export counters in a memfd segment
[vpp.git] / src / vlib / main.c
index 9176070..e4c4438 100644 (file)
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 #include <vppinfra/format.h>
 #include <vlib/vlib.h>
 #include <vlib/threads.h>
+#include <vppinfra/tw_timer_1t_3w_1024sl_ov.h>
 
+#include <vlib/unix/unix.h>
 #include <vlib/unix/cj.h>
 
 CJ_GLOBAL_LOG_PROTOTYPE;
@@ -136,19 +138,12 @@ vlib_frame_alloc_to_node (vlib_main_t * vm, u32 to_node_index,
   else
     {
       f = clib_mem_alloc_aligned_no_fail (n, VLIB_FRAME_ALIGN);
-      f->cpu_index = vm->cpu_index;
       fi = vlib_frame_index_no_check (vm, f);
     }
 
   /* Poison frame when debugging. */
   if (CLIB_DEBUG > 0)
-    {
-      u32 save_cpu_index = f->cpu_index;
-
-      memset (f, 0xfe, n);
-
-      f->cpu_index = save_cpu_index;
-    }
+    memset (f, 0xfe, n);
 
   /* Insert magic number. */
   {
@@ -465,7 +460,7 @@ vlib_put_next_frame (vlib_main_t * vm,
   vlib_frame_t *f;
   u32 n_vectors_in_frame;
 
-  if (vm->buffer_main->extern_buffer_mgmt == 0 && CLIB_DEBUG > 0)
+  if (buffer_main.callbacks_registered == 0 && CLIB_DEBUG > 0)
     vlib_put_next_frame_validate (vm, r, next_index, n_vectors_left);
 
   nf = vlib_node_runtime_get_next_frame (vm, r, next_index);
@@ -517,7 +512,7 @@ vlib_put_next_frame (vlib_main_t * vm,
           * a dangling frame reference. Each thread has its own copy of
           * the next_frames vector.
           */
-         if (0 && r->cpu_index != next_runtime->cpu_index)
+         if (0 && r->thread_index != next_runtime->thread_index)
            {
              nf->frame_index = ~0;
              nf->flags &= ~(VLIB_FRAME_PENDING | VLIB_FRAME_IS_ALLOCATED);
@@ -701,12 +696,30 @@ elog_save_buffer (vlib_main_t * vm,
                   elog_buffer_capacity (em), chroot_file);
 
   vlib_worker_thread_barrier_sync (vm);
-  error = elog_write_file (em, chroot_file);
+  error = elog_write_file (em, chroot_file, 1 /* flush ring */ );
   vlib_worker_thread_barrier_release (vm);
   vec_free (chroot_file);
   return error;
 }
 
+void
+elog_post_mortem_dump (void)
+{
+  vlib_main_t *vm = &vlib_global_main;
+  elog_main_t *em = &vm->elog_main;
+  u8 *filename;
+  clib_error_t *error;
+
+  if (!vm->elog_post_mortem_dump)
+    return;
+
+  filename = format (0, "/tmp/elog_post_mortem.%d%c", getpid (), 0);
+  error = elog_write_file (em, (char *) filename, 1 /* flush ring */ );
+  if (error)
+    clib_error_report (error);
+  vec_free (filename);
+}
+
 /* *INDENT-OFF* */
 VLIB_CLI_COMMAND (elog_save_cli, static) = {
   .path = "event-logger save",
@@ -866,58 +879,38 @@ vlib_elog_main_loop_event (vlib_main_t * vm,
                                  : evm->node_call_elog_event_types,
                                  node_index),
                /* track */
-               (vm->cpu_index ? &vlib_worker_threads[vm->cpu_index].
+               (vm->thread_index ? &vlib_worker_threads[vm->thread_index].
                 elog_track : &em->default_track),
                /* data to log */ n_vectors);
 }
 
