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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py
index 1d92a41a504..25a836956e5 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import struct
import json
import threading
import fnmatch
+import weakref
import atexit
from cffi import FFI
import cffi
@@ -55,11 +56,12 @@ void vac_set_error_handler(vac_error_callback_t);
# Barfs on failure, no need to check success.
vpp_api = ffi.dlopen('libvppapiclient.so')
-def vpp_atexit(self):
+def vpp_atexit(vpp_weakref):
"""Clean up VPP connection on shutdown."""
- if self.connected:
- self.logger.debug('Cleaning up VPP on exit')
- self.disconnect()
+ vpp_instance = vpp_weakref()
+ if vpp_instance.connected:
+ vpp_instance.logger.debug('Cleaning up VPP on exit')
+ vpp_instance.disconnect()
vpp_object = None
@@ -136,11 +138,7 @@ class VPP():
self.message_queue = queue.Queue()
self.read_timeout = read_timeout
self.vpp_api = vpp_api
- if async_thread:
- self.event_thread = threading.Thread(
- target=self.thread_msg_handler)
- self.event_thread.daemon = True
- self.event_thread.start()
+ self.async_thread = async_thread
if not apifiles:
# Pick up API definitions from default directory
@@ -168,7 +166,7 @@ class VPP():
raise ValueError(1, 'Missing JSON message definitions')
# Make sure we allow VPP to clean up the message rings.
- atexit.register(vpp_atexit, self)
+ atexit.register(vpp_atexit, weakref.ref(self))
# Register error handler
vpp_api.vac_set_error_handler(vac_error_handler)
@@ -664,6 +662,11 @@ class VPP():
self.control_ping_index = vpp_api.vac_get_msg_index(
('control_ping' + '_' + crc[2:]).encode())
self.control_ping_msgdef = self.messages['control_ping']
+ if self.async_thread:
+ self.event_thread = threading.Thread(
+ target=self.thread_msg_handler)
+ self.event_thread.daemon = True
+ self.event_thread.start()
return rv
def connect(self, name, chroot_prefix=None, async=False, rx_qlen=32):
@@ -695,6 +698,7 @@ class VPP():
"""Detach from VPP."""
rv = vpp_api.vac_disconnect()
self.connected = False
+ self.message_queue.put("terminate event thread")
return rv
def msg_handler_sync(self, msg):
@@ -712,8 +716,6 @@ class VPP():
if hasattr(r, 'context') and r.context > 0:
context = r.context
- msgname = type(r).__name__
-
if context == 0:
# No context -> async notification that we feed to the callback
self.message_queue.put_nowait(r)
@@ -863,6 +865,8 @@ class VPP():
"""
while True:
r = self.message_queue.get()
+ if r == "terminate event thread":
+ break
msgname = type(r).__name__
if self.event_callback:
self.event_callback(msgname, r)