Add thread-safe event signaller, use RPC where required

Update ping code to use the new function

Change-Id: Ieb753b23f8402cbe5667c22747896784c8ece937
Signed-off-by: Florin Coras <fcoras@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Barach <dave@barachs.net>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/vlib/threads.h b/src/vlib/threads.h
index 72340ee1a37..8931584b5a9 100644
--- a/src/vlib/threads.h
+++ b/src/vlib/threads.h
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ typedef struct
   frame_queue_nelt_counter_t *frame_queue_histogram;
 } vlib_frame_queue_main_t;
 
+typedef struct
+{
+  uword node_index;
+  uword type_opaque;
+  uword data;
+} vlib_process_signal_event_mt_args_t;
+
 /* Called early, in thread 0's context */
 clib_error_t *vlib_thread_init (vlib_main_t * vm);
 
@@ -510,9 +517,14 @@ vlib_get_worker_handoff_queue_elt (u32 frame_queue_index,
 }
 
 u8 *vlib_thread_stack_init (uword thread_index);
-
 int vlib_thread_cb_register (struct vlib_main_t *vm,
 			     vlib_thread_callbacks_t * cb);
+extern void *rpc_call_main_thread_cb_fn;
+
+void
+vlib_process_signal_event_mt_helper (vlib_process_signal_event_mt_args_t *
+				     args);
+void vlib_rpc_call_main_thread (void *function, u8 * args, u32 size);
 
 #endif /* included_vlib_threads_h */