ if err != nil {
+ err = fmt.Errorf("message %s with CRC %s is not compatible with the VPP we are connected to",
+ msg.GetMessageName(), msg.GetCrcString())
+ return
+ }
+
+ if reply.MessageID != expMsgID {
+ var msgNameCrc string
+ if nameCrc, err := ch.msgIdentifier.LookupByID(reply.MessageID); err != nil {
+ msgNameCrc = err.Error()
+ } else {
+ msgNameCrc = nameCrc
+ }
+
+ err = fmt.Errorf("received invalid message ID (seq-num=%d), expected %d (%s), but got %d (%s) "+
+ "(check if multiple goroutines are not sharing single GoVPP channel)",
+ reply.SeqNum, expMsgID, msg.GetMessageName(), reply.MessageID, msgNameCrc)
+ return
+ }
+
+ // decode the message
+ err = ch.msgDecoder.DecodeMsg(reply.Data, msg)
+ return
+}
+
+// compareSeqNumbers returns -1, 0, 1 if sequence number <seqNum1> precedes, equals to,
+// or succeeds seq. number <seqNum2>.
+// Since sequence numbers cycle in the finite set of size 2^16, the function
+// must assume that the distance between compared sequence numbers is less than
+// (2^16)/2 to determine the order.
+func compareSeqNumbers(seqNum1, seqNum2 uint16) int {
+ // calculate distance from seqNum1 to seqNum2
+ var dist uint16
+ if seqNum1 <= seqNum2 {
+ dist = seqNum2 - seqNum1
+ } else {
+ dist = 0xffff - (seqNum1 - seqNum2 - 1)
+ }
+ if dist == 0 {
+ return 0
+ } else if dist <= 0x8000 {
+ return -1
+ }
+ return 1
+}