Add new C API

Change-Id: I717ce3cd7c867c155de149ec56623269d26d0ff7
Signed-off-by: Klement Sekera <ksekera@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 809 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/vpp-api/vapi/vapi_c_gen.py b/src/vpp-api/vapi/vapi_c_gen.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..2bc1eef87e5
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+++ b/src/vpp-api/vapi/vapi_c_gen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,809 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import sys
+import logging
+from vapi_json_parser import Field, Struct, Message, JsonParser,\
+    SimpleType, StructType
+
+
+class CField(Field):
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            field_name,
+            field_type,
+            array_len=None,
+            nelem_field=None):
+        super().__init__(field_name, field_type, array_len, nelem_field)
+
+    def get_c_def(self):
+        if self.len is not None:
+            return "%s %s[%d]" % (self.type.get_c_name(), self.name, self.len)
+        else:
+            return "%s %s" % (self.type.get_c_name(), self.name)
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_code(self, struct, var):
+        if self.len is not None:
+            if self.len > 0:
+                return "do { int i; for (i = 0; i < %d; ++i) { %s } }"\
+                    " while(0);" % (
+                        self.len,
+                        self.type.get_swap_to_be_code(struct, "%s[i]" % var))
+            else:
+                if self.nelem_field.needs_byte_swap():
+                    nelem_field = "%s(%s%s)" % (
+                        self.nelem_field.type.get_swap_to_host_func_name(),
+                        struct, self.nelem_field.name)
+                else:
+                    nelem_field = "%s%s" % (struct, self.nelem_field.name)
+                return (
+                    "do { int i; for (i = 0; i < %s; ++i) { %s } }"
+                    " while(0);" %
+                    (nelem_field, self.type.get_swap_to_be_code(
+                        struct, "%s[i]" % var)))
+        return self.type.get_swap_to_be_code(struct, "%s" % var)
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_code(self, struct, var):
+        if self.len is not None:
+            if self.len > 0:
+                return "do { int i; for (i = 0; i < %d; ++i) { %s } }"\
+                    " while(0);" % (
+                        self.len,
+                        self.type.get_swap_to_host_code(struct, "%s[i]" % var))
+            else:
+                # nelem_field already swapped to host here...
+                return (
+                    "do { int i; for (i = 0; i < %s%s; ++i) { %s } }"
+                    " while(0);" %
+                    (struct, self.nelem_field.name,
+                     self.type.get_swap_to_host_code(
+                         struct, "%s[i]" % var)))
+        return self.type.get_swap_to_host_code(struct, "%s" % var)
+
+    def needs_byte_swap(self):
+        return self.type.needs_byte_swap()
+
+
+class CStruct(Struct):
+    def __init__(self, name, fields):
+        super().__init__(name, fields)
+
+    def get_c_def(self):
+        return "\n".join([
+            "typedef struct __attribute__((__packed__)) {",
+            "%s;" % ";\n".join(["  %s" % x.get_c_def()
+                                for x in self.fields]),
+            "} %s;" % self.get_c_name()])
+
+
+class CSimpleType (SimpleType):
+
+    swap_to_be_dict = {
+        'i16': 'htobe16', 'u16': 'htobe16',
+        'i32': 'htobe32', 'u32': 'htobe32',
+        'i64': 'htobe64', 'u64': 'htobe64',
+    }
+
+    swap_to_host_dict = {
+        'i16': 'be16toh', 'u16': 'be16toh',
+        'i32': 'be32toh', 'u32': 'be32toh',
+        'i64': 'be64toh', 'u64': 'be64toh',
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        super().__init__(name)
+
+    def get_c_name(self):
+        return self.name
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_func_name(self):
+        return self.swap_to_be_dict[self.name]
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_func_name(self):
+        return self.swap_to_host_dict[self.name]
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_code(self, struct, var):
+        x = "%s%s" % (struct, var)
+        return "%s = %s(%s);" % (x, self.get_swap_to_be_func_name(), x)
