In order to eventually hide the implementation details of the interface,
users will need to be able to create and destroy instances thereof. This
patch adds the needed methods.
Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcoch...@gmail.com>
---
interface.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
interface.h | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/interface.c b/interface.c
index 74a2512..63ed7e4 100644
--- a/interface.c
+++ b/interface.c
@@ -4,8 +4,27 @@
* @note Copyright (C) 2020 Richard Cochran <richardcoch...@gmail.com>
* @note SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
*/
+#include <stdlib.h>
#include "interface.h"
+struct interface *interface_create(const char *name)
+{
+ struct interface *iface;
+
+ iface = calloc(1, sizeof(struct interface));
+ if (!iface) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ interface_set_name(iface, name);
+
+ return iface;
+}
+
+void interface_destroy(struct interface *iface)
+{
+ free(iface);
+}
+
void interface_ensure_tslabel(struct interface *iface)
{
if (!iface->ts_label[0]) {
diff --git a/interface.h b/interface.h
index 32eec7b..b61f4d6 100644
--- a/interface.h
+++ b/interface.h
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ struct interface {
struct sk_ts_info ts_info;
};
+/**
+ * Creates an instance of an interface.
+ * @param name The device which indentifies this interface.
+ * @return A pointer to an interface instance on success, NULL otherwise.
+ */
+struct interface *interface_create(const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * Destroys an instance of an interface.
+ * @param iface A pointer obtained via interface_create().
+ */
+void interface_destroy(struct interface *iface);
+
/**
* Ensures that an interface has a proper time stamping label.
* @param iface The interface of interest.
--
2.20.1
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