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Diffstat (limited to 'src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py index fa8943fc119..a7ba26b4722 100644 --- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py +++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_transport_shmem.py @@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ void vac_mem_init (size_t size); vpp_object = None -# Barfs on failure, no need to check success. -vpp_api = ffi.dlopen('libvppapiclient.so') +# allow file to be imported so it can be mocked in tests. +# If the shared library fails, VppTransport cannot be initialized. +try: + vpp_api = ffi.dlopen('libvppapiclient.so') +except OSError: + vpp_api = None @ffi.callback("void(unsigned char *, int)") |