+#if VLIB_BUFFER_TRACE_TRAJECTORY > 0
+void (*vlib_buffer_trace_trajectory_cb) (vlib_buffer_t * b, u32 node_index);
+void (*vlib_buffer_trace_trajectory_init_cb) (vlib_buffer_t * b);
+
 void
-vlib_dump_context_trace (vlib_main_t * vm, u32 bi)
+vlib_buffer_trace_trajectory_init (vlib_buffer_t * b)
 {
-  vlib_node_main_t *vnm = &vm->node_main;
-  vlib_buffer_t *b;
-  u8 i, n;
-
-  if (VLIB_BUFFER_TRACE_TRAJECTORY)
+  if (PREDICT_TRUE (vlib_buffer_trace_trajectory_init_cb != 0))
     {
-      b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, bi);
-      n = b->pre_data[0];
-
-      fformat (stderr, "Context trace for bi %d b 0x%llx, visited %d\n",
-              bi, b, n);
-
-      if (n == 0 || n > 20)
-       {
-         fformat (stderr, "n is unreasonable\n");
-         return;
-       }
-
-
-      for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-       {
-         u32 node_index;
-
-         node_index = b->pre_data[i + 1];
+      (*vlib_buffer_trace_trajectory_init_cb) (b);
+    }
+}
 
-         if (node_index > vec_len (vnm->nodes))
-           {
-             fformat (stderr, "Skip bogus node index %d\n", node_index);
-             continue;
-           }
+#endif
 
-         fformat (stderr, "%v (%d)\n", vnm->nodes[node_index]->name,
-                  node_index);
-       }
-    }
-  else
+static inline void
+add_trajectory_trace (vlib_buffer_t * b, u32 node_index)
+{
+#if VLIB_BUFFER_TRACE_TRAJECTORY > 0
+  if (PREDICT_TRUE (vlib_buffer_trace_trajectory_cb != 0))
     {
-      fformat (stderr,
-              "in vlib/buffers.h, #define VLIB_BUFFER_TRACE_TRAJECTORY 1\n");
+      (*vlib_buffer_trace_trajectory_cb) (b, node_index);
     }
+#endif
 }
 
-
-/* static_always_inline */ u64
+static_always_inline u64
 dispatch_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
               vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
               vlib_node_type_t type,
@@ -963,7 +956,7 @@ dispatch_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
 
   vm->cpu_time_last_node_dispatch = last_time_stamp;
 
-  if (1 /* || vm->cpu_index == node->cpu_index */ )
+  if (1 /* || vm->thread_index == node->thread_index */ )
     {
       vlib_main_t *stat_vm;
 
@@ -982,15 +975,12 @@ dispatch_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
       if (VLIB_BUFFER_TRACE_TRAJECTORY && frame)
        {
          int i;
-         int log_index;
          u32 *from;
          from = vlib_frame_vector_args (frame);
          for (i = 0; i < frame->n_vectors; i++)
            {
              vlib_buffer_t *b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, from[i]);
-             ASSERT (b->pre_data[0] < 32);
-             log_index = b->pre_data[0]++ + 1;
-             b->pre_data[log_index] = node->node_index;
+             add_trajectory_trace (b, node->node_index);
            }
          n = node->function (vm, node, frame);
        }
@@ -1017,6 +1007,7 @@ dispatch_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
              && (node->flags
                  & VLIB_NODE_FLAG_SWITCH_FROM_INTERRUPT_TO_POLLING_MODE)))
        {
+#ifdef DISPATCH_NODE_ELOG_REQUIRED
          ELOG_TYPE_DECLARE (e) =
          {
            .function = (char *) __FUNCTION__,.format =
@@ -1028,16 +1019,17 @@ dispatch_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
          {
            u32 node_name, vector_length, is_polling;
          } *ed;
+         vlib_worker_thread_t *w = vlib_worker_threads + vm->thread_index;
+#endif
 
-         if (dispatch_state == VLIB_NODE_STATE_INTERRUPT
-             && v >= nm->polling_threshold_vector_length)
+         if ((dispatch_state == VLIB_NODE_STATE_INTERRUPT
+              && v >= nm->polling_threshold_vector_length) &&
+             !(node->flags &
+               VLIB_NODE_FLAG_SWITCH_FROM_INTERRUPT_TO_POLLING_MODE))
            {
              vlib_node_t *n = vlib_get_node (vm, node->node_index);
              n->state = VLIB_NODE_STATE_POLLING;
              node->state = VLIB_NODE_STATE_POLLING;
-             ASSERT (!
-                     (node->flags &
-                      VLIB_NODE_FLAG_SWITCH_FROM_INTERRUPT_TO_POLLING_MODE));
              node->flags &=
                ~VLIB_NODE_FLAG_SWITCH_FROM_POLLING_TO_INTERRUPT_MODE;
              node->flags |=
@@ -1045,10 +1037,13 @@ dispatch_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
              nm->input_node_counts_by_state[VLIB_NODE_STATE_INTERRUPT] -= 1;
              nm->input_node_counts_by_state[VLIB_NODE_STATE_POLLING] += 1;
 
