Cargo.lock

@@ -151,6 +151,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44533bbbb3bb3c1fa17d9f2e4e38bbbaf8396ba82193c4cb1b6445d711445d36"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "humantime 1.3.0",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -158,7 +171,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a19187fea3ac7e84da7dacf48de0c45d63c6a76f9490dae389aead16c243fce3"
 dependencies = [
  "atty",
- "humantime",
+ "humantime 2.1.0",
  "log",
  "regex",
  "termcolor",
@@ -322,6 +335,15 @@ version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df004cfca50ef23c36850aaaa59ad52cc70d0e90243c3c7737a4dd32dc7a3c4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "quick-error",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "humantime"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -440,7 +462,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.6.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "chrono",
- "env_logger",
+ "env_logger 0.8.4",
  "err-derive",
  "futures",
  "hex",
@@ -450,6 +472,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "lru",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-contrib",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pretty_env_logger",
  "rand 0.5.6",
  "rmp-serde",
  "serde",
@@ -582,6 +606,16 @@ version = "0.2.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eb9f9e6e233e5c4a35559a617bf40a4ec447db2e84c20b55a6f83167b7e57872"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pretty_env_logger"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "926d36b9553851b8b0005f1275891b392ee4d2d833852c417ed025477350fb9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "env_logger 0.7.1",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-error"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -627,6 +661,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-error"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.10"

Cargo.toml

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ telemetry = ["opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-contrib", "rand"]
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = "0.3.17"
+pin-project = "1.0.10"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["net", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "time", "macros", "io-util", "signal"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.6.8", default-features = false, features = ["compat"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1.7"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ opentelemetry-contrib = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.8"
+pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 structopt = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 chrono = "0.4"
 

src/client.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use arc_swap::ArcSwapOption;
 use log::{debug, error, trace};
 
+use futures::channel::mpsc::{unbounded, UnboundedReceiver};
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot, watch};
@@ -37,10 +38,11 @@ pub(crate) struct ClientConn {
 	pub(crate) remote_addr: SocketAddr,
 	pub(crate) peer_id: NodeID,
 
-	query_send: ArcSwapOption<mpsc::UnboundedSender<(RequestID, RequestPriority, Vec<u8>)>>,
+	query_send:
+		ArcSwapOption<mpsc::UnboundedSender<(RequestID, RequestPriority, AssociatedStream)>>,
 
 	next_query_number: AtomicU32,
-	inflight: Mutex<HashMap<RequestID, oneshot::Sender<Vec<u8>>>>,
+	inflight: Mutex<HashMap<RequestID, oneshot::Sender<UnboundedReceiver<Packet>>>>,
 }
 
 impl ClientConn {
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ impl ClientConn {
 		};
 
 		// Encode request
-		let body = rmp_to_vec_all_named(rq.borrow())?;
+		let (body, stream) = rmp_to_vec_all_named(rq.borrow())?;
 		drop(rq);
 
 		let request = QueryMessage {
@@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ impl ClientConn {
 			error!(
 				"Too many inflight requests! RequestID collision. Interrupting previous request."
 			);
-			if old_ch.send(vec![]).is_err() {
+			if old_ch.send(unbounded().1).is_err() {
 				debug!("Could not send empty response to collisionned request, probably because request was interrupted. Dropping response.");
 			}
 		}
@@ -195,17 +197,18 @@ impl ClientConn {
 		#[cfg(feature = "telemetry")]
 		span.set_attribute(KeyValue::new("len_query", bytes.len() as i64));
 
-		query_send.send((id, prio, bytes))?;
+		query_send.send((id, prio, Framing::new(bytes, stream).into_stream()))?;
 
 		cfg_if::cfg_if! {
 			if #[cfg(feature = "telemetry")] {
-				let resp = resp_recv
+				let stream = resp_recv
 					.with_context(Context::current_with_span(span))
 					.await?;
 			} else {
-				let resp = resp_recv.await?;
+				let stream = resp_recv.await?;
 			}
 		}
+		let (resp, stream) = Framing::from_stream(stream).await?.into_parts();
 
 		if resp.is_empty() {
 			return Err(Error::Message(
@@ -217,10 +220,8 @@ impl ClientConn {
 