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_code(self, struct, var):
+        x = "%s%s" % (struct, var)
+        return "%s = %s(%s);" % (x, self.get_swap_to_host_func_name(), x)
+
+    def needs_byte_swap(self):
+        try:
+            self.get_swap_to_host_func_name()
+            return True
+        except:
+            pass
+        return False
+
+
+class CStructType (StructType, CStruct):
+    def __init__(self, definition, typedict, field_class):
+        super().__init__(definition, typedict, field_class)
+
+    def get_c_name(self):
+        return "vapi_type_%s" % self.name
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_func_name(self):
+        return "%s_hton" % self.get_c_name()
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_func_name(self):
+        return "%s_ntoh" % self.get_c_name()
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_func_decl(self):
+        return "void %s(%s *msg)" % (
+            self.get_swap_to_be_func_name(), self.get_c_name())
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_func_def(self):
+        return "%s\n{\n%s\n}" % (
+            self.get_swap_to_be_func_decl(),
+            "\n".join([
+                "  %s" % p.get_swap_to_be_code("msg->", "%s" % p.name)
+                for p in self.fields if p.needs_byte_swap()]),
+        )
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_func_decl(self):
+        return "void %s(%s *msg)" % (
+            self.get_swap_to_host_func_name(), self.get_c_name())
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_func_def(self):
+        return "%s\n{\n%s\n}" % (
+            self.get_swap_to_host_func_decl(),
+            "\n".join([
+                "  %s" % p.get_swap_to_host_code("msg->", "%s" % p.name)
+                for p in self.fields if p.needs_byte_swap()]),
+        )
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_code(self, struct, var):
+        return "%s(&%s%s);" % (self.get_swap_to_be_func_name(), struct, var)
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_code(self, struct, var):
+        return "%s(&%s%s);" % (self.get_swap_to_host_func_name(), struct, var)
+
+    def needs_byte_swap(self):
+        for f in self.fields:
+            if f.needs_byte_swap():
+                return True
+        return False
+
+
+class CMessage (Message):
+    def __init__(self, logger, definition, typedict,
+                 struct_type_class, simple_type_class, field_class):
+        super().__init__(logger, definition, typedict, struct_type_class,
+                         simple_type_class, field_class)
+        self.payload_members = [
+            "  %s" % p.get_c_def()
+            for p in self.fields
+            if p.type != self.header
+        ]
+
+    def has_payload(self):
+        return len(self.payload_members) > 0
+
+    def get_msg_id_name(self):
+        return "vapi_msg_id_%s" % self.name
+
+    def get_c_name(self):
+        return "vapi_msg_%s" % self.name
+
+    def get_payload_struct_name(self):
+        return "vapi_payload_%s" % self.name
+
+    def get_alloc_func_vla_field_length_name(self, field):
+        return "%s_array_size" % field.name
+
+    def get_alloc_func_name(self):
+        return "vapi_alloc_%s" % self.name
+
+    def get_alloc_func_decl(self):
+        return "%s* %s(struct vapi_ctx_s *ctx%s)" % (
+            self.get_c_name(),
+            self.get_alloc_func_name(),
+            "".join([", size_t %s" %
+                     self.get_alloc_func_vla_field_length_name(f)
+                     for f in self.fields
+                     if f.nelem_field is not None]))
+
+    def get_alloc_func_def(self):
+        extra = []
+        if self.header.has_field('client_index'):
+            extra.append(
+                "  msg->header.client_index = vapi_get_client_index(ctx);")
+        if self.header.has_field('context'):
+            extra.append("  msg->header.context = 0;")
+        return "\n".join([
+            "%s" % self.get_alloc_func_decl(),
+            "{",
+            "  %s *msg = NULL;" % self.get_c_name(),
+            "  const size_t size = sizeof(%s)%s;" % (
+                self.get_c_name(),
+                "".join([
+                    " + sizeof(msg->payload.%s[0]) * %s" % (
+                        f.name,
+                        self.get_alloc_func_vla_field_length_name(f))