-             ed = ELOG_DATA (&vm->elog_main, e);
+#ifdef DISPATCH_NODE_ELOG_REQUIRED
+             ed = ELOG_TRACK_DATA (&vlib_global_main.elog_main, e,
+                                   w->elog_track);
              ed->node_name = n->name_elog_string;
              ed->vector_length = v;
              ed->is_polling = 1;
+#endif
            }
          else if (dispatch_state == VLIB_NODE_STATE_POLLING
                   && v <= nm->interrupt_threshold_vector_length)
@@ -1073,10 +1068,13 @@ dispatch_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
                {
                  node->flags |=
                    VLIB_NODE_FLAG_SWITCH_FROM_POLLING_TO_INTERRUPT_MODE;
-                 ed = ELOG_DATA (&vm->elog_main, e);
+#ifdef DISPATCH_NODE_ELOG_REQUIRED
+                 ed = ELOG_TRACK_DATA (&vlib_global_main.elog_main, e,
+                                       w->elog_track);
                  ed->node_name = n->name_elog_string;
                  ed->vector_length = v;
                  ed->is_polling = 0;
+#endif
                }
            }
        }
@@ -1085,15 +1083,19 @@ dispatch_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
   return t;
 }
 
-/* static */ u64
-dispatch_pending_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
-                      vlib_pending_frame_t * p, u64 last_time_stamp)
+static u64
+dispatch_pending_node (vlib_main_t * vm, uword pending_frame_index,
+                      u64 last_time_stamp)
 {
   vlib_node_main_t *nm = &vm->node_main;
   vlib_frame_t *f;
   vlib_next_frame_t *nf, nf_dummy;
   vlib_node_runtime_t *n;
   u32 restore_frame_index;
+  vlib_pending_frame_t *p;
+
+  /* See comment below about dangling references to nm->pending_frames */
+  p = nm->pending_frames + pending_frame_index;
 
   n = vec_elt_at_index (nm->nodes_by_type[VLIB_NODE_TYPE_INTERNAL],
                        p->node_runtime_index);
@@ -1143,18 +1145,29 @@ dispatch_pending_node (vlib_main_t * vm,
   /* Frame is ready to be used again, so restore it. */
   if (restore_frame_index != ~0)
     {
-      /* we musn't restore a frame that is flagged to be freed. This shouldn't
-         happen since frames to be freed post dispatch are those used
-         when the to-node frame becomes full i.e. they form a sort of queue of
-         frames to a single node. If we get here then the to-node frame and the
-         pending frame *were* the same, and so we removed the to-node frame.
-         Therefore this frame is no longer part of the queue for that node
-         and hence it cannot be it's overspill.
+      /*
+       * We musn't restore a frame that is flagged to be freed. This
+       * shouldn't happen since frames to be freed post dispatch are
+       * those used when the to-node frame becomes full i.e. they form a
+       * sort of queue of frames to a single node. If we get here then
+       * the to-node frame and the pending frame *were* the same, and so
+       * we removed the to-node frame.  Therefore this frame is no
+       * longer part of the queue for that node and hence it cannot be
+       * it's overspill.
        */
       ASSERT (!(f->flags & VLIB_FRAME_FREE_AFTER_DISPATCH));
 
-      /* p->next_frame_index can change during node dispatch if node
-         function decides to change graph hook up. */
+      /*
+       * NB: dispatching node n can result in the creation and scheduling
+       * of new frames, and hence in the reallocation of nm->pending_frames.
+       * Recompute p, or no supper. This was broken for more than 10 years.
+       */
+      p = nm->pending_frames + pending_frame_index;
+
+      /*
+       * p->next_frame_index can change during node dispatch if node
+       * function decides to change graph hook up.
+       */
       nf = vec_elt_at_index (nm->next_frames, p->next_frame_index);
       nf->flags |= VLIB_FRAME_IS_ALLOCATED;
 