 		let code = resp[0];
 		if code == 0 {
-			Ok(rmp_serde::decode::from_read_ref::<
+			let ser_resp = rmp_serde::decode::from_read_ref(&resp[1..])?;
-				_,
+			Ok(T::Response::deserialize_msg(ser_resp, stream).await)
-				<T as Message>::Response,
-			>(&resp[1..])?)
 		} else {
 			let msg = String::from_utf8(resp[1..].to_vec()).unwrap_or_default();
 			Err(Error::Remote(code, msg))
@@ -232,12 +233,12 @@ impl SendLoop for ClientConn {}
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl RecvLoop for ClientConn {
-	fn recv_handler(self: &Arc<Self>, id: RequestID, msg: Vec<u8>) {
+	fn recv_handler(self: &Arc<Self>, id: RequestID, stream: UnboundedReceiver<Packet>) {
-		trace!("ClientConn recv_handler {} ({} bytes)", id, msg.len());
+		trace!("ClientConn recv_handler {}", id);
 
 		let mut inflight = self.inflight.lock().unwrap();
 		if let Some(ch) = inflight.remove(&id) {
-			if ch.send(msg).is_err() {
+			if ch.send(stream).is_err() {
 				debug!("Could not send request response, probably because request was interrupted. Dropping response.");
 			}
 		}

src/endpoint.rs

@@ -14,8 +14,68 @@ use crate::util::*;
 
 /// This trait should be implemented by all messages your application
 /// wants to handle
-pub trait Message: Serialize + for<'de> Deserialize<'de> + Send + Sync {
+pub trait Message: SerializeMessage + Send + Sync {
-	type Response: Serialize + for<'de> Deserialize<'de> + Send + Sync;
+	type Response: SerializeMessage + Send + Sync;
+}
+
+/// A trait for de/serializing messages, with possible associated stream.
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait SerializeMessage: Sized {
+	type SerializableSelf: Serialize + for<'de> Deserialize<'de> + Send;
+
+	fn serialize_msg(&self) -> (Self::SerializableSelf, Option<AssociatedStream>);
+
+	// TODO should return Result
+	async fn deserialize_msg(ser_self: Self::SerializableSelf, stream: AssociatedStream) -> Self;
+}
+
+pub trait AutoSerialize: Serialize + for<'de> Deserialize<'de> + Clone + Send + Sync {}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<T> SerializeMessage for T
+where
+	T: AutoSerialize,
+{
+	type SerializableSelf = Self;
+	fn serialize_msg(&self) -> (Self::SerializableSelf, Option<AssociatedStream>) {
+		(self.clone(), None)
+	}
+
+	async fn deserialize_msg(ser_self: Self::SerializableSelf, _stream: AssociatedStream) -> Self {
+		// TODO verify no stream
+		ser_self
+	}
+}
+
+impl AutoSerialize for () {}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<T, E> SerializeMessage for Result<T, E>
+where
+	T: SerializeMessage + Send,
+	E: SerializeMessage + Send,
+{
+	type SerializableSelf = Result<T::SerializableSelf, E::SerializableSelf>;
+
+	fn serialize_msg(&self) -> (Self::SerializableSelf, Option<AssociatedStream>) {
+		match self {
+			Ok(ok) => {
+				let (msg, stream) = ok.serialize_msg();
+				(Ok(msg), stream)
+			}
+			Err(err) => {
+				let (msg, stream) = err.serialize_msg();
+				(Err(msg), stream)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	async fn deserialize_msg(ser_self: Self::SerializableSelf, stream: AssociatedStream) -> Self {
+		match ser_self {
+			Ok(ok) => Ok(T::deserialize_msg(ok, stream).await),
+			Err(err) => Err(E::deserialize_msg(err, stream).await),
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 /// This trait should be implemented by an object of your application
@@ -96,7 +156,7 @@ where
 		prio: RequestPriority,
 	) -> Result<<M as Message>::Response, Error>
 	where
-		B: Borrow<M>,
+		B: Borrow<M> + Send + Sync,
 	{
 		if *target == self.netapp.id {
 			match self.handler.load_full() {
@@ -128,7 +188,12 @@ pub(crate) type DynEndpoint = Box<dyn GenericEndpoint + Send + Sync>;
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub(crate) trait GenericEndpoint {
-	async fn handle(&self, buf: &[u8], from: NodeID) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error>;
+	async fn handle(
+		&self,
+		buf: &[u8],
+		stream: AssociatedStream,
+		from: NodeID,
+	) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Option<AssociatedStream>), Error>;
 	fn drop_handler(&self);
 	fn clone_endpoint(&self) -> DynEndpoint;
 }
@@ -145,11 +210,17 @@ where
 	M: Message + 'static,
 	H: EndpointHandler<M> + 'static,
 {
-	async fn handle(&self, buf: &[u8], from: NodeID) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+	async fn handle(
+		&self,
+		buf: &[u8],
+		stream: AssociatedStream,
+		from: NodeID,
+	) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Option<AssociatedStream>), Error> {
 		match self.0.handler.load_full() {
 			None => Err(Error::NoHandler),
 			Some(h) => {
-				let req = rmp_serde::decode::from_read_ref::<_, M>(buf)?;
+				let req = rmp_serde::decode::from_read_ref(buf)?;
+				let req = M::deserialize_msg(req, stream).await;
 				let res = h.handle(&req, from).await;
 				let res_bytes = rmp_to_vec_all_named(&res)?;
 				Ok(res_bytes)