+                    for f in self.fields
+                    if f.nelem_field is not None
+                ])),
+            "  msg = vapi_msg_alloc(ctx, size);",
+            "  if (!msg) {",
+            "    return NULL;",
+            "  }",
+        ] + extra + [
+            "  msg->header._vl_msg_id = vapi_lookup_vl_msg_id(ctx, %s);" %
+            self.get_msg_id_name(),
+            "\n".join(["  msg->payload.%s = %s;" % (
+                f.nelem_field.name,
+                self.get_alloc_func_vla_field_length_name(f))
+                for f in self.fields
+                if f.nelem_field is not None]),
+            "  return msg;",
+            "}"])
+
+    def get_calc_msg_size_func_name(self):
+        return "vapi_calc_%s_msg_size" % self.name
+
+    def get_calc_msg_size_func_decl(self):
+        return "uword %s(%s *msg)" % (
+            self.get_calc_msg_size_func_name(),
+            self.get_c_name())
+
+    def get_calc_msg_size_func_def(self):
+        return "\n".join([
+            "%s" % self.get_calc_msg_size_func_decl(),
+            "{",
+            "  return sizeof(*msg)%s;" %
+            "".join(["+ msg->payload.%s * sizeof(msg->payload.%s[0])" % (
+                    f.nelem_field.name,
+                    f.name)
+                for f in self.fields
+                if f.nelem_field is not None
+            ]),
+            "}",
+        ])
+
+    def get_c_def(self):
+        if self.has_payload():
+            return "\n".join([
+                "typedef struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) {",
+                "%s; " %
+                ";\n".join(self.payload_members),
+                "} %s;" % self.get_payload_struct_name(),
+                "",
+                "typedef struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) {",
+                ("  %s %s;" % (self.header.get_c_name(),
+                               self.fields[0].name)
+                    if self.header is not None else ""),
+                "  %s payload;" % self.get_payload_struct_name(),
+                "} %s;" % self.get_c_name(), ])
+        else:
+            return "\n".join([
+                "typedef struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) {",
+                ("  %s %s;" % (self.header.get_c_name(),
+                               self.fields[0].name)
+                    if self.header is not None else ""),
+                "} %s;" % self.get_c_name(), ])
+
+    def get_swap_payload_to_host_func_name(self):
+        return "%s_payload_ntoh" % self.get_c_name()
+
+    def get_swap_payload_to_be_func_name(self):
+        return "%s_payload_hton" % self.get_c_name()
+
+    def get_swap_payload_to_host_func_decl(self):
+        return "void %s(%s *payload)" % (
+            self.get_swap_payload_to_host_func_name(),
+            self.get_payload_struct_name())
+
+    def get_swap_payload_to_be_func_decl(self):
+        return "void %s(%s *payload)" % (
+            self.get_swap_payload_to_be_func_name(),
+            self.get_payload_struct_name())
+
+    def get_swap_payload_to_be_func_def(self):
+        return "%s\n{\n%s\n}" % (
+            self.get_swap_payload_to_be_func_decl(),
+            "\n".join([
+                "  %s" % p.get_swap_to_be_code("payload->", "%s" % p.name)
+                for p in self.fields
+                if p.needs_byte_swap() and p.type != self.header]),
+        )
+
+    def get_swap_payload_to_host_func_def(self):
+        return "%s\n{\n%s\n}" % (
+            self.get_swap_payload_to_host_func_decl(),
+            "\n".join([
+                "  %s" % p.get_swap_to_host_code("payload->", "%s" % p.name)
+                for p in self.fields
+                if p.needs_byte_swap() and p.type != self.header]),
+        )
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_func_name(self):
+        return "%s_ntoh" % self.get_c_name()
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_func_name(self):
+        return "%s_hton" % self.get_c_name()
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_func_decl(self):
+        return "void %s(%s *msg)" % (
+            self.get_swap_to_host_func_name(), self.get_c_name())
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_func_decl(self):
+        return "void %s(%s *msg)" % (
+            self.get_swap_to_be_func_name(), self.get_c_name())
