[202012] [TACACS+]: Extract tacacs support functions into library and fix memory leak issue. (#8659) #15703
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This pull request extract tacacs support functions into library to share TACACS config file parse code with other project. Also fix memory leak issue in parse config code.
Why I did it
To support TACACS per command authorization, we need reuse the TACACS config file parse code in bash plugin project.
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How I did it
Add libtacsupport.pc.in to extract tacacs support functions into library.
Fix memory leak issue in TACACS config parse code by convert the dynamic memory allocation memory to static memory allocation.
How to verify it
Pass all current UT.
Check shared library generated manually.
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Extract tacacs support functions into library, this will share TACACS config file parse code with other project.
Also fix memory leak issue in parse config code.
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Extract tacacs support functions into library, this will share TACACS config file parse code with other project.
Also fix memory leak issue in parse config code.
Link to config_db schema for YANG module changes
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