2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/vlibapi/api_common.h b/src/vlibapi/api_common.h
index 3d55e2acdd6..73c5a50e850 100644
--- a/src/vlibapi/api_common.h
+++ b/src/vlibapi/api_common.h
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ int vl_msg_api_pd_handler (void *mp, int rv);
 void vl_msg_api_set_first_available_msg_id (u16 first_avail);
 u16 vl_msg_api_get_msg_ids (const char *name, int n);
 u32 vl_msg_api_get_msg_index (u8 * name_and_crc);
+void *vl_msg_push_heap (void);
+void vl_msg_pop_heap (void *oldheap);
 
 typedef clib_error_t *(vl_msg_api_init_function_t) (u32 client_index);
 
diff --git a/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c b/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c
index 3b9c0f47b66..24ec33b1506 100644
--- a/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c
+++ b/src/vlibapi/api_shared.c
@@ -955,6 +955,23 @@ vl_msg_api_get_msg_index (u8 * name_and_crc)
   return ~0;
 }
 
+void *
+vl_msg_push_heap (void)
+{
+  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
+  pthread_mutex_lock (&am->vlib_rp->mutex);
+  return svm_push_data_heap (am->vlib_rp);
+}
+
+void
+vl_msg_pop_heap (void *oldheap)
+{
+  api_main_t *am = &api_main;
+  svm_pop_heap (oldheap);
+  pthread_mutex_unlock (&am->vlib_rp->mutex);
+}
+
+
 /*
  * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
  *