+
+    def get_swap_to_be_func_def(self):
+        return "\n".join([
+            "%s" % self.get_swap_to_be_func_decl(),
+            "{",
+            ("  VAPI_DBG(\"Swapping `%s'@%%p to big endian\", msg);" %
+                self.get_c_name()),
+            "  %s(&msg->header);" % self.header.get_swap_to_be_func_name()
+            if self.header is not None else "",
+            "  %s(&msg->payload);" % self.get_swap_payload_to_be_func_name()
+            if self.has_payload() else "",
+            "}",
+        ])
+
+    def get_swap_to_host_func_def(self):
+        return "\n".join([
+            "%s" % self.get_swap_to_host_func_decl(),
+            "{",
+            ("  VAPI_DBG(\"Swapping `%s'@%%p to host byte order\", msg);" %
+                self.get_c_name()),
+            "  %s(&msg->header);" % self.header.get_swap_to_host_func_name()
+            if self.header is not None else "",
+            "  %s(&msg->payload);" % self.get_swap_payload_to_host_func_name()
+            if self.has_payload() else "",
+            "}",
+        ])
+
+    def get_op_func_name(self):
+        return "vapi_%s" % self.name
+
+    def get_op_func_decl(self):
+        if self.reply.has_payload():
+            return "vapi_error_e %s(%s)" % (
+                self.get_op_func_name(),
+                ",\n  ".join([
+                    'struct vapi_ctx_s *ctx',
+                    '%s *msg' % self.get_c_name(),
+                    'vapi_error_e (*callback)(struct vapi_ctx_s *ctx',
+                    '                         void *callback_ctx',
+                    '                         vapi_error_e rv',
+                    '                         bool is_last',
+                    '                         %s *reply)' %
+                    self.reply.get_payload_struct_name(),
+                    'void *callback_ctx',
+                ])
+            )
+        else:
+            return "vapi_error_e %s(%s)" % (
+                self.get_op_func_name(),
+                ",\n  ".join([
+                    'struct vapi_ctx_s *ctx',
+                    '%s *msg' % self.get_c_name(),
+                    'vapi_error_e (*callback)(struct vapi_ctx_s *ctx',
+                    '                         void *callback_ctx',
+                    '                         vapi_error_e rv',
+                    '                         bool is_last)',
+                    'void *callback_ctx',
+                ])
+            )
+
+    def get_op_func_def(self):
+        return "\n".join([
+            "%s" % self.get_op_func_decl(),
+            "{",
+            "  if (!msg || !callback) {",
+            "    return VAPI_EINVAL;",
+            "  }",
+            "  if (vapi_is_nonblocking(ctx) && vapi_requests_full(ctx)) {",
+            "    return VAPI_EAGAIN;",
+            "  }",
+            "  vapi_error_e rv;",
+            "  if (VAPI_OK != (rv = vapi_producer_lock (ctx))) {",
+            "    return rv;",
+            "  }",
+            "  u32 req_context = vapi_gen_req_context(ctx);",
+            "  msg->header.context = req_context;",
+            "  %s(msg);" % self.get_swap_to_be_func_name(),
+            ("  if (VAPI_OK == (rv = vapi_send_with_control_ping "
+                "(ctx, msg, req_context))) {"
+                if self.is_dump() else
+                "  if (VAPI_OK == (rv = vapi_send (ctx, msg))) {"
+             ),
+            ("    vapi_store_request(ctx, req_context, %s, "
+             "(vapi_cb_t)callback, callback_ctx);" %
+             ("true" if self.is_dump() else "false")),
+            "    if (VAPI_OK != vapi_producer_unlock (ctx)) {",
+            "      abort (); /* this really shouldn't happen */",
+            "    }",
+            "    if (vapi_is_nonblocking(ctx)) {",
+            "      rv = VAPI_OK;",
+            "    } else {",
+            "      rv = vapi_dispatch(ctx);",
+            "    }",
+            "  } else {",
+            "    %s(msg);" % self.get_swap_to_host_func_name(),
+            "    if (VAPI_OK != vapi_producer_unlock (ctx)) {",
+            "      abort (); /* this really shouldn't happen */",
+            "    }",
+            "  }",
+            "  return rv;",
+            "}",
+            "",
+        ])
+
+    def get_event_cb_func_decl(self):
+        if not self.is_reply():
+            raise Exception(