src/error.rs

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ pub enum Error {
 	#[error(display = "UTF8 error: {}", _0)]
 	UTF8(#[error(source)] std::string::FromUtf8Error),
 
+	#[error(display = "Framing protocol error")]
+	Framing,
+
 	#[error(display = "{}", _0)]
 	Message(String),
 
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ impl Error {
 			Self::RMPEncode(_) => 10,
 			Self::RMPDecode(_) => 11,
 			Self::UTF8(_) => 12,
+			Self::Framing => 13,
 			Self::NoHandler => 20,
 			Self::ConnectionClosed => 21,
 			Self::Handshake(_) => 30,

src/netapp.rs

@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ pub(crate) type VersionTag = [u8; 16];
 /// Value of the Netapp version used in the version tag
 pub(crate) const NETAPP_VERSION_TAG: u64 = 0x6e65746170700004; // netapp 0x0004
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct HelloMessage {
 	pub server_addr: Option<IpAddr>,
 	pub server_port: u16,
 }
 
+impl AutoSerialize for HelloMessage {}
+
 impl Message for HelloMessage {
 	type Response = ();
 }

src/peering/fullmesh.rs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const FAILED_PING_THRESHOLD: usize = 3;
 
 // -- Protocol messages --
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
 struct PingMessage {
 	pub id: u64,
 	pub peer_list_hash: hash::Digest,
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ impl Message for PingMessage {
 	type Response = PingMessage;
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+impl AutoSerialize for PingMessage {}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
 struct PeerListMessage {
 	pub list: Vec<(NodeID, SocketAddr)>,
 }
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ impl Message for PeerListMessage {
 	type Response = PeerListMessage;
 }
 
+impl AutoSerialize for PeerListMessage {}
+
 // -- Algorithm data structures --
 
 #[derive(Debug)]

src/proto.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
+use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
 use log::trace;
 
+use futures::channel::mpsc::{unbounded, UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender};
 use futures::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use kuska_handshake::async_std::BoxStreamWrite;
 
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
@@ -11,6 +15,7 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 
 use crate::error::*;
+use crate::util::{AssociatedStream, Packet};
 
 /// Priority of a request (click to read more about priorities).
 ///
@@ -48,14 +53,148 @@ pub const PRIO_SECONDARY: RequestPriority = 0x01;
 
 pub(crate) type RequestID = u32;
 type ChunkLength = u16;
-const MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH: ChunkLength = 0x4000;
+const MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH: ChunkLength = 0x3FF0;
+const ERROR_MARKER: ChunkLength = 0x4000;
 const CHUNK_HAS_CONTINUATION: ChunkLength = 0x8000;
 
 struct SendQueueItem {
 	id: RequestID,
 	prio: RequestPriority,
-	data: Vec<u8>,
+	data: DataReader,
-	cursor: usize,
+}
+
+#[pin_project::pin_project]
+struct DataReader {
+	#[pin]
+	reader: AssociatedStream,
+	packet: Packet,
+	pos: usize,
+	buf: Vec<u8>,
+	eos: bool,
+}
+
+impl From<AssociatedStream> for DataReader {
+	fn from(data: AssociatedStream) -> DataReader {
+		DataReader {
+			reader: data,
+			packet: Ok(Vec::new()),
+			pos: 0,
+			buf: Vec::with_capacity(MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH as usize),
+			eos: false,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+enum DataFrame {
+	Data {
+		/// a fixed size buffer containing some data, possibly padded with 0s
+		data: [u8; MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH as usize],
+		/// actual lenght of data
+		len: usize,
+	},
+	Error(u8),
+}
+
+struct DataReaderItem {
+	data: DataFrame,
+	/// whethere there may be more data comming from this stream. Can be used for some
+	/// optimization. It's an error to set it to false if there is more data, but it is correct
+	/// (albeit sub-optimal) to set it to true if there is nothing coming after
+	may_have_more: bool,
+}
+
+impl DataReaderItem {
+	fn empty_last() -> Self {
+		DataReaderItem {
+			data: DataFrame::Data {
+				data: [0; MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH as usize],
+				len: 0,
+			},
+			may_have_more: false,
+		}
+	}
+
+	fn header(&self) -> [u8; 2] {
+		let continuation = if self.may_have_more {
+			CHUNK_HAS_CONTINUATION
+		} else {
+			0
+		};
+		let len = match self.data {
+			DataFrame::Data { len, .. } => len as u16,
+			DataFrame::Error(e) => e as u16 | ERROR_MARKER,
+		};
+
+		ChunkLength::to_be_bytes(len | continuation)
+	}
+
+	fn data(&self) -> &[u8] {
+		match self.data {
+			DataFrame::Data { ref data, len } => &data[..len],
+			DataFrame::Error(_) => &[],
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl Stream for DataReader {
+	type Item = DataReaderItem;
+
+	fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+		let mut this = self.project();
+
+		if *this.eos {
+			// eos was reached at previous call to poll_next, where a partial packet
+			// was returned. Now return None
+			return Poll::Ready(None);
+		}
+
+		loop {
+			let packet = match this.packet {
+				Ok(v) => v,
+				Err(e) => {
+					let e = *e;
+					*this.packet = Ok(Vec::new());
+					return Poll::Ready(Some(DataReaderItem {
+						data: DataFrame::Error(e),
+						may_have_more: true,
+					}));
+				}
+			};
+			let packet_left = packet.len() - *this.pos;
+			let buf_left = MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH as usize - this.buf.len();
+			let to_read = std::cmp::min(buf_left, packet_left);
+			this.buf
+				.extend_from_slice(&packet[*this.pos..*this.pos + to_read]);
+			*this.pos += to_read;
+			if this.buf.len() == MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH as usize {
+				// we have a full buf, ready to send
+				break;
+			}
+
+			// we don't have a full buf, packet is empty; try receive more
+			if let Some(p) = futures::ready!(this.reader.as_mut().poll_next(cx)) {
+				*this.packet = p;
+				*this.pos = 0;
+				// if buf is empty, we will loop and return the error directly. If buf
+				// isn't empty, send it before by breaking.
+				if this.packet.is_err() && !this.buf.is_empty() {
+					break;
+				}
+			} else {
+				*this.eos = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		let mut body = [0; MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH as usize];
+		let len = this.buf.len();
+		body[..len].copy_from_slice(this.buf);
+		this.buf.clear();
+		Poll::Ready(Some(DataReaderItem {
+			data: DataFrame::Data { data: body, len },
+			may_have_more: !*this.eos,
+		}))
+	}
 }
 
 struct SendQueue {
@@ -79,6 +218,8 @@ impl SendQueue {
 		};
 		self.items[pos_prio].1.push_back(item);
 	}
+	// used only in tests. They should probably be rewriten
+	#[allow(dead_code)]
 	fn pop(&mut self) -> Option<SendQueueItem> {
 		match self.items.pop_front() {
 			None => None,
@@ -94,6 +235,54 @@ impl SendQueue {
 	fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
 		self.items.iter().all(|(_k, v)| v.is_empty())
 	}
+
+	// this is like an async fn, but hand implemented
+	fn next_ready(&mut self) -> SendQueuePollNextReady<'_> {
+		SendQueuePollNextReady { queue: self }
+	}
+}
+
+struct SendQueuePollNextReady<'a> {
+	queue: &'a mut SendQueue,
+}
+
+impl<'a> futures::Future for SendQueuePollNextReady<'a> {
+	type Output = (RequestID, DataReaderItem);
+
+	fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, ctx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+		for i in 0..self.queue.items.len() {
+			let (_prio, items_at_prio) = &mut self.queue.items[i];
+
+			for _ in 0..items_at_prio.len() {
+				let mut item = items_at_prio.pop_front().unwrap();
+
+				match Pin::new(&mut item.data).poll_next(ctx) {
+					Poll::Pending => items_at_prio.push_back(item),
+					Poll::Ready(Some(data)) => {
+						let id = item.id;
+						if data.may_have_more {
+							self.queue.push(item);
+						} else {
+							if items_at_prio.is_empty() {
+								// this priority level is empty, remove it
+								self.queue.items.remove(i);
+							}
+						}
+						return Poll::Ready((id, data));
+					}
+					Poll::Ready(None) => {
+						if items_at_prio.is_empty() {
+							// this priority level is empty, remove it
+							self.queue.items.remove(i);
+						}
+						return Poll::Ready((item.id, DataReaderItem::empty_last()));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// TODO what do we do if self.queue is empty? We won't get scheduled again.
+		Poll::Pending
+	}
 }
 
 /// The SendLoop trait, which is implemented both by the client and the server
@@ -108,7 +297,7 @@ impl SendQueue {
 pub(crate) trait SendLoop: Sync {
 	async fn send_loop<W>(
 		self: Arc<Self>,
-		mut msg_recv: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<(RequestID, RequestPriority, Vec<u8>)>,
+		mut msg_recv: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<(RequestID, RequestPriority, AssociatedStream)>,
 		mut write: BoxStreamWrite<W>,
 	) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
@@ -117,55 +306,34 @@ pub(crate) trait SendLoop: Sync {
 		let mut sending = SendQueue::new();
 		let mut should_exit = false;
 		while !should_exit || !sending.is_empty() {
-			if let Ok((id, prio, data)) = msg_recv.try_recv() {
+			let recv_fut = msg_recv.recv();
-				trace!("send_loop: got {}, {} bytes", id, data.len());
+			futures::pin_mut!(recv_fut);
-				sending.push(SendQueueItem {
+			let send_fut = sending.next_ready();
-					id,
-					prio,
-					data,
-					cursor: 0,
-				});
-			} else if let Some(mut item) = sending.pop() {
-				trace!(
-					"send_loop: sending bytes for {} ({} bytes, {} already sent)",
-					item.id,
-					item.data.len(),
-					item.cursor
-				);
-				let header_id = RequestID::to_be_bytes(item.id);
-				write.write_all(&header_id[..]).await?;
 
-				if item.data.len() - item.cursor > MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH as usize {
+			// recv_fut is cancellation-safe according to tokio doc,
-					let size_header =
+			// send_fut is cancellation-safe as implemented above?
-						ChunkLength::to_be_bytes(MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH | CHUNK_HAS_CONTINUATION);
+			use futures::future::Either;
-					write.write_all(&size_header[..]).await?;
+			match futures::future::select(recv_fut, send_fut).await {
-
+				Either::Left((sth, _send_fut)) => {
-					let new_cursor = item.cursor + MAX_CHUNK_LENGTH as usize;
-					write.write_all(&item.data[item.cursor..new_cursor]).await?;
-					item.cursor = new_cursor;
-
-					sending.push(item);
-				} else {
-					let send_len = (item.data.len() - item.cursor) as ChunkLength;
-
-					let size_header = ChunkLength::to_be_bytes(send_len);
-					write.write_all(&size_header[..]).await?;
-
-					write.write_all(&item.data[item.cursor..]).await?;
-				}
-				write.flush().await?;
-			} else {
-				let sth = msg_recv.recv().await;
 					if let Some((id, prio, data)) = sth {
-					trace!("send_loop: got {}, {} bytes", id, data.len());
 						sending.push(SendQueueItem {
 							id,
 							prio,
-						data,
+							data: data.into(),
-						cursor: 0,
 						});
 					} else {
 						should_exit = true;
+					};
+				}
+				Either::Right(((id, data), _recv_fut)) => {
+					trace!("send_loop: sending bytes for {}", id);
+
+					let header_id = RequestID::to_be_bytes(id);
+					write.write_all(&header_id[..]).await?;
+
+					write.write_all(&data.header()).await?;
+					write.write_all(data.data()).await?;
+					write.flush().await?;
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -175,6 +343,118 @@ pub(crate) trait SendLoop: Sync {
 	}
 }
 
+pub(crate) struct Framing {
+	direct: Vec<u8>,
+	stream: Option<AssociatedStream>,
+}
+
+impl Framing {
+	pub fn new(direct: Vec<u8>, stream: Option<AssociatedStream>) -> Self {
+		assert!(direct.len() <= u32::MAX as usize);
+		Framing { direct, stream }
+	}
+
+	pub fn into_stream(self) -> AssociatedStream {
+		use futures::stream;
+		let len = self.direct.len() as u32;
+		// required because otherwise the borrow-checker complains
+		let Framing { direct, stream } = self;
+
+		let res = stream::once(async move { Ok(u32::to_be_bytes(len).to_vec()) })
+			.chain(stream::once(async move { Ok(direct) }));
+
+		if let Some(stream) = stream {
+			Box::pin(res.chain(stream))
+		} else {
+			Box::pin(res)
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub async fn from_stream<S: Stream<Item = Packet> + Unpin + Send + 'static>(
+		mut stream: S,
+	) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+		let mut packet = stream
+			.next()
+			.await
+			.ok_or(Error::Framing)?
+			.map_err(|_| Error::Framing)?;
+		if packet.len() < 4 {
+			return Err(Error::Framing);
+		}
+
+		let mut len = [0; 4];
+		len.copy_from_slice(&packet[..4]);
+		let len = u32::from_be_bytes(len);
+		packet.drain(..4);
+
+		let mut buffer = Vec::new();
+		let len = len as usize;
+		loop {
+			let max_cp = std::cmp::min(len - buffer.len(), packet.len());
+
+			buffer.extend_from_slice(&packet[..max_cp]);
+			if buffer.len() == len {
+				packet.drain(..max_cp);
+				break;
+			}
+			packet = stream
+				.next()
+				.await
+				.ok_or(Error::Framing)?
+				.map_err(|_| Error::Framing)?;
+		}
+
+		let stream: AssociatedStream = if packet.is_empty() {
+			Box::pin(stream)
+		} else {
+			Box::pin(futures::stream::once(async move { Ok(packet) }).chain(stream))
+		};
+
+		Ok(Framing {
+			direct: buffer,
+			stream: Some(stream),
+		})
+	}
+
+	pub fn into_parts(self) -> (Vec<u8>, AssociatedStream) {
+		let Framing { direct, stream } = self;
+		(direct, stream.unwrap_or(Box::pin(futures::stream::empty())))
+	}
+}
+
+/// Structure to warn when the sender is dropped before end of stream was reached, like when
+/// connection to some remote drops while transmitting data
+struct Sender {
+	inner: UnboundedSender<Packet>,
+	closed: bool,
+}
+
+impl Sender {
+	fn new(inner: UnboundedSender<Packet>) -> Self {
+		Sender {
+			inner,
+			closed: false,
+		}
+	}
+
+	fn send(&self, packet: Packet) {
+		let _ = self.inner.unbounded_send(packet);
+	}
+
+	fn end(&mut self) {
+		self.closed = true;
+	}
+}
+
+impl Drop for Sender {
+	fn drop(&mut self) {
+		if !self.closed {
+			self.send(Err(255));
+		}
+		self.inner.close_channel();
+	}
+}
+
 /// The RecvLoop trait, which is implemented both by the client and the server
 /// connection objects (ServerConn and ClientConn) adds a method `.recv_loop()`
 /// and a prototype of a handler for received messages `.recv_handler()` that
@@ -184,13 +464,13 @@ pub(crate) trait SendLoop: Sync {
 /// the full message is passed to the receive handler.
 #[async_trait]
 pub(crate) trait RecvLoop: Sync + 'static {
-	fn recv_handler(self: &Arc<Self>, id: RequestID, msg: Vec<u8>);
+	fn recv_handler(self: &Arc<Self>, id: RequestID, stream: UnboundedReceiver<Packet>);
 
 	async fn recv_loop<R>(self: Arc<Self>, mut read: R) -> Result<(), Error>
 	where
 		R: AsyncReadExt + Unpin + Send + Sync,
 	{
-		let mut receiving = HashMap::new();
+		let mut streams: HashMap<RequestID, Sender> = HashMap::new();
 		loop {
 			trace!("recv_loop: reading packet");
 			let mut header_id = [0u8; RequestID::BITS as usize / 8];
@@ -208,19 +488,33 @@ pub(crate) trait RecvLoop: Sync + 'static {
 			trace!("recv_loop: got header size: {:04x}", size);
 
 			let has_cont = (size & CHUNK_HAS_CONTINUATION) != 0;
+			let is_error = (size & ERROR_MARKER) != 0;
+			let packet = if is_error {
+				Err(size as u8)
+			} else {
 				let size = size & !CHUNK_HAS_CONTINUATION;
-
 				let mut next_slice = vec![0; size as usize];
 				read.read_exact(&mut next_slice[..]).await?;
 				trace!("recv_loop: read {} bytes", next_slice.len());
+				Ok(next_slice)
+			};
 
-			let mut msg_bytes: Vec<_> = receiving.remove(&id).unwrap_or_default();
+			let mut sender = if let Some(send) = streams.remove(&(id)) {
-			msg_bytes.extend_from_slice(&next_slice[..]);
+				send
+			} else {
+				let (send, recv) = unbounded();
+				self.recv_handler(id, recv);
+				Sender::new(send)
+			};
+
+			// if we get an error, the receiving end is disconnected. We still need to
+			// reach eos before dropping this sender
+			sender.send(packet);
 
 			if has_cont {
-				receiving.insert(id, msg_bytes);
+				streams.insert(id, sender);
 			} else {
-				self.recv_handler(id, msg_bytes);
+				sender.end();
 			}
 		}
 		Ok(())
@@ -231,43 +525,44 @@ pub(crate) trait RecvLoop: Sync + 'static {
 mod test {
 	use super::*;
 
+	fn empty_data() -> DataReader {
+		type Item = Packet;
+		let stream: Pin<Box<dyn futures::Stream<Item = Item> + Send + 'static>> =
+			Box::pin(futures::stream::empty::<Packet>());
+		stream.into()
+	}
+
 	#[test]
 	fn test_priority_queue() {
 		let i1 = SendQueueItem {
 			id: 1,
 			prio: PRIO_NORMAL,
-			data: vec![],
+			data: empty_data(),
-			cursor: 0,
 		};
 		let i2 = SendQueueItem {
 			id: 2,
 			prio: PRIO_HIGH,
-			data: vec![],
+			data: empty_data(),
-			cursor: 0,
 		};
 		let i2bis = SendQueueItem {
 			id: 20,
 			prio: PRIO_HIGH,
-			data: vec![],
+			data: empty_data(),
-			cursor: 0,
 		};
 		let i3 = SendQueueItem {
 			id: 3,
 			prio: PRIO_HIGH | PRIO_SECONDARY,
-			data: vec![],
+			data: empty_data(),
-			cursor: 0,
 		};
 		let i4 = SendQueueItem {
 			id: 4,
 			prio: PRIO_BACKGROUND | PRIO_SECONDARY,
-			data: vec![],
+			data: empty_data(),
-			cursor: 0,
 		};
 		let i5 = SendQueueItem {
 			id: 5,
 			prio: PRIO_BACKGROUND | PRIO_PRIMARY,
-			data: vec![],
+			data: empty_data(),
-			cursor: 0,
 		};
 
 		let mut q = SendQueue::new();

src/server.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use arc_swap::ArcSwapOption;
-use bytes::Bytes;
 use log::{debug, trace};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "telemetry")]
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ use tokio::select;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, watch};
 use tokio_util::compat::*;
 
+use futures::channel::mpsc::UnboundedReceiver;
 use futures::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ServerConn {
 
 	netapp: Arc<NetApp>,
 
-	resp_send: ArcSwapOption<mpsc::UnboundedSender<(RequestID, RequestPriority, Vec<u8>)>>,
+	resp_send: ArcSwapOption<mpsc::UnboundedSender<(RequestID, RequestPriority, AssociatedStream)>>,
 }
 
 impl ServerConn {
@@ -123,7 +123,11 @@ impl ServerConn {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
-	async fn recv_handler_aux(self: &Arc<Self>, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
+	async fn recv_handler_aux(
+		self: &Arc<Self>,
+		bytes: &[u8],
+		stream: AssociatedStream,
+	) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Option<AssociatedStream>), Error> {
 		let msg = QueryMessage::decode(bytes)?;
 		let path = String::from_utf8(msg.path.to_vec())?;
 
@@ -156,11 +160,11 @@ impl ServerConn {
 					span.set_attribute(KeyValue::new("path", path.to_string()));
 					span.set_attribute(KeyValue::new("len_query", msg.body.len() as i64));
 
