+int
+vcl_is_first_reattach_to_execute ()
+{
+ if (vcm->reattach_count == 0)
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void
+vcl_set_reattach_counter ()
+{
+ ++vcm->reattach_count;
+
+ if (vcm->reattach_count == vec_len (vcm->workers))
+ vcm->reattach_count = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reattach vcl to vpp after it has previously been disconnected.
+ *
+ * The logic should be:
+ * - first worker to hit `vcl_api_retry_attach` should attach to vpp,
+ * to reproduce the `vcl_api_attach` in `vppcom_app_create`.
+ * - the rest of the workers should `reproduce vcl_worker_register_with_vpp`
+ * from `vppcom_worker_register` since they were already allocated.
+ */
+
+static void
+vcl_api_retry_attach (vcl_worker_t *wrk)
+{
+ vcl_session_t *s;
+
+ clib_spinlock_lock (&vcm->workers_lock);
+ if (vcl_is_first_reattach_to_execute ())
+ {
+ if (vcl_api_attach ())
+ {
+ clib_spinlock_unlock (&vcm->workers_lock);
+ return;
+ }
+ vcl_set_reattach_counter ();
+ clib_spinlock_unlock (&vcm->workers_lock);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ vcl_set_reattach_counter ();
+ clib_spinlock_unlock (&vcm->workers_lock);
+ vcl_worker_register_with_vpp ();
+ }
+
+ /* Treat listeners as configuration that needs to be re-added to vpp */
+ pool_foreach (s, wrk->sessions)
+ {
+ if (s->flags & VCL_SESSION_F_IS_VEP)
+ continue;
+ if (s->session_state == VCL_STATE_LISTEN_NO_MQ)
+ vppcom_session_listen (vcl_session_handle (s), 10);
+ else
+ VDBG (0, "internal error: unexpected state %d", s->session_state);
+ }
+}
+
+static void
+vcl_api_handle_disconnect (vcl_worker_t *wrk)
+{
+ wrk->api_client_handle = ~0;
+ vcl_worker_detach_sessions (wrk);
+}
+