+                "Cannot register event callback for non-reply function")
+        if self.has_payload():
+            return "\n".join([
+                "void vapi_set_%s_event_cb (" %
+                self.get_c_name(),
+                "  struct vapi_ctx_s *ctx, ",
+                ("  vapi_error_e (*callback)(struct vapi_ctx_s *ctx, "
+                 "void *callback_ctx, %s *payload)," %
+                 self.get_payload_struct_name()),
+                "  void *callback_ctx)",
+            ])
+        else:
+            return "\n".join([
+                "void vapi_set_%s_event_cb (" %
+                self.get_c_name(),
+                "  struct vapi_ctx_s *ctx, ",
+                "  vapi_error_e (*callback)(struct vapi_ctx_s *ctx, "
+                "void *callback_ctx),",
+                "  void *callback_ctx)",
+            ])
+
+    def get_event_cb_func_def(self):
+        if not self.is_reply():
+            raise Exception(
+                "Cannot register event callback for non-reply function")
+        return "\n".join([
+            "%s" % self.get_event_cb_func_decl(),
+            "{",
+            ("  vapi_set_event_cb(ctx, %s, (vapi_event_cb)callback, "
+             "callback_ctx);" %
+             self.get_msg_id_name()),
+            "}"])
+
+    def get_c_metadata_struct_name(self):
+        return "__vapi_metadata_%s" % self.name
+
+    def get_c_constructor(self):
+        has_context = False
+        if self.header is not None:
+            has_context = self.header.has_field('context')
+        return '\n'.join([
+            'static void __attribute__((constructor)) __vapi_constructor_%s()'
+            % self.name,
+            '{',
+            '  static const char name[] = "%s";' % self.name,
+            '  static const char name_with_crc[] = "%s_%s";'
+            % (self.name, self.crc[2:]),
+            '  static vapi_message_desc_t %s = {' %
+            self.get_c_metadata_struct_name(),
+            '    name,',
+            '    sizeof(name) - 1,',
+            '    name_with_crc,',
+            '    sizeof(name_with_crc) - 1,',
+            '    true,' if has_context else '    false,',
+            '    offsetof(%s, context),' % self.header.get_c_name()
+            if has_context else '    0,',
+            ('    offsetof(%s, payload),' % self.get_c_name())
+            if self.has_payload() else '-1,',
+            '    sizeof(%s),' % self.get_c_name(),
+            '    (generic_swap_fn_t)%s,' % self.get_swap_to_be_func_name(),
+            '    (generic_swap_fn_t)%s,' % self.get_swap_to_host_func_name(),
+            '    ~0,',
+            '  };',
+            '',
+            '  %s = vapi_register_msg(&%s);' %
+            (self.get_msg_id_name(), self.get_c_metadata_struct_name()),
+            '  VAPI_DBG("Assigned msg id %%d to %s", %s);' %
+            (self.name, self.get_msg_id_name()),
+            '}',
+        ])
+
+
+vapi_send_with_control_ping = """
+static inline vapi_error_e
+vapi_send_with_control_ping (vapi_ctx_t ctx, void *msg, u32 context)
+{
+  vapi_msg_control_ping *ping = vapi_alloc_control_ping (ctx);
+  if (!ping)
+    {
+      return VAPI_ENOMEM;
+    }
+  ping->header.context = context;
+  vapi_msg_control_ping_hton (ping);
+  return vapi_send2 (ctx, msg, ping);
+}
+"""
+
+
+def gen_json_header(parser, logger, j, io):
+    logger.info("Generating header `%s'" % io.name)
+    orig_stdout = sys.stdout
+    sys.stdout = io
+    include_guard = "__included_%s" % (
+        j.replace(".", "_").replace("/", "_").replace("-", "_"))
+    print("#ifndef %s" % include_guard)
+    print("#define %s" % include_guard)
+    print("")
+    print("#include <vapi_internal.h>")
+    print("")
+    if io.name == "vpe.api.vapi.h":
+        print("static inline vapi_error_e vapi_send_with_control_ping "
+              "(vapi_ctx_t ctx, void * msg, u32 context);")
+        print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        print("extern vapi_msg_id_t %s;" % m.get_msg_id_name())
+    print("")
+    for t in parser.types_by_json[j].values():
+        try:
+            print("%s" % t.get_c_def())
+            print("")
+        except:
+            pass
+    for t in parser.types_by_json[j].values():
+        print("%s;" % t.get_swap_to_be_func_decl())
+        print("")
+        print("%s;" % t.get_swap_to_host_func_decl())
