Merge pull request #17561 from FRRouting/mergify/bp/stable/9.1/pr-17313

zebra: separate zebra ZAPI server open and accept (backport #17313)

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/zebra/zserv.h b/zebra/zserv.h
index 90aa4d53f4..c6ad902339 100644
--- a/zebra/zserv.h
+++ b/zebra/zserv.h
@@ -255,15 +255,24 @@ extern void zserv_init(void);
 extern void zserv_close(void);
 
 /*
+ * Open Zebra API server socket.
+ *
+ * Create and open the server socket.
+ *
+ * path
+ *    where to place the Unix domain socket
+ */
+extern void zserv_open(const char *path);
+
+/*
  * Start Zebra API server.
  *
- * Allocates resources, creates the server socket and begins listening on the
- * socket.
+ * Allocates resources and begins listening on the server socket.
  *
  * path
  *    where to place the Unix domain socket
  */
-extern void zserv_start(char *path);
+extern void zserv_start(const char *path);
 
 /*
  * Send a message to a connected Zebra API client.