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| author |   Jon Loeliger <jdl@netgate.com> | 2017-02-23 13:57:35 -0600 |
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| committer |   John Lo <loj@cisco.com> | 2017-03-03 23:19:21 +0000 |
| commit | c83c3b7f117b981b677f646a0e30f44ec70de239 (patch) | |
| tree | 323266bab831bcbfb14f089e803b7cbc13b857e1 /src/vlib/unix/unix.h | |
| parent | a084d62a6e47d3505b3ed314230598704314f7bc (diff) | |
Implement a loopback instance allocation scheme.
To support creating loopback interfaces with a specific
instance number, a new CREATE_LOOPBACK_INSTANCE API call
with flag is_specified and value user_instance is introduced.
Presumably the existing CREATE_LOOPBACK API message will be
obsoleted and revmoved.
The VAT cli commands can now mention and format
the new field as 'instance %d' data. If no instance
number is named, the old call CREATE_LOOPBACK is used
to maintain backward compatibility. However, if the
instance is named, the new CREATE_LOOPBACK_INSTANCE
message will be used.
Both the dynamically allocated and user-requested instance
number are tracked in a bitvector. If is_specified is 0,
the next free instance will be used.. A request for a specific
instance number will be granted if it is available. On error,
the value ~0 is returned.
Change-Id: I849815563a5da736dcd6bccd262ef49b963f6643
Signed-off-by: Jon Loeliger <jdl@netgate.com>
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