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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                           Colorado State University,
+ *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "lp-fragmenter.hpp"
+#include "link-service.hpp"
+#include <ndn-cxx/encoding/tlv.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace face {
+
+NFD_LOG_INIT("LpFragmenter");
+
+static_assert(lp::tlv::LpPacket < 253, "LpPacket TLV-TYPE must fit in 1 octet");
+static_assert(lp::tlv::Sequence < 253, "Sequence TLV-TYPE must fit in 1 octet");
+static_assert(lp::tlv::FragIndex < 253, "FragIndex TLV-TYPE must fit in 1 octet");
+static_assert(lp::tlv::FragCount < 253, "FragCount TLV-TYPE must fit in 1 octet");
+static_assert(lp::tlv::Fragment < 253, "Fragment TLV-TYPE must fit in 1 octet");
+
+/** \brief maximum overhead on a single fragment,
+ *         not counting other NDNLPv2 headers
+ */
+static const size_t MAX_SINGLE_FRAG_OVERHEAD =
+  1 + 9 + // LpPacket TLV-TYPE and TLV-LENGTH
+  1 + 1 + 8 + // Sequence TLV
+  1 + 9; // Fragment TLV-TYPE and TLV-LENGTH
+
+/** \brief maximum overhead of adding fragmentation to payload,
+ *         not counting other NDNLPv2 headers
+ */
+static const size_t MAX_FRAG_OVERHEAD =
+  1 + 9 + // LpPacket TLV-TYPE and TLV-LENGTH
+  1 + 1 + 8 + // Sequence TLV
+  1 + 1 + 8 + // FragIndex TLV
+  1 + 1 + 8 + // FragCount TLV
+  1 + 9; // Fragment TLV-TYPE and TLV-LENGTH
+
+LpFragmenter::Options::Options()
+  : nMaxFragments(400)
+{
+}
+
+LpFragmenter::LpFragmenter(const LpFragmenter::Options& options, const LinkService* linkService)
+  : m_options(options)
+  , m_linkService(linkService)
+{
+}
+
+void
+LpFragmenter::setOptions(const Options& options)
+{
+  m_options = options;
+}
+
+const LinkService*
+LpFragmenter::getLinkService() const
+{
+  return m_linkService;
+}
+
+std::tuple<bool, std::vector<lp::Packet>>
+LpFragmenter::fragmentPacket(const lp::Packet& packet, size_t mtu)
+{
+  BOOST_ASSERT(packet.has<lp::FragmentField>());
+  BOOST_ASSERT(!packet.has<lp::FragIndexField>());
+  BOOST_ASSERT(!packet.has<lp::FragCountField>());
+
+  if (MAX_SINGLE_FRAG_OVERHEAD + packet.wireEncode().size() <= mtu) {
+    // fast path: fragmentation not needed
+    // To qualify for fast path, the packet must have space for adding a sequence number,
+    // because another NDNLPv2 feature may require the sequence number.
+    return std::make_tuple(true, std::vector<lp::Packet>{packet});
+  }
+
+  ndn::Buffer::const_iterator netPktBegin, netPktEnd;
+  std::tie(netPktBegin, netPktEnd) = packet.get<lp::FragmentField>();
+  size_t netPktSize = std::distance(netPktBegin, netPktEnd);
+
+  // compute size of other NDNLPv2 headers to be placed on the first fragment
+  size_t firstHeaderSize = 0;
+  const Block& packetWire = packet.wireEncode();
+  if (packetWire.type() == lp::tlv::LpPacket) {
+    for (const Block& element : packetWire.elements()) {
+      if (element.type() != lp::tlv::Fragment) {
+        firstHeaderSize += element.size();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // compute payload size
+  if (MAX_FRAG_OVERHEAD + firstHeaderSize + 1 > mtu) { // 1-octet fragment
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_WARN("fragmentation error, MTU too small for first fragment: DROP");
+    return std::make_tuple(false, std::vector<lp::Packet>{});
+  }
+  size_t firstPayloadSize = std::min(netPktSize, mtu - firstHeaderSize - MAX_FRAG_OVERHEAD);
+  size_t payloadSize = mtu - MAX_FRAG_OVERHEAD;
+  size_t fragCount = 1 + ((netPktSize - firstPayloadSize) / payloadSize) +
+                     ((netPktSize - firstPayloadSize) % payloadSize != 0);
+
+  // compute FragCount
+  if (fragCount > m_options.nMaxFragments) {
+    NFD_LOG_FACE_WARN("fragmentation error, FragCount over limit: DROP");
+    return std::make_pair(false, std::vector<lp::Packet>{});
+  }
+
+  // populate fragments
+  std::vector<lp::Packet> frags(fragCount);
+  frags.front() = packet; // copy input packet to preserve other NDNLPv2 fields
+  size_t fragIndex = 0;
+  auto fragBegin = netPktBegin,
+       fragEnd = fragBegin + firstPayloadSize;
+  while (fragBegin < netPktEnd) {
+    lp::Packet& frag = frags[fragIndex];
+    frag.add<lp::FragIndexField>(fragIndex);
+    frag.add<lp::FragCountField>(fragCount);
+    frag.set<lp::FragmentField>(std::make_pair(fragBegin, fragEnd));
+    BOOST_ASSERT(frag.wireEncode().size() <= mtu);
+
+    ++fragIndex;
+    fragBegin = fragEnd;
+    fragEnd = std::min(netPktEnd, fragBegin + payloadSize);
+  }
+  BOOST_ASSERT(fragIndex == fragCount);
+
+  return std::make_pair(true, frags);
+}
+
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os, const FaceLogHelper<LpFragmenter>& flh)
+{
+  if (flh.obj.getLinkService() == nullptr) {
+    os << "[id=0,local=unknown,remote=unknown] ";
+  }
+  else {
+    os << FaceLogHelper<LinkService>(*flh.obj.getLinkService());
+  }
+  return os;
+}
+
+} // namespace face
+} // namespace nfd