-					handler.handle(msg.body, self.peer_id)
+					handler.handle(msg.body, stream, self.peer_id)
 						.with_context(Context::current_with_span(span))
 						.await
 				} else {
-					handler.handle(msg.body, self.peer_id).await
+					handler.handle(msg.body, stream, self.peer_id).await
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -173,35 +177,40 @@ impl SendLoop for ServerConn {}
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl RecvLoop for ServerConn {
-	fn recv_handler(self: &Arc<Self>, id: RequestID, bytes: Vec<u8>) {
+	fn recv_handler(self: &Arc<Self>, id: RequestID, stream: UnboundedReceiver<Packet>) {
 		let resp_send = self.resp_send.load_full().unwrap();
 
 		let self2 = self.clone();
 		tokio::spawn(async move {
-			trace!("ServerConn recv_handler {} ({} bytes)", id, bytes.len());
+			trace!("ServerConn recv_handler {}", id);
-			let bytes: Bytes = bytes.into();
+			let (bytes, stream) = Framing::from_stream(stream).await?.into_parts();
 
 			let prio = if !bytes.is_empty() { bytes[0] } else { 0u8 };
-			let resp = self2.recv_handler_aux(&bytes[..]).await;
+			let resp = self2.recv_handler_aux(&bytes[..], stream).await;
 
-			let resp_bytes = match resp {
+			let (resp_bytes, resp_stream) = match resp {
-				Ok(rb) => {
+				Ok((rb, rs)) => {
 					let mut resp_bytes = vec![0u8];
 					resp_bytes.extend(rb);
-					resp_bytes
+					(resp_bytes, rs)
 				}
 				Err(e) => {
 					let mut resp_bytes = vec![e.code()];
 					resp_bytes.extend(e.to_string().into_bytes());
-					resp_bytes
+					(resp_bytes, None)
 				}
 			};
 
 			trace!("ServerConn sending response to {}: ", id);
 
 			resp_send
-				.send((id, prio, resp_bytes))
+				.send((
-				.log_err("ServerConn recv_handler send resp");
+					id,
+					prio,
+					Framing::new(resp_bytes, resp_stream).into_stream(),
+				))
+				.log_err("ServerConn recv_handler send resp bytes");
+			Ok::<_, Error>(())
 		});
 	}
 }

src/test.rs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::NodeID;
 
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "current_thread")]
 async fn test_with_basic_scheduler() {
+	pretty_env_logger::init();
 	run_test().await
 }
 

src/util.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+use crate::endpoint::SerializeMessage;
+
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+use std::pin::Pin;
 
-use serde::Serialize;
+use futures::Stream;
 
 use log::info;
 
+use serde::Serialize;
+
 use tokio::sync::watch;
 
 /// A node's identifier, which is also its public cryptographic key
@@ -14,21 +19,36 @@ pub type NodeKey = sodiumoxide::crypto::sign::ed25519::SecretKey;
 /// A network key
 pub type NetworkKey = sodiumoxide::crypto::auth::Key;
 
+/// A stream of associated data.
+///
+/// The Stream can continue after receiving an error.
+/// When sent through Netapp, the Vec may be split in smaller chunk in such a way
+/// consecutive Vec may get merged, but Vec and error code may not be reordered
+///
+/// Error code 255 means the stream was cut before its end. Other codes have no predefined
+/// meaning, it's up to your application to define their semantic.
+pub type AssociatedStream = Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = Packet> + Send>>;
+
+pub type Packet = Result<Vec<u8>, u8>;
+
 /// Utility function: encodes any serializable value in MessagePack binary format
 /// using the RMP library.
 ///
 /// Field names and variant names are included in the serialization.
 /// This is used internally by the netapp communication protocol.
-pub fn rmp_to_vec_all_named<T>(val: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>, rmp_serde::encode::Error>
+pub fn rmp_to_vec_all_named<T>(
+	val: &T,
+) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, Option<AssociatedStream>), rmp_serde::encode::Error>
 where
-	T: Serialize + ?Sized,
+	T: SerializeMessage + ?Sized,
 {
 	let mut wr = Vec::with_capacity(128);
 	let mut se = rmp_serde::Serializer::new(&mut wr)
 		.with_struct_map()
 		.with_string_variants();
+	let (val, stream) = val.serialize_msg();
 	val.serialize(&mut se)?;
-	Ok(wr)
+	Ok((wr, stream))
 }
 
 /// This async function returns only when a true signal was received