@@ -1263,6 +1276,7 @@ dispatch_process (vlib_main_t * vm,
   vlib_node_main_t *nm = &vm->node_main;
   vlib_node_runtime_t *node_runtime = &p->node_runtime;
   vlib_node_t *node = vlib_get_node (vm, node_runtime->node_index);
+  u32 old_process_index;
   u64 t;
   uword n_vectors, is_suspend;
 
@@ -1278,11 +1292,12 @@ dispatch_process (vlib_main_t * vm,
                             f ? f->n_vectors : 0, /* is_after */ 0);
 
   /* Save away current process for suspend. */
+  old_process_index = nm->current_process_index;
   nm->current_process_index = node->runtime_index;
 
   n_vectors = vlib_process_startup (vm, p, f);
 
-  nm->current_process_index = ~0;
+  nm->current_process_index = old_process_index;
 
   ASSERT (n_vectors != VLIB_PROCESS_RETURN_LONGJMP_RETURN);
   is_suspend = n_vectors == VLIB_PROCESS_RETURN_LONGJMP_SUSPEND;
@@ -1300,9 +1315,16 @@ dispatch_process (vlib_main_t * vm,
       p->suspended_process_frame_index = pf - nm->suspended_process_frames;
 
       if (p->flags & VLIB_PROCESS_IS_SUSPENDED_WAITING_FOR_CLOCK)
-       timing_wheel_insert (&nm->timing_wheel, p->resume_cpu_time,
-                            vlib_timing_wheel_data_set_suspended_process
-                            (node->runtime_index));
+       {
+         TWT (tw_timer_wheel) * tw =
+           (TWT (tw_timer_wheel) *) nm->timing_wheel;
+         p->stop_timer_handle =
+           TW (tw_timer_start) (tw,
+                                vlib_timing_wheel_data_set_suspended_process
+                                (node->runtime_index) /* [sic] pool idex */ ,
+                                0 /* timer_id */ ,
+                                p->resume_clock_interval);
+       }
     }
   else
     p->flags &= ~VLIB_PROCESS_IS_RUNNING;
@@ -1375,9 +1397,14 @@ dispatch_suspended_process (vlib_main_t * vm,
       n_vectors = 0;
       p->n_suspends += 1;
       if (p->flags & VLIB_PROCESS_IS_SUSPENDED_WAITING_FOR_CLOCK)
-       timing_wheel_insert (&nm->timing_wheel, p->resume_cpu_time,
-                            vlib_timing_wheel_data_set_suspended_process
-                            (node->runtime_index));
+       {
+         p->stop_timer_handle =
+           TW (tw_timer_start) ((TWT (tw_timer_wheel) *) nm->timing_wheel,
+                                vlib_timing_wheel_data_set_suspended_process
+                                (node->runtime_index) /* [sic] pool idex */ ,
+                                0 /* timer_id */ ,
+                                p->resume_clock_interval);
+       }
     }
   else
     {
@@ -1398,6 +1425,13 @@ dispatch_suspended_process (vlib_main_t * vm,
   return t;
 }
 
+void vl_api_send_pending_rpc_requests (vlib_main_t *) __attribute__ ((weak));
+void
+vl_api_send_pending_rpc_requests (vlib_main_t * vm)
+{
+}
+
+
 static_always_inline void
 vlib_main_or_worker_loop (vlib_main_t * vm, int is_main)
 {
@@ -1406,6 +1440,7 @@ vlib_main_or_worker_loop (vlib_main_t * vm, int is_main)
   uword i;
   u64 cpu_time_now;
   vlib_frame_queue_main_t *fqm;
+  u32 *last_node_runtime_indices = 0;
 
   /* Initialize pending node vector. */
   if (is_main)
@@ -1423,34 +1458,23 @@ vlib_main_or_worker_loop (vlib_main_t * vm, int is_main)
   else
     cpu_time_now = clib_cpu_time_now ();
 
-  /* Arrange for first level of timing wheel to cover times we care
-     most about. */
-  if (is_main)
-    {
-      nm->timing_wheel.min_sched_time = 10e-6;
-      nm->timing_wheel.max_sched_time = 10e-3;
-      timing_wheel_init (&nm->timing_wheel,
-                        cpu_time_now, vm->clib_time.clocks_per_second);
-      vec_alloc (nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel, 32);
-    }
-
-  /* Pre-allocate expired nodes. */
+  /* Pre-allocate interupt runtime indices and lock. */
   vec_alloc (nm->pending_interrupt_node_runtime_indices, 32);
+  vec_alloc (last_node_runtime_indices, 32);
+  if (!is_main)
+    clib_spinlock_init (&nm->pending_interrupt_lock);
 
