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2004-07-26 Martin Quinson
[simgrid.git] / src / gras / DataDesc / ddt_exchange.c
index f9304d6..353d0e5 100644 (file)
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 #include "DataDesc/datadesc_private.h"
 
-GRAS_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(exchange,DataDesc);
+GRAS_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(exchange,datadesc);
 
-static const char *gras_datadesc_cat_names[9] = { 
+const char *gras_datadesc_cat_names[9] = { 
   "undefined", 
   "scalar", "struct", "union", "ref", "array", "ignored",
   "invalid"};
@@ -31,19 +31,20 @@ gras_dd_is_r_null(char **r_ptr, long int length);
 
 static gras_error_t 
 gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
-                      gras_dd_cbps_t       *state,
+                      gras_cbps_t       *state,
                       gras_dict_t          *refs,
                       gras_datadesc_type_t *type, 
                       char                 *data);
 static gras_error_t
 gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock, 
-                      gras_dd_cbps_t       *state,
+                      gras_cbps_t       *state,
                       gras_dict_t          *refs,
                       gras_datadesc_type_t *type,
                       int                   r_arch,
                       char                **r_data,
                       long int              r_lgr,
-                      char                **dst);
+                      char                 *dst,
+                      int                   subsize);
 
 
 static gras_error_t
@@ -69,12 +70,12 @@ gras_dd_recv_int(gras_socket_t *sock, int r_arch, int *i) {
 
   if (int_type->size[GRAS_THISARCH] >= int_type->size[r_arch]) {
     TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)i, int_type->size[r_arch]));
-    TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(int_type,r_arch, i,i));
+    TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(int_type,1,r_arch, i,i));
   } else {
     void *ptr = NULL;
     ptr = malloc((size_t)int_type->size[r_arch]);
     TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)ptr, int_type->size[r_arch]));
-    TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(int_type,r_arch, ptr,i));
+    TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(int_type,1,r_arch, ptr,i));
     free(ptr);
   }
   DEBUG1("recv_int(%d)",*i);
@@ -109,25 +110,25 @@ gras_dd_alloc_ref(gras_dict_t *refs,
   char *l_data = NULL;
   gras_error_t errcode;
 
-  gras_assert1(size>0,"Cannot allocate %d bytes!", size);
+  gras_assert1(size>0,"Cannot allocate %ld bytes!", size);
   if (! (l_data = malloc((size_t)size)) )
     RAISE_MALLOC;
 
   *l_ref = l_data;
   DEBUG2("l_data=%p, &l_data=%p",l_data,&l_data);
 
-  DEBUG3("alloc_ref: r_ref=%p; *r_ref=%p, r_len=%d",
+  DEBUG3("alloc_ref: r_ref=%p; *r_ref=%p, r_len=%ld",
         r_ref, r_ref?*r_ref:NULL, r_len);
   if (r_ref && !gras_dd_is_r_null( r_ref, r_len)) {
     void *ptr = malloc(sizeof(void *));
     if (!ptr)
       RAISE_MALLOC;
-    //    memcpy(ptr,&l_data, sizeof(void *));
+
     memcpy(ptr,l_ref, sizeof(void *));
 
     DEBUG2("Insert %p under %p",*(void**)ptr, *(void**)r_ref);
-    /* FIXME: Leaking on the ptr. Do I really need to copy it? */
-    TRY(gras_dict_set_ext(refs,(const char *) r_ref, r_len, ptr, NULL));
+
+    TRY(gras_dict_set_ext(refs,(const char *) r_ref, r_len, ptr, free));
   }
   return no_error;
 }
@@ -146,25 +147,62 @@ int gras_datadesc_type_cmp(const gras_datadesc_type_t *d1,
   gras_dd_cat_field_t *field1,*field2;
   gras_datadesc_type_t *field_desc_1,*field_desc_2;
 
+  if (d1 == d2) return 0; /* easy optimization */
+
+  if (!d1 && d2) {
+    DEBUG0("ddt_cmp: !d1 && d2 => 1");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (!d1 && !d2) {
+    DEBUG0("ddt_cmp: !d1 && !d2 => 0");
+    return 0;
+  }
+  if ( d1 && !d2) {
+    DEBUG0("ddt_cmp: d1 && !d2 => -1");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  for (cpt=0; cpt<gras_arch_count; cpt++) {
+    if (d1->size[cpt] != d2->size[cpt]) {
+      DEBUG5("ddt_cmp: %s->size=%ld  !=  %s->size=%ld (on %s)",
+            d1->name,d1->size[cpt],d2->name,d2->size[cpt],
+            gras_arches[cpt].name);
+      return d1->size[cpt] >  d2->size[cpt] ? 1 : -1;
+    }
+
+    if (d1->alignment[cpt] != d2->alignment[cpt]) {
+      DEBUG5("ddt_cmp: %s->alignment=%ld  !=  %s->alignment=%ld (on %s)",
+            d1->name,d1->alignment[cpt],d2->name,d2->alignment[cpt],
+            gras_arches[cpt].name);
+      return d1->alignment[cpt] > d2->alignment[cpt] ? 1 : -1;
+    }
 
-  if (!d1 && d2) return 1;
-  if (!d1 && !d2) return 0;
-  if ( d1 && !d2) return -1;
+    if (d1->aligned_size[cpt] != d2->aligned_size[cpt]) {
+      DEBUG5("ddt_cmp: %s->aligned_size=%ld  !=  %s->aligned_size=%ld (on %s)",
+            d1->name,d1->aligned_size[cpt],d2->name,d2->aligned_size[cpt],
+            gras_arches[cpt].name);
+      return d1->aligned_size[cpt] > d2->aligned_size[cpt] ? 1 : -1;
+    }
+  }
 
-  if      (d1->size          != d2->size     )     
-    return d1->size          >  d2->size         ? 1 : -1;
-  if      (d1->alignment     != d2->alignment)     
-    return d1->alignment     >  d2->alignment    ? 1 : -1;
-  if      (d1->aligned_size  != d2->aligned_size)  
-    return d1->aligned_size  >  d2->aligned_size ? 1 : -1;
+  if (d1->category_code != d2->category_code) {
+    DEBUG4("ddt_cmp: %s->cat=%s  !=  %s->cat=%s",
+          d1->name,gras_datadesc_cat_names[d1->category_code],
+          d2->name,gras_datadesc_cat_names[d2->category_code]);
+    return d1->category_code > d2->category_code ? 1 : -1;
+  }
 
-  if      (d1->category_code != d2->category_code) 
-    return d1->category_code >  d2->category_code ? 1 : -1;
+  if (d1->send != d2->send) {
+    DEBUG4("ddt_cmp: %s->send=%p  !=  %s->send=%p",
+          d1->name,d1->send, d2->name,d2->send);
+    return d1->send > d2->send ? 1 : -1;
+  }
 
-  if      (d1->pre          != d2->pre)           
-    return d1->pre          >  d2->pre ? 1 : -1;
-  if      (d1->post         != d2->post)
-    return d1->post          > d2->post ? 1 : -1;
+  if (d1->recv != d2->recv) {
+    DEBUG4("ddt_cmp: %s->recv=%p  !=  %s->recv=%p",
+          d1->name,d1->recv, d2->name,d2->recv);
+    return d1->recv > d2->recv ? 1 : -1;
+  }
 
   switch (d1->category_code) {
   case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_scalar:
@@ -174,19 +212,27 @@ int gras_datadesc_type_cmp(const gras_datadesc_type_t *d1,
     
   case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_struct:    
     if (gras_dynar_length(d1->category.struct_data.fields) != 
-       gras_dynar_length(d2->category.struct_data.fields))
+       gras_dynar_length(d2->category.struct_data.fields)) {
+      DEBUG4("ddt_cmp: %s (having %d fields) !=  %s (having %d fields)",
+            d1->name, gras_dynar_length(d1->category.struct_data.fields),
+            d2->name, gras_dynar_length(d2->category.struct_data.fields));
+      
       return gras_dynar_length(d1->category.struct_data.fields) >
        gras_dynar_length(d2->category.struct_data.fields) ?
        1 : -1;
-    
+    }
     gras_dynar_foreach(d1->category.struct_data.fields, cpt, field1) {
       
-      gras_dynar_get(d2->category.struct_data.fields, cpt, field2);
+      gras_dynar_get(d2->category.struct_data.fields, cpt, &field2);
       gras_datadesc_by_id(field1->code,&field_desc_1); /* FIXME: errcode ignored */
       gras_datadesc_by_id(field2->code,&field_desc_2);
       ret = gras_datadesc_type_cmp(field_desc_1,field_desc_2);
-      if (ret)
+      if (ret) {
+       DEBUG6("%s->field[%d]=%s != %s->field[%d]=%s",
+              d1->name,cpt,field1->name,              
+              d2->name,cpt,field2->name);
        return ret;
+      }
       
     }
     break;
@@ -259,7 +305,7 @@ gras_error_t gras_datadesc_cpy(gras_datadesc_type_t *type,
 
 static gras_error_t 
 gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
-                      gras_dd_cbps_t       *state,
+                      gras_cbps_t       *state,
                       gras_dict_t          *refs,
                       gras_datadesc_type_t *type, 
                       char                 *data) {
@@ -271,8 +317,8 @@ gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
   VERB2("Send a %s (%s)", 
        type->name, gras_datadesc_cat_names[type->category_code]);
 
-  if (type->pre) {
-    type->pre(state,type,data);
+  if (type->send) {
+    type->send(state,data);
   }
 
   switch (type->category_code) {
@@ -284,22 +330,30 @@ gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     gras_dd_cat_struct_t  struct_data;
     gras_dd_cat_field_t  *field;
     char                 *field_data;
-
+    
     struct_data = type->category.struct_data;
+    gras_assert1(struct_data.closed,
+      "Please call gras_datadesc_declare_struct_close on %s before sending it",
+               type->name);
     VERB1(">> Send all fields of the structure %s",type->name);
     gras_dynar_foreach(struct_data.fields, cpt, field) {
       field_data = data;
       field_data += field->offset[GRAS_THISARCH];
       
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(field->code, &sub_type));
+      errcode=gras_datadesc_by_id(field->code, &sub_type);
+      if (errcode != no_error) 
+       RAISE4(errcode,
+              "Got %s while searching for the sub type %d, #%d of %s",
+              gras_error_name(errcode),field->code,cpt,type->name);
       
       if (field->pre)
-       field->pre(state,sub_type,field_data);
+       field->pre(state,field_data);
       
+      VERB1("Send field %s",field->name);
       TRY(gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs,sub_type, field_data));
       
       if (field->post)
-       field->post(state,sub_type,field_data);
+       field->post(state,field_data);
     }
     VERB1("<< Sent all fields of the structure %s", type->name);
     
@@ -313,8 +367,11 @@ gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     
     union_data = type->category.union_data;
     
+    gras_assert1(union_data.closed,
+               "Please call gras_datadesc_declare_union_close on %s before sending it",
+               type->name);
     /* retrieve the field number */
-    field_num = union_data.selector(state, type, data);
+    field_num = union_data.selector(state, data);
     
     gras_assert1(field_num > 0,
                 "union field selector of %s gave a negative value", 
@@ -332,12 +389,12 @@ gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(field->code, &sub_type));
     
     if (field->pre)
-      field->pre(state,sub_type,data);
+      field->pre(state,data);
     
     TRY(gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type, data));
       
     if (field->post)
-      field->post(state,sub_type,data);
+      field->post(state,data);
     
     break;
   }
@@ -354,7 +411,7 @@ gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     /* Detect the referenced type and send it to peer if needed */
     ref_code = ref_data.code;
     if (ref_code < 0) {
-      ref_code = ref_data.selector(state,type,data);
+      ref_code = ref_data.selector(state,data);
       TRY(gras_dd_send_int(sock, ref_code));
     }
     
