+void
+vl_api_send_pending_rpc_requests (vlib_main_t * vm)
+{
+ api_main_t *am = &api_main;
+ vl_shmem_hdr_t *shmem_hdr = am->shmem_hdr;
+ unix_shared_memory_queue_t *q;
+ int i;
+
+ /*
+ * Use the "normal" control-plane mechanism for the main thread.
+ * Well, almost. if the main input queue is full, we cannot
+ * block. Otherwise, we can expect a barrier sync timeout.
+ */
+ q = shmem_hdr->vl_input_queue;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < vec_len (vm->pending_rpc_requests); i++)
+ {
+ while (pthread_mutex_trylock (&q->mutex))
+ vlib_worker_thread_barrier_check ();
+
+ while (PREDICT_FALSE (unix_shared_memory_queue_is_full (q)))
+ {
+ pthread_mutex_unlock (&q->mutex);
+ vlib_worker_thread_barrier_check ();
+ while (pthread_mutex_trylock (&q->mutex))
+ vlib_worker_thread_barrier_check ();
+ }
+
+ vl_msg_api_send_shmem_nolock (q, (u8 *) (vm->pending_rpc_requests + i));
+
+ pthread_mutex_unlock (&q->mutex);
+ }
+ _vec_len (vm->pending_rpc_requests) = 0;
+}
+