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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import glob
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import xml.etree.ElementTree
+
+
+USAGE = """
+Compare go-ceph bindings coverage of the ceph api to available C
+code.
+Note that this script is not comprehensive and does not claim to be.
+It only takes functions into account and does not care about overlap
+in functionality (function x is a superset of y and thus y does
+not need to be implemented) or deprecated functions.
+
+Example: python3 apicompare.py --check=rbd --list .
+Example: python3 apicompare.py -crbd -crados -ccephfs .
+"""
+
+
+RBD_C = """
+#include <rbd/librbd.h>
+#include <rbd/features.h>
+
+#define GNDN
+GNDN int foo(int x) {
+    return x;
+}
+"""
+
+RADOS_C = """
+#include <rados/librados.h>
+
+#define GNDN
+GNDN int foo(int x) {
+    return x;
+}
+"""
+
+CEPHFS_C = """
+#define FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#define __USE_FILE_OFFSET64
+#include <cephfs/libcephfs.h>
+
+#define GNDN
+GNDN int foo(int x) {
+    return x;
+}
+"""
+
+
+class Results(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.total = 0
+        self.referenced = []
+        self.documented = []
+        self.missing = []
+
+
+def go_sources(srcdir):
+    pat = '/'.join((srcdir, '*.go'))
+    for fn in glob.glob(pat):
+        if fn.endswith("_test.go"):
+            continue
+        yield fn
+
+
+def check_go(path, funcs):
+    gotext = []
+    for fn in go_sources(path):
+        with open(fn) as fh:
+            gotext.append(fh.read())
+    gotext = '\n'.join(gotext)
+    res = Results()
+    res.total = len(funcs)
+    for fname in funcs:
+        regex = re.compile('\\bC\\.{}\\b'.format(fname))
+        m = regex.findall(gotext)
+        if m:
+            res.referenced.append(fname)
+        else:
+            res.missing.append(fname)
+    return res
+
+
+def api_funcs(code_stub, prefix, dump_xml=False):
+    funcs = []
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
+        tmpc = os.path.join(tempdir, 'temp.c')
+        tmpxml = os.path.join(tempdir, 'temp_c.xml')
+        with open(tmpc, 'w') as fh:
+            fh.write(code_stub)
+        subprocess.check_call(
+            ['castxml', '--castxml-output=1', '-o', tmpxml, tmpc])
+        if dump_xml:
+            with open(tmpxml) as fh:
+                print(fh.read())
+        x = xml.etree.ElementTree.parse(tmpxml)
+        for fe in x.getroot().findall('Function'):
+            name = fe.attrib.get('name', '')
+            if not name.startswith(prefix):
+                continue
+            funcs.append(name)
+    return funcs
+
+
+def check_for_castxml():
+    try:
+        with open(os.devnull) as nullfh:
+            subprocess.check_call(
+                ['castxml'],
+                stdin=nullfh,
+                stderr=nullfh,
+                stdout=nullfh)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        sys.stderr.write('error: "castxml" binary must be installed\n')
+        sys.exit(2)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        sys.stderr.write('error: "castxml" binary must be installed\n')
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+
+def report(label, res, list_functions=False):
+    print("{} functions covered: {}/{} : {:.2f}%".format(
+          label,
+          len(res.referenced),
+          res.total,
+          (100.0 * len(res.referenced)) / res.total))
+    print("{} functions remain: {}/{} : {:.2f}%".format(
+          label,
+          len(res.missing),
+          res.total,
+          (100.0 * len(res.missing)) / res.total))
+
+    if list_functions:
+        for n in sorted(res.referenced):
+            print("  Covered: {}".format(n))
+        for n in sorted(res.missing):
+            print("  Missing: {}".format(n))
+
+
+def main():
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='compare api coverage extent',
+        usage=USAGE)
+    ap.add_argument(
+        '--check', '-c',
+        choices=['rbd', 'rados', 'cephfs'],
+        action='append')
+    ap.add_argument(
+        '--list-functions',
+        action='store_true')
+    ap.add_argument('GO_SRC')
+    cli = ap.parse_args()
+
+    check_for_castxml()
+    os.chdir(cli.GO_SRC)
+
+    if 'rbd' in (cli.check or []):
+        funcs = api_funcs(RBD_C, 'rbd_')
+        res = check_go('rbd', funcs)
+        report('RBD', res, cli.list_functions)
+    if 'rados' in (cli.check or []):
+        funcs = api_funcs(RADOS_C, 'rados_')
+        res = check_go('rados', funcs)
+        report('RADOS', res, cli.list_functions)
+    if 'cephfs' in (cli.check or []):
+        funcs = api_funcs(CEPHFS_C, 'ceph_')
+        res = check_go('cephfs', funcs)
+        report('CephFS', res, cli.list_functions)
+    return
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()