+static void wc_nd_signal_report (wc_nd_report_t * r);
+
+/**
+ * @brief publish wildcard arp event
+ * @param sw_if_index The interface on which the ARP entires are acted
+ */
+static int
+vnet_nd_wc_publish (u32 sw_if_index, u8 * mac, ip6_address_t * ip6)
+{
+ wc_nd_report_t r = {
+ .sw_if_index = sw_if_index,
+ .ip6 = *ip6,
+ };
+ memcpy (r.mac, mac, sizeof r.mac);
+
+ void vl_api_rpc_call_main_thread (void *fp, u8 * data, u32 data_length);
+ vl_api_rpc_call_main_thread (wc_nd_signal_report, (u8 *) & r, sizeof r);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+wc_nd_signal_report (wc_nd_report_t * r)
+{
+ vlib_main_t *vm = vlib_get_main ();
+ ip6_neighbor_main_t *nm = &ip6_neighbor_main;
+ uword ni = nm->wc_ip6_nd_publisher_node;
+ uword et = nm->wc_ip6_nd_publisher_et;
+
+ if (ni == (uword) ~ 0)
+ return;
+ wc_nd_report_t *q =
+ vlib_process_signal_event_data (vm, ni, et, 1, sizeof *q);
+
+ *q = *r;
+}
+
+void
+wc_nd_set_publisher_node (uword node_index, uword event_type)
+{
+ ip6_neighbor_main_t *nm = &ip6_neighbor_main;
+ nm->wc_ip6_nd_publisher_node = node_index;
+ nm->wc_ip6_nd_publisher_et = event_type;
+}
+