@@ -399,7 +456,7 @@ gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     /* determine and send the element count */
     count = array_data.fixed_size;
     if (count <= 0) {
-      count = array_data.dynamic_size(state,type,data);
+      count = array_data.dynamic_size(state,data);
       gras_assert1(count >=0,
                   "Invalid (negative) array size for type %s",type->name);
       TRY(gras_dd_send_int(sock, count));
@@ -408,9 +465,15 @@ gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     /* send the content */
     TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(array_data.code, &sub_type));
     elm_size = sub_type->aligned_size[GRAS_THISARCH];
-    for (cpt=0; cpt<count; cpt++) {
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type, ptr));
-      ptr += elm_size;
+    if (sub_type->category_code == e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_scalar) {
+      VERB1("Array of %ld scalars, send it in one shot",count);
+      TRY(gras_trp_chunk_send(sock, data, 
+                             sub_type->aligned_size[GRAS_THISARCH] * count));
+    } else {
+      for (cpt=0; cpt<count; cpt++) {
+       TRY(gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type, ptr));
+       ptr += elm_size;
+      }
     }
     break;
   }
@@ -419,10 +482,6 @@ gras_datadesc_send_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     gras_assert0(0, "Invalid type");
   }
 
-  if (type->post) {
-    type->post(state,type,data);
-  }
-
   return no_error;
 }
 
@@ -437,16 +496,16 @@ gras_error_t gras_datadesc_send(gras_socket_t *sock,
                                void *src) {
 
   gras_error_t errcode;
-  gras_dd_cbps_t *state = NULL;
+  gras_cbps_t *state = NULL;
   gras_dict_t    *refs; /* all references already sent */
  
   TRY(gras_dict_new(&refs));
-  TRY(gras_dd_cbps_new(&state));
+  TRY(gras_cbps_new(&state));
 
   errcode = gras_datadesc_send_rec(sock,state,refs,type,(char*)src);
 
   gras_dict_free(&refs);
-  gras_dd_cbps_free(&state);
+  gras_cbps_free(&state);
 
   return errcode;
 }
@@ -455,39 +514,42 @@ gras_error_t gras_datadesc_send(gras_socket_t *sock,
  * gras_datadesc_recv_rec:
  *
  * Do the data reception job recursively.
+ *
+ * subsize used only to deal with vicious case of reference to dynamic array.
+ *  This size is needed at the reference reception level (to allocate enough 
+ * space) and at the array reception level (to fill enough room). 
+ * 
+ * Having this size passed as an argument of the recursive function is a crude
+ * hack, but I was told that working code is sometimes better than neat one ;)
  */
 gras_error_t
 gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock, 
-                      gras_dd_cbps_t       *state,
+                      gras_cbps_t          *state,
                       gras_dict_t          *refs,
                       gras_datadesc_type_t *type,
                       int                   r_arch,
                       char                **r_data,
                       long int              r_lgr,
-                      char                **dst) {
+                      char                 *l_data,
+                      int                   subsize) {
 
   gras_error_t          errcode;
-  char                 *l_data = *dst; /* dereference to avoid typo */
   int                   cpt;
   gras_datadesc_type_t *sub_type;
 
-  VERB1("Recv a %s", type->name);
+  VERB2("Recv a %s @%p", type->name, l_data);
+  gras_assert(l_data);
 
   switch (type->category_code) {
   case e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_scalar:
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,type->size[GRAS_THISARCH],r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-    
-    if (type->size[GRAS_THISARCH] >= type->size[r_arch]) {
+    if (type->size[GRAS_THISARCH] == type->size[r_arch]) {
       TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)l_data, type->size[r_arch]));
-      TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(type,r_arch, l_data,l_data));
+      TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(type,1,r_arch, l_data,l_data));
     } else {
       void *ptr = NULL;
       ptr = malloc((size_t)type->size[r_arch]);
       TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)ptr, type->size[r_arch]));
-      TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(type,r_arch, ptr,l_data));
+      TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(type,1,r_arch, ptr,l_data));
       free(ptr);
     }
     break;
@@ -498,11 +560,9 @@ gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
 
     struct_data = type->category.struct_data;
 
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,type->size[GRAS_THISARCH],r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-
+    gras_assert1(struct_data.closed,
+               "Please call gras_datadesc_declare_struct_close on %s before receiving it",
+               type->name);
     VERB1(">> Receive all fields of the structure %s",type->name);
     gras_dynar_foreach(struct_data.fields, cpt, field) {
       char                 *field_data = l_data + field->offset[GRAS_THISARCH];
@@ -511,7 +571,7 @@ gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
 
       TRY(gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type,
                                 r_arch,NULL,0,
-                                &field_data));
+                                field_data,-1));
     }
     VERB1("<< Received all fields of the structure %s", type->name);
     
@@ -525,11 +585,9 @@ gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
 
     union_data = type->category.union_data;
 
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,type->size[GRAS_THISARCH],r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-
+    gras_assert1(union_data.closed,
+               "Please call gras_datadesc_declare_union_close on %s before receiving it",
+               type->name);
     /* retrieve the field number */
     TRY(gras_dd_recv_int(sock, r_arch, &field_num));
     if (field_num < 0)
@@ -546,7 +604,7 @@ gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     
     TRY(gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type,
                               r_arch,NULL,0,
-                              dst));
+                              l_data,-1));
     break;
   }
 
@@ -574,16 +632,12 @@ gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)r_ref,
                            pointer_type->size[r_arch]));
 
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,type->size[GRAS_THISARCH],r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-
     /* Receive the pointed data only if not already sent */
     if (gras_dd_is_r_null(r_ref, pointer_type->size[r_arch])) {
-      VERB1("Not receiving data remotely referenced at %p since it's NULL",
+      VERB1("Not receiving data remotely referenced @%p since it's NULL",
            *(void **)r_ref);
       *(void**)l_data = NULL;
+      free(r_ref);
       break;
     }
     errcode = gras_dict_get_ext(refs,
@@ -592,28 +646,53 @@ gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
 
 
     if (errcode == mismatch_error) {
+      int subsubcount = -1;
       void *l_referenced=NULL;
-      VERB1("Receiving data remotely referenced at %p", *(void**)r_ref);
 
       TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(ref_code, &sub_type));
-      //      DEBUG2("l_ref= %p; &l_ref=%p",l_referenced,&l_referenced);
+      
+      VERB2("Receiving a ref to '%s', remotely @%p",
+           sub_type->name, *(void**)r_ref);
+      if (sub_type->category_code == e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_array) {
+       /* Damn. Reference to a dynamic array. Allocating the size for it 
+          is more complicated */
+       gras_dd_cat_array_t array_data = sub_type->category.array_data;
+       gras_datadesc_type_t *subsub_type;
+
+       subsubcount = array_data.fixed_size;
+       if (subsubcount < 0)
+         TRY(gras_dd_recv_int(sock, r_arch, &subsubcount));
+
+       TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(array_data.code, &subsub_type));
+
+
+       TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,
+                             subsub_type->size[GRAS_THISARCH] * subsubcount, 
+                             r_ref,pointer_type->size[r_arch], 
+                             (char**)&l_referenced));
+      } else {
+       TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,sub_type->size[GRAS_THISARCH], 
+                             r_ref,pointer_type->size[r_arch], 
+                             (char**)&l_referenced));
+      }
+
       TRY(gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type,
                                 r_arch,r_ref,pointer_type->size[r_arch],
-                                (char**)&l_referenced));
+                                (char*)l_referenced, subsubcount));
       *(void**)l_data=l_referenced;
+      VERB3("'%s' remotely referenced at %p locally at %p",
+           sub_type->name, *(void**)r_ref, l_referenced);
       
     } else if (errcode == no_error) {
-      VERB1("NOT receiving data remotely referenced at %p (already done). ",
-           *(void**)r_ref);
-
-      VERB2("l_ref=%p; *l_ref=%p", l_ref,*l_ref);
+      VERB2("NOT receiving data remotely referenced @%p (already done, @%p here)",
+           *(void**)r_ref, *(void**)l_ref);
 
       *(void**)l_data=*l_ref;
 
     } else {
       return errcode;
     }
-    VERB1("*l_data=%p",*(void**)l_data);
+    free(r_ref);
     break;
   }
 
@@ -624,9 +703,11 @@ gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     long int  elm_size;
 
     array_data = type->category.array_data;
-    /* determine element count locally or from peer */
+    /* determine element count locally, or from caller, or from peer */
     count = array_data.fixed_size;
     if (count <= 0)
+      count = subsize;
+    if (count < 0)
       TRY(gras_dd_recv_int(sock, r_arch, &count));
     if (count < 0)
       RAISE1(mismatch_error,
@@ -634,18 +715,31 @@ gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
 
     /* receive the content */
     TRY(gras_datadesc_by_id(array_data.code, &sub_type));
-    elm_size = sub_type->aligned_size[GRAS_THISARCH];
-    
-    if (!l_data) {
-      TRY(gras_dd_alloc_ref(refs,elm_size*count,r_data,r_lgr, dst));
-      l_data = *dst;
-    } 
-
-    ptr = l_data;
-    for (cpt=0; cpt<count; cpt++) {
-      TRY(gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type,
-                                r_arch, NULL, 0, &ptr));
-      ptr += elm_size;
+    if (sub_type->category_code == e_gras_datadesc_type_cat_scalar) {
+      VERB1("Array of %d scalars, get it in one shoot", count);
+      if (sub_type->aligned_size[GRAS_THISARCH] >= 
+         sub_type->aligned_size[r_arch]) {
+       TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)l_data, 
+                               sub_type->aligned_size[r_arch] * count));
+       TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(sub_type,count,r_arch, l_data,l_data));
+      } else {
+       ptr = malloc((size_t)sub_type->aligned_size[r_arch] * count);
+       TRY(gras_trp_chunk_recv(sock, (char*)ptr, 
+                               sub_type->size[r_arch] * count));
+       TRY(gras_dd_convert_elm(sub_type,count,r_arch, ptr,l_data));
+       free(ptr);
+      }
+    } else {
+      /* not scalar content, get it recursively (may contain pointers) */
+      elm_size = sub_type->aligned_size[GRAS_THISARCH];
+      VERB2("Receive a %d-long array of %s",count, sub_type->name);
+
+      ptr = l_data;
+      for (cpt=0; cpt<count; cpt++) {
+       TRY(gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock,state,refs, sub_type,
+                                  r_arch, NULL, 0, ptr,-1));
+       ptr += elm_size;
+      }
     }
     break;
   }
@@ -654,6 +748,9 @@ gras_datadesc_recv_rec(gras_socket_t        *sock,
     gras_assert0(0, "Invalid type");
   }
   
+  if (type->recv)
+    type->recv(state,l_data);
+
   return no_error;
 }
 
@@ -668,25 +765,21 @@ gras_error_t
 gras_datadesc_recv(gras_socket_t *sock, 
                   gras_datadesc_type_t *type, 
                   int r_arch,
-                  void **dst) {
+                  void *dst) {
 
   gras_error_t errcode;
-  gras_dd_cbps_t *state = NULL; /* callback persistent state */
+  gras_cbps_t *state = NULL; /* callback persistent state */
   gras_dict_t    *refs;         /* all references already sent */
 
   TRY(gras_dict_new(&refs));
-  TRY(gras_dd_cbps_new(&state));
-  if (!dst)
-    CRITICAL0("Cannot receive data into a NULL pointer!");
-  if (*dst) 
-    VERB0("'*dst' not NULL in datadesc_recv. Data to be copied there without malloc");
+  TRY(gras_cbps_new(&state));
 
   errcode = gras_datadesc_recv_rec(sock, state, refs, type, 
                                   r_arch, NULL, 0,
-                                  (char **) dst);
+                                  (char *) dst,-1);
 
   gras_dict_free(&refs);
-  gras_dd_cbps_free(&state);
+  gras_cbps_free(&state);
 
   return errcode;
 }