/* *------------------------------------------------------------------ * Copyright (c) 2017 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 vpp_api_h_included #define vpp_api_h_included #include <string.h> #include <stdbool.h> #include <vppinfra/types.h> #include <vapi/vapi_common.h> #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /** * @file vapi.h * * common vpp api C declarations * * This file declares the common C API functions. These include connect, * disconnect and utility functions as well as the low-level vapi_send and * vapi_recv API. This is only the transport layer. * * Message formats and higher-level APIs are generated by running the * vapi_c_gen.py script (which is run for in-tree APIs as part of the build * process). It's not recommended to mix the higher and lower level APIs. Due * to version issues, the higher-level APIs are not part of the shared library. */ typedef struct vapi_ctx_s *vapi_ctx_t; /** * @brief allocate vapi message of given size * * @note message must be freed by vapi_msg_free if not consumed by vapi_send * call * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * * @return pointer to message or NULL if out of memory */ void *vapi_msg_alloc (vapi_ctx_t ctx, size_t size); /** * @brief free a vapi message * * @note messages received by vapi_recv must be freed when no longer needed * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * @param msg message to be freed */ void vapi_msg_free (vapi_ctx_t ctx, void *msg); /** * @brief allocate vapi context * * @param[out] pointer to result variable * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_ctx_alloc (vapi_ctx_t * result); /** * @brief free vapi context */ void vapi_ctx_free (vapi_ctx_t ctx); /** * @brief check if message identified by it's message id is known by the vpp to * which the connection is open */ bool vapi_is_msg_available (vapi_ctx_t ctx, vapi_msg_id_t type); /** * @brief connect to vpp * * @param ctx opaque vapi context, must be allocated using vapi_ctx_alloc first * @param name application name * @param chroot_prefix shared memory prefix * @param max_outstanding_requests max number of outstanding requests queued * @param response_queue_size size of the response queue * @param mode mode of operation - blocking or nonblocking * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_connect (vapi_ctx_t ctx, const char *name, const char *chroot_prefix, int max_outstanding_requests, int response_queue_size, vapi_mode_e mode); /** * @brief disconnect from vpp * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_disconnect (vapi_ctx_t ctx); /** * @brief get event file descriptor * * @note this file descriptor becomes readable when messages (from vpp) * are waiting in queue * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * @param[out] fd pointer to result variable * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_get_fd (vapi_ctx_t ctx, int *fd); /** * @brief low-level api for sending messages to vpp * * @note it is not recommended to use this api directly, use generated api * instead * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * @param msg message to send * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_send (vapi_ctx_t ctx, void *msg); /** * @brief low-level api for atomically sending two messages to vpp - either * both messages are sent or neither one is * * @note it is not recommended to use this api directly, use generated api * instead * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * @param msg1 first message to send * @param msg2 second message to send * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_send2 (vapi_ctx_t ctx, void *msg1, void *msg2); /** * @brief low-level api for reading messages from vpp * * @note it is not recommended to use this api directly, use generated api * instead * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * @param[out] msg pointer to result variable containing message * @param[out] msg_size pointer to result variable containing message size * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_recv (vapi_ctx_t ctx, void **msg, size_t * msg_size); /** * @brief wait for connection to become readable or writable * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * @param mode type of property to wait for - readability, writability or both * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_wait (vapi_ctx_t ctx, vapi_wait_mode_e mode); /** * @brief pick next message sent by vpp and call the appropriate callback * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_dispatch_one (vapi_ctx_t ctx); /** * @brief loop vapi_dispatch_one until responses to all currently outstanding * requests have been received and their callbacks called * * @note the dispatch loop is interrupted if any error is encountered or * returned from the callback, in which case this error is returned as the * result of vapi_dispatch. In this case it might be necessary to call dispatch * again to process the remaining messages. Returning VAPI_EUSER from * a callback allows the user to break the dispatch loop (and distinguish * this case in the calling code from other failures). VAPI never returns * VAPI_EUSER on its own. * * @return VAPI_OK on success, other error code on error */ vapi_error_e vapi_dispatch (vapi_ctx_t ctx); /** generic vapi event callback */ typedef vapi_error_e (*vapi_event_cb) (vapi_ctx_t ctx, void *callback_ctx, void *payload); /** * @brief set event callback to call when message with given id is dispatched * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * @param id message id * @param callback callback * @param callback_ctx context pointer stored and passed to callback */ void vapi_set_event_cb (vapi_ctx_t ctx, vapi_msg_id_t id, vapi_event_cb callback, void *callback_ctx); /** * @brief clear event callback for given message id * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * @param id message id */ void vapi_clear_event_cb (vapi_ctx_t ctx, vapi_msg_id_t id); /** generic vapi event callback */ typedef vapi_error_e (*vapi_generic_event_cb) (vapi_ctx_t ctx, void *callback_ctx, vapi_msg_id_t id, void *msg); /** * @brief set generic event callback * * @note this callback is called by dispatch if no message-type specific * callback is set (so it's a fallback callback) * * @param ctx opaque vapi context * @param callback callback * @param callback_ctx context pointer stored and passed to callback */ void vapi_set_generic_event_cb (vapi_ctx_t ctx, vapi_generic_event_cb callback, void *callback_ctx); /** * @brief clear generic event callback * * @param ctx opaque vapi context */ void vapi_clear_generic_event_cb (vapi_ctx_t ctx); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON * * Local Variables: * eval: (c-set-style "gnu") * End: */