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+/* A generic nexthop structure
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Cumulus Networks, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Quagga.
+ *
+ * Quagga is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * Quagga is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Quagga; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#include <zebra.h>
+
+#include "prefix.h"
+#include "table.h"
+#include "memory.h"
+#include "str.h"
+#include "command.h"
+#include "if.h"
+#include "log.h"
+#include "sockunion.h"
+#include "linklist.h"
+#include "thread.h"
+#include "prefix.h"
+#include "nexthop.h"
+
+/* check if nexthops are same, non-recursive */
+int
+nexthop_same_no_recurse (struct nexthop *next1, struct nexthop *next2)
+{
+  if (next1->type != next2->type)
+    return 0;
+
+  switch (next1->type)
+    {
+    case NEXTHOP_TYPE_IPV4:
+    case NEXTHOP_TYPE_IPV4_IFINDEX:
+      if (! IPV4_ADDR_SAME (&next1->gate.ipv4, &next2->gate.ipv4))
+	return 0;
+      if (next1->ifindex && (next1->ifindex != next2->ifindex))
+	return 0;
+      break;
+    case NEXTHOP_TYPE_IFINDEX:
+    case NEXTHOP_TYPE_IFNAME:
+      if (next1->ifindex != next2->ifindex)
+	return 0;
+      break;
+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
+    case NEXTHOP_TYPE_IPV6:
+      if (! IPV6_ADDR_SAME (&next1->gate.ipv6, &next2->gate.ipv6))
+	return 0;
+      break;
+    case NEXTHOP_TYPE_IPV6_IFINDEX:
+    case NEXTHOP_TYPE_IPV6_IFNAME:
+      if (! IPV6_ADDR_SAME (&next1->gate.ipv6, &next2->gate.ipv6))
+	return 0;
+      if (next1->ifindex != next2->ifindex)
+	return 0;
+      break;
+#endif /* HAVE_IPV6 */
+    default:
+      /* do nothing */
+      break;
+    }
+  return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * nexthop_type_to_str
+ */
+const char *
+nexthop_type_to_str (enum nexthop_types_t nh_type)
+{
+  static const char *desc[] = {
+    "none",
+    "Directly connected",
+    "Interface route",
+    "IPv4 nexthop",
+    "IPv4 nexthop with ifindex",
+    "IPv4 nexthop with ifname",
+    "IPv6 nexthop",
+    "IPv6 nexthop with ifindex",
+    "IPv6 nexthop with ifname",
+    "Null0 nexthop",
+  };
+
+  if (nh_type >= ZEBRA_NUM_OF (desc))
+    return "<Invalid nh type>";
+
+  return desc[nh_type];
+}
+
+struct nexthop *
+nexthop_new (void)
+{
+  return XCALLOC (MTYPE_NEXTHOP, sizeof (struct nexthop));
+}
+
+/* Add nexthop to the end of a nexthop list.  */
+void
+nexthop_add (struct nexthop **target, struct nexthop *nexthop)
+{
+  struct nexthop *last;
+
+  for (last = *target; last && last->next; last = last->next)
+    ;
+  if (last)
+    last->next = nexthop;
+  else
+    *target = nexthop;
+  nexthop->prev = last;
+}
+
+void
+copy_nexthops (struct nexthop **tnh, struct nexthop *nh)
+{
+  struct nexthop *nexthop;
+  struct nexthop *nh1;
+
+  for (nh1 = nh; nh1; nh1 = nh1->next)
+    {
+      nexthop = nexthop_new();
+      nexthop->flags = nh->flags;
+      nexthop->type = nh->type;
+      nexthop->ifindex = nh->ifindex;
+      if (nh->ifname)
+	nexthop->ifname = XSTRDUP(0, nh->ifname);
+      memcpy(&(nexthop->gate), &(nh->gate), sizeof(union g_addr));
+      memcpy(&(nexthop->src), &(nh->src), sizeof(union g_addr));
+      nexthop_add(tnh, nexthop);
+
+      if (CHECK_FLAG(nh1->flags, NEXTHOP_FLAG_RECURSIVE))
+	copy_nexthops(&nexthop->resolved, nh1->resolved);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Free nexthop. */
+void
+nexthop_free (struct nexthop *nexthop)
+{
+  if (nexthop->ifname)
+    XFREE (0, nexthop->ifname);
+  if (nexthop->resolved)
+    nexthops_free(nexthop->resolved);
+  XFREE (MTYPE_NEXTHOP, nexthop);
+}
+
+/* Frees a list of nexthops */
+void
+nexthops_free (struct nexthop *nexthop)
+{
+  struct nexthop *nh, *next;
+
+  for (nh = nexthop; nh; nh = next)
+    {
+      next = nh->next;
+      nexthop_free (nh);
+    }
+}