pthread_mutex_unlock (&am->vlib_rp->mutex);
}
+int
+vl_api_to_api_string (u32 len, const char *buf, vl_api_string_t * str)
+{
+ clib_memcpy_fast (str->buf, buf, len);
+ str->length = htonl (len);
+ return len + sizeof (u32);
+}
+
+int
+vl_api_vec_to_api_string (const u8 * vec, vl_api_string_t * str)
+{
+ u32 len = vec_len (vec);
+ clib_memcpy (str->buf, vec, len);
+ str->length = htonl (len);
+ return len + sizeof (u32);
+}
+
+/* Return a pointer to the API string (not nul terminated */
+u8 *
+vl_api_from_api_string (vl_api_string_t * astr)
+{
+ return astr->buf;
+}
+
+u32
+vl_api_string_len (vl_api_string_t * astr)
+{
+ return ntohl (astr->length);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns a new vector. Remember to free it after use.
+ */
+u8 *
+vl_api_from_api_to_vec (vl_api_string_t * astr)
+{
+ u8 *v = 0;
+ vec_add (v, astr->buf, ntohl (astr->length));
+ return v;
+}
/*
* fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON