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+//
+// Copyright © 2020 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <boost/cast.hpp>
+#include <vector>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include "BasePipeServer.hpp"
+
+using namespace armnnUtils;
+
+namespace armnnProfiling
+{
+
+bool BasePipeServer::ReadFromSocket(uint8_t* packetData, uint32_t expectedLength)
+{
+    // This is a blocking read until either expectedLength has been received or an error is detected.
+    long totalBytesRead = 0;
+    while (boost::numeric_cast<uint32_t>(totalBytesRead) < expectedLength)
+    {
+        long bytesRead = Sockets::Read(m_ClientConnection, packetData, expectedLength);
+        if (bytesRead < 0)
+        {
+            std::cerr << ": Failure when reading from client socket: " << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (bytesRead == 0)
+        {
+            std::cerr << ": EOF while reading from client socket." << std::endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+        totalBytesRead += bytesRead;
+    }
+    return true;
+};
+
+bool BasePipeServer::WaitForStreamMetaData()
+{
+    if (m_EchoPackets)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Waiting for stream meta data..." << std::endl;
+    }
+    // The start of the stream metadata is 2x32bit words, 0 and packet length.
+    uint8_t header[8];
+    if (!ReadFromSocket(header, 8))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    EchoPacket(PacketDirection::ReceivedHeader, header, 8);
+    // The first word, stream_metadata_identifer, should always be 0.
+    if (ToUint32(&header[0], TargetEndianness::BeWire) != 0)
+    {
+        std::cerr << ": Protocol error. The stream_metadata_identifer was not 0." << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    uint8_t pipeMagic[4];
+    if (!ReadFromSocket(pipeMagic, 4))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    EchoPacket(PacketDirection::ReceivedData, pipeMagic, 4);
+
+    // Before we interpret the length we need to read the pipe_magic word to determine endianness.
+    if (ToUint32(&pipeMagic[0], TargetEndianness::BeWire) == PIPE_MAGIC)
+    {
+        m_Endianness = TargetEndianness::BeWire;
+    }
+    else if (ToUint32(&pipeMagic[0], TargetEndianness::LeWire) == PIPE_MAGIC)
+    {
+        m_Endianness = TargetEndianness::LeWire;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        std::cerr << ": Protocol read error. Unable to read PIPE_MAGIC value." << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+    // Now we know the endianness we can get the length from the header.
+    // Remember we already read the pipe magic 4 bytes.
+    uint32_t metaDataLength = ToUint32(&header[4], m_Endianness) - 4;
+    // Read the entire packet.
+    std::vector<uint8_t> packetData(metaDataLength);
+    if (metaDataLength !=
+        boost::numeric_cast<uint32_t>(Sockets::Read(m_ClientConnection, packetData.data(), metaDataLength)))
+    {
+        std::cerr << ": Protocol read error. Data length mismatch." << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+    EchoPacket(PacketDirection::ReceivedData, packetData.data(), metaDataLength);
+    m_StreamMetaDataVersion    = ToUint32(&packetData[0], m_Endianness);
+    m_StreamMetaDataMaxDataLen = ToUint32(&packetData[4], m_Endianness);
+    m_StreamMetaDataPid        = ToUint32(&packetData[8], m_Endianness);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+armnn::profiling::Packet BasePipeServer::WaitForPacket(uint32_t timeoutMs)
+{
+    // Is there currently more than a headers worth of data waiting to be read?
+    int bytes_available;
+    Sockets::Ioctl(m_ClientConnection, FIONREAD, &bytes_available);
+    if (bytes_available > 8)
+    {
+        // Yes there is. Read it:
+        return ReceivePacket();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // No there's not. Poll for more data.
+        struct pollfd pollingFd[1]{};
+        pollingFd[0].fd = m_ClientConnection;
+        int pollResult  = Sockets::Poll(pollingFd, 1, static_cast<int>(timeoutMs));
+
+        switch (pollResult)
+        {
+            // Error
+            case -1:
+                throw armnn::RuntimeException(std::string("File descriptor reported an error during polling: ") +
+                                              strerror(errno));
+
+                // Timeout
+            case 0:
+                throw armnn::TimeoutException("Timeout while waiting to receive packet.");
+
+                // Normal poll return. It could still contain an error signal
+            default:
+                // Check if the socket reported an error
+                if (pollingFd[0].revents & (POLLNVAL | POLLERR | POLLHUP))
+                {
+                    if (pollingFd[0].revents == POLLNVAL)
+                    {
+                        throw armnn::RuntimeException(std::string("Error while polling receiving socket: POLLNVAL"));
+                    }
+                    if (pollingFd[0].revents == POLLERR)
+                    {
+                        throw armnn::RuntimeException(std::string("Error while polling receiving socket: POLLERR: ") +
+                                                      strerror(errno));
+                    }
+                    if (pollingFd[0].revents == POLLHUP)
+                    {
+                        throw armnn::RuntimeException(std::string("Connection closed by remote client: POLLHUP"));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Check if there is data to read
+                if (!(pollingFd[0].revents & (POLLIN)))
+                {
+                    // This is a corner case. The socket as been woken up but not with any data.
+                    // We'll throw a timeout exception to loop around again.