-  if (is_main)
-    {
-      if (!nm->polling_threshold_vector_length)
-       nm->polling_threshold_vector_length = 10;
-      if (!nm->interrupt_threshold_vector_length)
-       nm->interrupt_threshold_vector_length = 5;
-
-      nm->current_process_index = ~0;
-    }
+  /* Pre-allocate expired nodes. */
+  if (!nm->polling_threshold_vector_length)
+    nm->polling_threshold_vector_length = 10;
+  if (!nm->interrupt_threshold_vector_length)
+    nm->interrupt_threshold_vector_length = 5;
 
   /* Start all processes. */
   if (is_main)
     {
       uword i;
+      nm->current_process_index = ~0;
       for (i = 0; i < vec_len (nm->processes); i++)
        cpu_time_now = dispatch_process (vm, nm->processes[i], /* frame */ 0,
                                         cpu_time_now);
@@ -1460,6 +1484,9 @@ vlib_main_or_worker_loop (vlib_main_t * vm, int is_main)
     {
       vlib_node_runtime_t *n;
 
+      if (PREDICT_FALSE (_vec_len (vm->pending_rpc_requests) > 0))
+       vl_api_send_pending_rpc_requests (vm);
+
       if (!is_main)
        {
          vlib_worker_thread_barrier_check ();
@@ -1488,17 +1515,30 @@ vlib_main_or_worker_loop (vlib_main_t * vm, int is_main)
 
       /* Next handle interrupts. */
       {
+       /* unlocked read, for performance */
        uword l = _vec_len (nm->pending_interrupt_node_runtime_indices);
        uword i;
-       if (l > 0)
+       if (PREDICT_FALSE (l > 0))
          {
-           _vec_len (nm->pending_interrupt_node_runtime_indices) = 0;
+           u32 *tmp;
+           if (!is_main)
+             {
+               clib_spinlock_lock (&nm->pending_interrupt_lock);
+               /* Re-read w/ lock held, in case another thread added an item */
+               l = _vec_len (nm->pending_interrupt_node_runtime_indices);
+             }
+
+           tmp = nm->pending_interrupt_node_runtime_indices;
+           nm->pending_interrupt_node_runtime_indices =
+             last_node_runtime_indices;
+           last_node_runtime_indices = tmp;
+           _vec_len (last_node_runtime_indices) = 0;
+           if (!is_main)
+             clib_spinlock_unlock (&nm->pending_interrupt_lock);
            for (i = 0; i < l; i++)
              {
                n = vec_elt_at_index (nm->nodes_by_type[VLIB_NODE_TYPE_INPUT],
-                                     nm->
-                                     pending_interrupt_node_runtime_indices
-                                     [i]);
+                                     last_node_runtime_indices[i]);
                cpu_time_now =
                  dispatch_node (vm, n, VLIB_NODE_TYPE_INPUT,
                                 VLIB_NODE_STATE_INTERRUPT,
@@ -1511,12 +1551,15 @@ vlib_main_or_worker_loop (vlib_main_t * vm, int is_main)
       if (is_main)
        {
          /* Check if process nodes have expired from timing wheel. */
-         nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel
-           = timing_wheel_advance (&nm->timing_wheel, cpu_time_now,
-                                   nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel,
-                                   &nm->cpu_time_next_process_ready);
+         ASSERT (nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel != 0);
+
+         nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel =
+           TW (tw_timer_expire_timers_vec)
+           ((TWT (tw_timer_wheel) *) nm->timing_wheel, vlib_time_now (vm),
+            nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel);
 
