+/*
+ * Future replacement of exec() that passes CLI buffers directly in
+ * the API messages instead of an additional shared memory area.
+ */
+static int
+exec_inband (vat_main_t * vam)
+{
+ vl_api_cli_inband_t *mp;
+ f64 timeout;
+ unformat_input_t *i = vam->input;
+
+ if (vec_len (i->buffer) == 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (vam->exec_mode == 0 && unformat (i, "mode"))
+ {
+ vam->exec_mode = 1;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (vam->exec_mode == 1 && (unformat (i, "exit") || unformat (i, "quit")))
+ {
+ vam->exec_mode = 0;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * In order for the CLI command to work, it
+ * must be a vector ending in \n, not a C-string ending
+ * in \n\0.
+ */
+ u32 len = vec_len (vam->input->buffer);
+ M2 (CLI_INBAND, cli_inband, len);
+ clib_memcpy (mp->cmd, vam->input->buffer, len);
+ mp->length = htonl (len);
+
+ S;
+ W2 (fformat (vam->ofp, "%s", vam->cmd_reply));
+}
+