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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 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 included_vat2_helpers_h
+#define included_vat2_helpers_h
+
+/* For control ping */
+#define vl_endianfun
+#include <vpp/api/vpe.api.h>
+#undef vl_endianfun
+
+static inline void
+vat2_control_ping (u32 context)
+{
+    vl_api_control_ping_t mp = {0};
+    mp._vl_msg_id = vac_get_msg_index(VL_API_CONTROL_PING_CRC);
+    mp.context = context;
+    vl_api_control_ping_t_endian(&mp);
+    vac_write((char *)&mp, sizeof(mp));
+}
+
+#endif