          ASSERT (nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel != 0);
+
          if (PREDICT_FALSE
              (_vec_len (nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel) > 0))
            {
@@ -1562,8 +1605,6 @@ vlib_main_or_worker_loop (vlib_main_t * vm, int is_main)
                        dispatch_suspended_process (vm, di, cpu_time_now);
                    }
                }
-
-             /* Reset vector. */
              _vec_len (nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel) = 0;
            }
        }
@@ -1572,8 +1613,7 @@ vlib_main_or_worker_loop (vlib_main_t * vm, int is_main)
          Process pending vector until there is nothing left.
          All pending vectors will be processed from input -> output. */
       for (i = 0; i < _vec_len (nm->pending_frames); i++)
-       cpu_time_now = dispatch_pending_node (vm, nm->pending_frames + i,
-                                             cpu_time_now);
+       cpu_time_now = dispatch_pending_node (vm, i, cpu_time_now);
       /* Reset pending vector for next iteration. */
       _vec_len (nm->pending_frames) = 0;
 
@@ -1616,6 +1656,8 @@ vlib_main_configure (vlib_main_t * vm, unformat_input_t * input)
       else if (unformat (input, "elog-events %d",
                         &vm->elog_main.event_ring_size))
        ;
+      else if (unformat (input, "elog-post-mortem-dump"))
+       vm->elog_post_mortem_dump = 1;
       else
        return unformat_parse_error (input);
     }
@@ -1641,6 +1683,7 @@ int
 vlib_main (vlib_main_t * volatile vm, unformat_input_t * input)
 {
   clib_error_t *volatile error;
+  vlib_node_main_t *nm = &vm->node_main;
 
   vm->queue_signal_callback = dummy_queue_signal_callback;
 
@@ -1656,8 +1699,17 @@ vlib_main (vlib_main_t * volatile vm, unformat_input_t * input)
   if (!vm->name)
     vm->name = "VLIB";
 
-  vec_validate (vm->buffer_main, 0);
-  vlib_buffer_cb_init (vm);
+  if ((error = unix_physmem_init (vm)))
+    {
+      clib_error_report (error);
+      goto done;
+    }
+
+  if ((error = vlib_buffer_main_init (vm)))
+    {
+      clib_error_report (error);
+      goto done;
+    }
 
   if ((error = vlib_thread_init (vm)))
     {
@@ -1665,6 +1717,12 @@ vlib_main (vlib_main_t * volatile vm, unformat_input_t * input)
       goto done;
     }
 
+  if ((error = vlib_call_init_function (vm, map_stat_segment_init)))
+    {
+      clib_error_report (error);
+      goto done;
+    }
+
   /* Register static nodes so that init functions may use them. */
   vlib_register_all_static_nodes (vm);
 
@@ -1684,6 +1742,24 @@ vlib_main (vlib_main_t * volatile vm, unformat_input_t * input)
        goto done;
     }
 
+  if ((error = vlib_call_init_function (vm, vpe_api_init)))
+    {
+      clib_error_report (error);
+      goto done;
+    }
+
+  if ((error = vlib_call_init_function (vm, vlibmemory_init)))
+    {
+      clib_error_report (error);
+      goto done;
+    }
+
+  if ((error = vlib_call_init_function (vm, map_api_segment_init)))
+    {
+      clib_error_report (error);
+      goto done;
+    }
+
   /* See unix/main.c; most likely already set up */
   if (vm->init_functions_called == 0)
     vm->init_functions_called = hash_create (0, /* value bytes */ 0);
@@ -1691,9 +1767,23 @@ vlib_main (vlib_main_t * volatile vm, unformat_input_t * input)
     goto done;
 
   /* Create default buffer free list. */
-  vlib_buffer_get_or_create_free_list (vm,
-                                      VLIB_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FREE_LIST_BYTES,
-                                      "default");
+  vlib_buffer_create_free_list (vm, VLIB_BUFFER_DEFAULT_FREE_LIST_BYTES,
+                               "default");
+
+  nm->timing_wheel = clib_mem_alloc_aligned (sizeof (TWT (tw_timer_wheel)),
+                                            CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+
+  vec_validate (nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel, 10);
+  _vec_len (nm->data_from_advancing_timing_wheel) = 0;
+
+  /* Create the process timing wheel */
+  TW (tw_timer_wheel_init) ((TWT (tw_timer_wheel) *) nm->timing_wheel,
+                           0 /* no callback */ ,
+                           10e-6 /* timer period 10us */ ,
+                           ~0 /* max expirations per call */ );
+
+  vec_validate (vm->pending_rpc_requests, 0);
+  _vec_len (vm->pending_rpc_requests) = 0;
 
   switch (clib_setjmp (&vm->main_loop_exit, VLIB_MAIN_LOOP_EXIT_NONE))
     {