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+#
+# Common functions used by pktgen scripts
+#  - Depending on bash 3 (or higher) syntax
+#
+# Author: Jesper Dangaaard Brouer
+# License: GPL
+
+## -- General shell logging cmds --
+function err() {
+    local exitcode=$1
+    shift
+    echo "ERROR: $@" >&2
+    exit $exitcode
+}
+
+function warn() {
+    echo "WARN : $@" >&2
+}
+
+function info() {
+    if [[ -n "$VERBOSE" ]]; then
+	echo "INFO : $@" >&2
+    fi
+}
+
+## -- Pktgen proc config commands -- ##
+export PROC_DIR=/proc/net/pktgen
+#
+# Three different shell functions for configuring the different
+# components of pktgen:
+#   pg_ctrl(), pg_thread() and pg_set().
+#
+# These functions correspond to pktgens different components.
+# * pg_ctrl()   control "pgctrl" (/proc/net/pktgen/pgctrl)
+# * pg_thread() control the kernel threads and binding to devices
+# * pg_set()    control setup of individual devices
+function pg_ctrl() {
+    local proc_file="pgctrl"
+    proc_cmd ${proc_file} "$@"
+}
+
+function pg_thread() {
+    local thread=$1
+    local proc_file="kpktgend_${thread}"
+    shift
+    proc_cmd ${proc_file} "$@"
+}
+
+function pg_set() {
+    local dev=$1
+    local proc_file="$dev"
+    shift
+    proc_cmd ${proc_file} "$@"
+}
+
+# More generic replacement for pgset(), that does not depend on global
+# variable for proc file.
+function proc_cmd() {
+    local result
+    local proc_file=$1
+    # after shift, the remaining args are contained in $@
+    shift
+    local proc_ctrl=${PROC_DIR}/$proc_file
+    if [[ ! -e "$proc_ctrl" ]]; then
+	err 3 "proc file:$proc_ctrl does not exists (dev added to thread?)"
+    else
+	if [[ ! -w "$proc_ctrl" ]]; then
+	    err 4 "proc file:$proc_ctrl not writable, not root?!"
+	fi
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$DEBUG" == "yes" ]]; then
+	echo "cmd: $@ > $proc_ctrl"
+    fi
+    # Quoting of "$@" is important for space expansion
+    echo "$@" > "$proc_ctrl"
+    local status=$?
+
+    result=$(grep "Result: OK:" $proc_ctrl)
+    # Due to pgctrl, cannot use exit code $? from grep
+    if [[ "$result" == "" ]]; then
+	grep "Result:" $proc_ctrl >&2
+    fi
+    if (( $status != 0 )); then
+	err 5 "Write error($status) occurred cmd: \"$@ > $proc_ctrl\""
+    fi
+}
+
+# Old obsolete "pgset" function, with slightly improved err handling
+function pgset() {
+    local result
+
+    if [[ "$DEBUG" == "yes" ]]; then
+	echo "cmd: $1 > $PGDEV"
+    fi
+    echo $1 > $PGDEV
+    local status=$?
+
+    result=`cat $PGDEV | fgrep "Result: OK:"`
+    if [[ "$result" == "" ]]; then
+         cat $PGDEV | fgrep Result:
+    fi
+    if (( $status != 0 )); then
+	err 5 "Write error($status) occurred cmd: \"$1 > $PGDEV\""
+    fi
+}
+
+## -- General shell tricks --
+
+function root_check_run_with_sudo() {
+    # Trick so, program can be run as normal user, will just use "sudo"
+    #  call as root_check_run_as_sudo "$@"
+    if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
+	if [ -x $0 ]; then # Directly executable use sudo
+	    info "Not root, running with sudo"
+            sudo "$0" "$@"
+            exit $?
+	fi
+	err 4 "cannot perform sudo run of $0"
+    fi
+}