api: improve api string safety

[vpp.git] / src / vlibapi / api_types.h

diff --git a/src/vlibapi/api_types.h b/src/vlibapi/api_types.h
index 8cd47bb..21fcde5 100644 (file)
--- a/src/vlibapi/api_types.h
+++ b/src/vlibapi/api_types.h
@@ -38,11 +38,18 @@ typedef struct
   u8 buf[0];
 } __attribute__ ((packed)) vl_api_string_t;
 
-extern int vl_api_to_api_string (u32 len, const char *buf, vl_api_string_t * str);
+/* Nul terminated string to vl_api_string_t */
+extern int vl_api_c_string_to_api_string (const char *buf, vl_api_string_t * str);
+/* NON nul terminated vector to vl_api_string_t */
 extern int vl_api_vec_to_api_string (const u8 *vec, vl_api_string_t * str);
-extern u8 * vl_api_from_api_string (vl_api_string_t * astr);
+
 extern u32 vl_api_string_len (vl_api_string_t * astr);
-extern u8 * vl_api_from_api_to_vec (vl_api_string_t *astr);
+
+/* Returns new vector. NON nul terminated */
+extern u8 * vl_api_from_api_to_new_vec (vl_api_string_t *astr);
+/* Returns new vector. Nul terminated */
+extern char * vl_api_from_api_to_new_c_string (vl_api_string_t *astr);
+
 extern u8 *vl_api_format_string (u8 *s, va_list *args);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus