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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 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 __PUNT_H__
+#define __PUNT_H__
+
+#include <vlib/vlib.h>
+
+/**
+ * The 'syatem' defined punt reasons.
+ * Only add to this list reasons defined and used within the vlib subsystem.
+ * To define new reasons in e.g. plgins, use punt_reason_alloc()
+ */
+typedef enum vlib_punt_reason_t_
+{
+  PUNT_N_REASONS,
+} vlib_punt_reason_t;
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Format a punt reason
+ */
+extern u8 *format_vlib_punt_reason (u8 * s, va_list * args);
+
+/**
+ * Typedef for a client handle
+ */
+typedef int vlib_punt_hdl_t;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Register a new clinet
+ *
+ * @param who - The name of the client
+ *
+ * @retrun the handle the punt infra allocated for this client that must
+ *         be used when the client wishes to use the infra
+ */
+vlib_punt_hdl_t vlib_punt_client_register (const char *who);
+
+/**
+ * Allocate a new punt reason
+ */
+extern int vlib_punt_reason_alloc (vlib_punt_hdl_t client,
+				   const char *reason_name,
+				   vlib_punt_reason_t * reason);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Register a node to receive particular punted buffers
+ *
+ * @paran client - The registered client registering for the packets
+ * @param reason - The reason the packet was punted
+ * @param node   - The node to which the punted packets will be sent
+ */
+extern int vlib_punt_register (vlib_punt_hdl_t client,
+			       vlib_punt_reason_t reason, const char *node);
+extern int vlib_punt_unregister (vlib_punt_hdl_t client,
+				 vlib_punt_reason_t pr, const char *node);
+
+/**
+ * FOR USE IN THE DP ONLY
+ *
+ * Arc[s] to follow for each reason
+ */
+extern u16 **punt_dp_db;
+
+/**
+ * FOR USE IN THE DP ONLY
+ *
+ * Per-reason counters
+ */
+extern vlib_combined_counter_main_t punt_counters;
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */