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1 /*
2  * plugin.h: plugin handling
3  *
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17 
18 #ifndef __included_plugin_h__
19 #define __included_plugin_h__
20 
21 #include <vlib/vlib.h>
22 #include <vlib/unix/unix.h>
23 #include <sys/types.h>
24 #include <sys/stat.h>
25 #include <unistd.h>
26 
27 /*
28  * vlib plugin scheme
29  *
30  * Almost anything which can be made to work in a vlib unix
31  * application will also work in a vlib plugin.
32  *
33  * The elf-section magic which registers static objects
34  * works so long as plugins are preset when the vlib unix process
35  * starts. But wait: there's more...
36  *
37  * If an application calls vlib_load_new_plugins() -- possibly after
38  * changing vlib_plugin_main.plugin_path / vlib_plugin_main.plugin_name_filter,
39  * -- new plugins will be loaded. That, in turn, allows considerable
40  * flexibility in terms of adding feature code or fixing bugs without
41  * requiring the data-plane process to restart.
42  *
43  * When the plugin mechanism loads a plugin, it uses dlsym to locate
44  * and call the plugin's function vlib_plugin_register() if it exists.
45  * A plugin which expects to be loaded after the vlib application
46  * starts uses this callback to modify the application. If vlib_plugin_register
47  * returns non-zero, the plugin mechanism dlclose()'s the plugin.
48  *
49  * Applications control the plugin search path and name filter by
50  * declaring the variables vlib_plugin_path and vlib_plugin_name_filter.
51  * libvlib.la supplies weak references for these symbols which
52  * effectively disable the scheme. In order for the elf-section magic to
53  * work, static plugins must be loaded at the earliest possible moment.
54  *
55  * An application can change these parameters at any time and call
56  * vlib_load_new_plugins().
57  */
58 
59 /* *INDENT-OFF* */
60 typedef CLIB_PACKED(struct {
61  u8 default_disabled;
62  const char version[32];
63  const char version_required[32];
64  const char *early_init;
65  const char *description;
66 }) vlib_plugin_registration_t;
67 /* *INDENT-ON* */
68 
69 typedef struct
70 {
71  u8 *name;
73  struct stat file_info;
74  void *handle;
75 
76  /* plugin registration */
77  vlib_plugin_registration_t *reg;
78  char *version;
80 
81 typedef struct
82 {
83  char *name;
88 
89 typedef struct
90 {
91  /* loaded plugin info */
94 
95  /* path and name filter */
98 
99  /* plugin configs and hash by name */
102 
103  /* usual */
105 } plugin_main_t;
106 
108 
111 int vlib_load_new_plugins (plugin_main_t * pm, int from_early_init);
112 void *vlib_get_plugin_symbol (char *plugin_name, char *symbol_name);
113 
114 #define VLIB_PLUGIN_REGISTER() \
115  vlib_plugin_registration_t vlib_plugin_registration \
116  __attribute__((__section__(".vlib_plugin_registration")))
117 
118 #endif /* __included_plugin_h__ */
119 
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plugin_config_t * configs
Definition: plugin.h:100
u8 * filename
Definition: plugin.h:72
u8 * plugin_path
Definition: plugin.h:96
u8 * plugin_name_filter
Definition: plugin.h:97
char * name
Definition: plugin.h:83
plugin_main_t vlib_plugin_main
Definition: plugin.c:23
clib_error_t * vlib_plugin_config(vlib_main_t *vm, unformat_input_t *input)
Definition: plugin.c:462
vlib_main_t * vlib_main
Definition: plugin.h:104
vlib_plugin_registration_t * reg
Definition: plugin.h:77
u8 is_disabled
Definition: plugin.h:84
int vlib_plugin_early_init(vlib_main_t *vm)
Definition: plugin.c:349
u8 * name
Definition: plugin.h:71
uword * config_index_by_name
Definition: plugin.h:101
char * version
Definition: plugin.h:78
struct _unformat_input_t unformat_input_t
int vlib_load_new_plugins(plugin_main_t *pm, int from_early_init)
Definition: plugin.c:232
plugin_info_t * plugin_info
Definition: plugin.h:92
void * vlib_get_plugin_symbol(char *plugin_name, char *symbol_name)
Definition: plugin.c:31
u64 uword
Definition: types.h:112
void * handle
Definition: plugin.h:74
unsigned char u8
Definition: types.h:56
typedef CLIB_PACKED(struct{u8 default_disabled;const char version[32];const char version_required[32];const char *early_init;const char *description;}) vlib_plugin_registration_t
u8 skip_version_check
Definition: plugin.h:86
uword * plugin_by_name_hash
Definition: plugin.h:93