A Protocol Independent Hierarchical FIB (VPP-352)

Main Enhancements:
 - Protocol Independent FIB API
 - Hierarchical FIB entries. Dynamic recursive route resolution.
 - Extranet Support.
 - Integration of IP and MPLS forwarding.
 - Separation of FIB and Adjacency databases.
 - Data-Plane Object forwarding model.

Change-Id: I52dc815c0d0aa8b493e3cf6b978568f3cc82296c
Signed-off-by: Neale Ranns <nranns@cisco.com>

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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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __FIB_PATH_EXT_H__
+#define __FIB_PATH_EXT_H__
+
+#include <vnet/mpls/mpls.h>
+#include <vnet/fib/fib_types.h>
+
+/**
+ * A path extension is a per-entry addition to the forwarigind information
+ * when packets are sent for that entry over that path.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ *    ip route add 1.1.1.1/32 via 10.10.10.10 mpls-label 100
+ *
+ * The out-going MPLS label value 100 is a path-extension. It is a value sepcific
+ * to the entry 1.1.1.1/32 and valid only went packets are sent via 10.10.10.10.
+ */
+typedef struct fib_path_ext_t_
+{
+    /**
+     * A description of the path that is being extended.
+     * This description is used to match this extension with the [changing]
+     * instance of a fib_path_t that is extended
+     */
+    fib_route_path_t fpe_path;
+#define fpe_label fpe_path.frp_label
+
+    /**
+     * The index of the path. This is the global index, not the path's
+     * position in the path-list.
+     */
+    fib_node_index_t fpe_path_index;
+} fib_path_ext_t;
+
+
+extern u8 * format_fib_path_ext(u8 * s, va_list * args);
+
+extern void fib_path_ext_init(fib_path_ext_t *path_ext,
+			      fib_node_index_t path_list_index,
+			      const fib_route_path_t *rpath);
+
+extern int fib_path_ext_cmp(fib_path_ext_t *path_ext,
+			    const fib_route_path_t *rpath);
+
+extern void fib_path_ext_resolve(fib_path_ext_t *path_ext,
+				 fib_node_index_t path_list_index);
+
+extern load_balance_path_t *fib_path_ext_stack(fib_path_ext_t *path_ext,
+                                               fib_forward_chain_type_t fct,
+                                               load_balance_path_t *nhs);
+
+#endif
+