+typedef void *gras_trp_bufdata_;
+
+void gras_msg_send_ext(gras_socket_t sock,
+ e_gras_msg_kind_t kind,
+ unsigned long int ID,
+ gras_msgtype_t msgtype, void *payload)
+{
+
+ smx_action_t act; /* simix action */
+ gras_trp_sg_sock_data_t *sock_data;
+ gras_hostdata_t *hd;
+ gras_trp_procdata_t trp_remote_proc;
+ gras_msg_procdata_t msg_remote_proc;
+ gras_msg_t msg; /* message to send */
+ int whole_payload_size = 0; /* msg->payload_size is used to memcpy the payload.
+ This is used to report the load onto the simulator. It also counts the size of pointed stuff */
+
+ sock_data = (gras_trp_sg_sock_data_t *) sock->data;
+
+ hd = (gras_hostdata_t *) SIMIX_host_get_data(SIMIX_host_self());
+
+ xbt_assert1(!gras_socket_is_meas(sock),
+ "Asked to send a message on the measurement socket %p", sock);
+
+ /*initialize gras message */
+ msg = xbt_new(s_gras_msg_t, 1);
+ msg->expe = sock;
+ msg->kind = kind;
+ msg->type = msgtype;
+ msg->ID = ID;
+ if (kind == e_gras_msg_kind_rpcerror) {
+ /* error on remote host, carfull, payload is an exception */
+ msg->payl_size = gras_datadesc_size(gras_datadesc_by_name("ex_t"));
+ msg->payl = xbt_malloc(msg->payl_size);
+ whole_payload_size = gras_datadesc_memcpy(gras_datadesc_by_name("ex_t"),
+ payload, msg->payl);
+ } else if (kind == e_gras_msg_kind_rpcanswer) {
+ msg->payl_size = gras_datadesc_size(msgtype->answer_type);
+ if (msg->payl_size)
+ msg->payl = xbt_malloc(msg->payl_size);
+ else
+ msg->payl = NULL;
+
+ if (msgtype->answer_type)
+ whole_payload_size = gras_datadesc_memcpy(msgtype->answer_type,
+ payload, msg->payl);
+ } else {
+ msg->payl_size = gras_datadesc_size(msgtype->ctn_type);
+ msg->payl = msg->payl_size ? xbt_malloc(msg->payl_size) : NULL;
+ if (msgtype->ctn_type)
+ whole_payload_size = gras_datadesc_memcpy(msgtype->ctn_type,
+ payload, msg->payl);
+ }
+
+ /* put the selectable socket on the queue */
+ trp_remote_proc = (gras_trp_procdata_t)
+ gras_libdata_by_name_from_remote("gras_trp", sock_data->to_process);
+
+ xbt_queue_push(trp_remote_proc->msg_selectable_sockets, &sock);