+        print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        print("%s" % m.get_c_def())
+        print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        if not m.is_reply():
+            print("%s;" % m.get_alloc_func_decl())
+            print("")
+            print("%s;" % m.get_op_func_decl())
+        if m.has_payload():
+            print("%s;" % m.get_swap_payload_to_be_func_decl())
+            print("")
+            print("%s;" % m.get_swap_payload_to_host_func_decl())
+            print("")
+        print("%s;" % m.get_calc_msg_size_func_decl())
+        print("")
+        print("%s;" % m.get_swap_to_host_func_decl())
+        print("")
+        print("%s;" % m.get_swap_to_be_func_decl())
+        print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        if not m.is_reply():
+            continue
+        print("%s;" % m.get_event_cb_func_decl())
+        print("")
+
+    if io.name == "vpe.api.vapi.h":
+        print("%s" % vapi_send_with_control_ping)
+        print("")
+
+    print("#endif")
+    sys.stdout = orig_stdout
+
+
+def gen_json_code(parser, logger, j, io):
+    logger.info("Generating code `%s'" % io.name)
+    orig_stdout = sys.stdout
+    sys.stdout = io
+    print("#include <%s>" % json_to_header_name(j))
+    print("#include <stdlib.h>")
+    print("#include <stddef.h>")
+    print("#include <arpa/inet.h>")
+    print("#include <vapi_internal.h>")
+    print("#include <vapi_dbg.h>")
+    print("")
+    for t in parser.types_by_json[j].values():
+        print("%s" % t.get_swap_to_be_func_def())
+        print("")
+        print("%s" % t.get_swap_to_host_func_def())
+        print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        if m.has_payload():
+            print("%s" % m.get_swap_payload_to_be_func_def())
+            print("")
+            print("%s" % m.get_swap_payload_to_host_func_def())
+            print("")
+        print("%s" % m.get_calc_msg_size_func_def())
+        print("")
+        print("%s" % m.get_swap_to_be_func_def())
+        print("")
+        print("%s" % m.get_swap_to_host_func_def())
+        print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        if m.is_reply():
+            continue
+        print("%s" % m.get_alloc_func_def())
+        print("")
+        print("%s" % m.get_op_func_def())
+        print("")
+    print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        print("%s" % m.get_c_constructor())
+        print("")
+    print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        if not m.is_reply():
+            continue
+        print("%s;" % m.get_event_cb_func_def())
+        print("")
+    print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        print("vapi_msg_id_t %s;" % m.get_msg_id_name())
+    sys.stdout = orig_stdout
+
+
+def gen_json_unified_header(parser, logger, j, io):
+    logger.info("Generating header `%s'" % io.name)
+    orig_stdout = sys.stdout
+    sys.stdout = io
+    include_guard = "__included_%s" % (
+        j.replace(".", "_").replace("/", "_").replace("-", "_"))
+    print("#ifndef %s" % include_guard)
+    print("#define %s" % include_guard)
+    print("")
+    print("#include <vapi_internal.h>")
+    print("#include <vapi.h>")
+    print("#include <stdlib.h>")
+    print("#include <stddef.h>")
+    print("#include <arpa/inet.h>")
+    print("#include <vapi_dbg.h>")
+    if io.name == "vpe.api.vapi.h":
+        print("")
+        print("static inline vapi_error_e vapi_send_with_control_ping "
+              "(vapi_ctx_t ctx, void * msg, u32 context);")
+    else:
+        print("#include <vpe.api.vapi.h>")
+    print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        print("extern vapi_msg_id_t %s;" % m.get_msg_id_name())
+    print("")
+    print("#define DEFINE_VAPI_MSG_IDS_%s\\" %
+          j.replace(".", "_").replace("/", "_").replace("-", "_").upper())
+    print("\\\n".join([
+        "  vapi_msg_id_t %s;" % m.get_msg_id_name()
+        for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values()
+    ]))
+    print("")
+    print("")
+    for t in parser.types_by_json[j].values():
+        try:
+            print("%s" % t.get_c_def())
+            print("")
+        except:
+            pass
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        print("%s" % m.get_c_def())
+        print("")