+                    throw armnn::TimeoutException("File descriptor was polled but no data was available to receive.");
+                }
+                return ReceivePacket();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+armnn::profiling::Packet BasePipeServer::ReceivePacket()
+{
+    uint32_t header[2];
+    if (!ReadHeader(header))
+    {
+        return armnn::profiling::Packet();
+    }
+    // Read data_length bytes from the socket.
+    std::unique_ptr<unsigned char[]> uniquePacketData = std::make_unique<unsigned char[]>(header[1]);
+    unsigned char* packetData                         = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(uniquePacketData.get());
+
+    if (!ReadFromSocket(packetData, header[1]))
+    {
+        return armnn::profiling::Packet();
+    }
+
+    EchoPacket(PacketDirection::ReceivedData, packetData, header[1]);
+
+    // Construct received packet
+    armnn::profiling::Packet packetRx = armnn::profiling::Packet(header[0], header[1], uniquePacketData);
+    if (m_EchoPackets)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Processing packet ID= " << packetRx.GetPacketId() << " Length=" << packetRx.GetLength()
+                  << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    return packetRx;
+}
+
+bool BasePipeServer::SendPacket(uint32_t packetFamily, uint32_t packetId, const uint8_t* data, uint32_t dataLength)
+{
+    // Construct a packet from the id and data given and send it to the client.
+    // Encode the header.
+    uint32_t header[2];
+    header[0] = packetFamily << 26 | packetId << 16;
+    header[1] = dataLength;
+    // Add the header to the packet.
+    std::vector<uint8_t> packet(8 + dataLength);
+    InsertU32(header[0], packet.data(), m_Endianness);
+    InsertU32(header[1], packet.data() + 4, m_Endianness);
+    // And the rest of the data if there is any.
+    if (dataLength > 0)
+    {
+        memcpy((packet.data() + 8), data, dataLength);
+    }
+    EchoPacket(PacketDirection::Sending, packet.data(), packet.size());
+    if (-1 == armnnUtils::Sockets::Write(m_ClientConnection, packet.data(), packet.size()))
+    {
+        std::cerr  << ": Failure when writing to client socket: " << strerror(errno) << std::endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool BasePipeServer::ReadHeader(uint32_t headerAsWords[2])
+{
+    // The header will always be 2x32bit words.
+    uint8_t header[8];
+    if (!ReadFromSocket(header, 8))
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    EchoPacket(PacketDirection::ReceivedHeader, header, 8);
+    headerAsWords[0] = ToUint32(&header[0], m_Endianness);
+    headerAsWords[1] = ToUint32(&header[4], m_Endianness);
+    return true;
+}
+
+void BasePipeServer::EchoPacket(PacketDirection direction, uint8_t* packet, size_t lengthInBytes)
+{
+    // If enabled print the contents of the data packet to the console.
+    if (m_EchoPackets)
+    {
+        if (direction == PacketDirection::Sending)
+        {
+            std::cout << "TX " << std::dec << lengthInBytes << " bytes : ";
+        }
+        else if (direction == PacketDirection::ReceivedHeader)
+        {
+            std::cout << "RX Header " << std::dec << lengthInBytes << " bytes : ";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            std::cout << "RX Data " << std::dec << lengthInBytes << " bytes : ";
+        }
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < lengthInBytes; i++)
+        {
+            if ((i % 10) == 0)
+            {
+                std::cout << std::endl;
+            }
+            std::cout << "0x" << std::setfill('0') << std::setw(2) << std::hex << static_cast<unsigned int>(packet[i])
+                      << " ";
+        }
+        std::cout << std::endl;
+    }
+}
+
+uint32_t BasePipeServer::ToUint32(uint8_t* data, TargetEndianness endianness)
+{
+    // Extract the first 4 bytes starting at data and push them into a 32bit integer based on the
+    // specified endianness.
+    if (endianness == TargetEndianness::BeWire)
+    {
+        return static_cast<uint32_t>(data[0]) << 24 | static_cast<uint32_t>(data[1]) << 16 |
+               static_cast<uint32_t>(data[2]) << 8 | static_cast<uint32_t>(data[3]);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return static_cast<uint32_t>(data[3]) << 24 | static_cast<uint32_t>(data[2]) << 16 |
+               static_cast<uint32_t>(data[1]) << 8 | static_cast<uint32_t>(data[0]);
+    }
+}
+
+void BasePipeServer::InsertU32(uint32_t value, uint8_t* data, TargetEndianness endianness)
+{
+    // Take the bytes of a 32bit integer and copy them into char array starting at data considering
+    // the endianness value.
+    if (endianness == TargetEndianness::BeWire)
+    {
+        *data       = static_cast<uint8_t>((value >> 24) & 0xFF);
+        *(data + 1) = static_cast<uint8_t>((value >> 16) & 0xFF);
+        *(data + 2) = static_cast<uint8_t>((value >> 8) & 0xFF);
+        *(data + 3) = static_cast<uint8_t>(value & 0xFF);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        *(data + 3) = static_cast<uint8_t>((value >> 24) & 0xFF);
+        *(data + 2) = static_cast<uint8_t>((value >> 16) & 0xFF);
+        *(data + 1) = static_cast<uint8_t>((value >> 8) & 0xFF);
+        *data       = static_cast<uint8_t>(value & 0xFF);
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace armnnProfiling
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