- def _write_new_cffi(self, buf):
- """Send a binary-packed message to VPP."""
- if not self.connected:
- raise IOError(1, 'Not connected')
- return vpp_api.vac_write(ffi.from_buffer(buf), len(buf))
-
- def _write_legacy_cffi(self, buf):
- """Send a binary-packed message to VPP."""
- if not self.connected:
- raise IOError(1, 'Not connected')
- return vpp_api.vac_write(bytes(buf), len(buf))
-
- def _read(self):
- if not self.connected:
- raise IOError(1, 'Not connected')
- mem = ffi.new("char **")
- size = ffi.new("int *")
- rv = vpp_api.vac_read(mem, size, self.read_timeout)
- if rv:
- raise IOError(rv, 'vac_read failed')
- msg = bytes(ffi.buffer(mem[0], size[0]))
- vpp_api.vac_free(mem[0])
- return msg
-