+
+    print("")
+    function_attrs = "static inline "
+    for t in parser.types_by_json[j].values():
+        print("%s%s" % (function_attrs, t.get_swap_to_be_func_def()))
+        print("")
+        print("%s%s" % (function_attrs, t.get_swap_to_host_func_def()))
+        print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        if m.has_payload():
+            print("%s%s" % (function_attrs,
+                            m.get_swap_payload_to_be_func_def()))
+            print("")
+            print("%s%s" % (function_attrs,
+                            m.get_swap_payload_to_host_func_def()))
+            print("")
+        print("%s%s" % (function_attrs, m.get_calc_msg_size_func_def()))
+        print("")
+        print("%s%s" % (function_attrs, m.get_swap_to_be_func_def()))
+        print("")
+        print("%s%s" % (function_attrs, m.get_swap_to_host_func_def()))
+        print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        if m.is_reply():
+            continue
+        print("%s%s" % (function_attrs, m.get_alloc_func_def()))
+        print("")
+        print("%s%s" % (function_attrs, m.get_op_func_def()))
+        print("")
+    print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        print("%s" % m.get_c_constructor())
+        print("")
+    print("")
+    for m in parser.messages_by_json[j].values():
+        if not m.is_reply():
+            continue
+        print("%s%s;" % (function_attrs, m.get_event_cb_func_def()))
+        print("")
+    print("")
+
+    if io.name == "vpe.api.vapi.h":
+        print("%s" % vapi_send_with_control_ping)
+        print("")
+
+    print("#endif")
+    sys.stdout = orig_stdout
+
+
+def json_to_header_name(json_name):
+    if json_name.endswith(".json"):
+        return "%s.vapi.h" % os.path.splitext(json_name)[0]
+    raise Exception("Unexpected json name `%s'!" % json_name)
+
+
+def json_to_code_name(json_name):
+    if json_name.endswith(".json"):
+        return "%s.vapi.c" % os.path.splitext(json_name)[0]
+    raise Exception("Unexpected json name `%s'!" % json_name)
+
+
+def gen_c_headers_and_code(parser, logger, prefix):
+    if prefix == "" or prefix is None:
+        prefix = ""
+    else:
+        prefix = "%s/" % prefix
+    for j in parser.json_files:
+        with open('%s%s' % (prefix, json_to_header_name(j)), "w") as io:
+            gen_json_header(parser, logger, j, io)
+        with open('%s%s' % (prefix, json_to_code_name(j)), "w") as io:
+            gen_json_code(parser, logger, j, io)
+
+
+def gen_c_unified_headers(parser, logger, prefix):
+    if prefix == "" or prefix is None:
+        prefix = ""
+    else:
+        prefix = "%s/" % prefix
+    for j in parser.json_files:
+        with open('%s%s' % (prefix, json_to_header_name(j)), "w") as io:
+            gen_json_unified_header(parser, logger, j, io)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        verbose = int(os.getenv("V", 0))
+    except:
+        verbose = 0
+
+    if verbose >= 2:
+        log_level = 10
+    elif verbose == 1:
+        log_level = 20
+    else:
+        log_level = 40
+
+    logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=log_level)
+    logger = logging.getLogger("VAPI C GEN")
+    logger.setLevel(log_level)
+
+    argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="VPP JSON API parser")
+    argparser.add_argument('files', metavar='api-file', action='append',
+                           type=str, help='json api file'
+                           '(may be specified multiple times)')
+    argparser.add_argument('--prefix', action='store', default=None,
+                           help='path prefix')
+    args = argparser.parse_args()
+
+    jsonparser = JsonParser(logger, args.files,
+                            simple_type_class=CSimpleType,
+                            struct_type_class=CStructType,
+                            field_class=CField,
+                            message_class=CMessage)
+
+    # not using the model of having separate generated header and code files
+    # with generated symbols present in shared library (per discussion with
+    # Damjan), to avoid symbol version issues in .so
+    # gen_c_headers_and_code(jsonparser, logger, args.prefix)
+
+    gen_c_unified_headers(jsonparser, logger, args.prefix)
+
+    for e in jsonparser.exceptions:
+        logger.error(e)