fix(rpc)!: remove chunking

networking/rpc_framework/src/client/mod.rs

@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ use crate::{
     RpcHandshakeError,
     RpcServerError,
     RpcStatus,
-    RPC_CHUNKING_MAX_CHUNKS,
 };
 
 const LOG_TARGET: &str = "comms::rpc::client";
@@ -934,53 +933,17 @@ where TSubstream: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin
 
     pub async fn read_response(&mut self) -> Result<proto::RpcResponse, RpcError> {
         let timer = Instant::now();
-        let mut resp = self.next().await?;
+        let resp = self.next().await?;
         self.time_to_first_msg = Some(timer.elapsed());
         self.check_response(&resp)?;
-        let mut chunk_count = 1;
-        let mut last_chunk_flags =
-            RpcMessageFlags::from_bits(u8::try_from(resp.flags).map_err(|_| {
-                RpcStatus::protocol_error(&format!("invalid message flag: must be less than {}", u8::MAX))
-            })?)
-            .ok_or(RpcStatus::protocol_error(&format!(
-                "invalid message flag, does not match any flags ({})",
-                resp.flags
-            )))?;
-        let mut last_chunk_size = resp.payload.len();
-        self.bytes_read += last_chunk_size;
-        loop {
-            trace!(
-                target: LOG_TARGET,
-                "Chunk {} received (flags={:?}, {} bytes, {} total)",
-                chunk_count,
-                last_chunk_flags,
-                last_chunk_size,
-                resp.payload.len()
-            );
-            if !last_chunk_flags.is_more() {
-                return Ok(resp);
-            }
-
-            if chunk_count >= RPC_CHUNKING_MAX_CHUNKS {
-                return Err(RpcError::RemotePeerExceededMaxChunkCount {
-                    expected: RPC_CHUNKING_MAX_CHUNKS,
-                });
-            }
-
-            let msg = self.next().await?;
-            last_chunk_flags = RpcMessageFlags::from_bits(u8::try_from(msg.flags).map_err(|_| {
-                RpcStatus::protocol_error(&format!("invalid message flag: must be less than {}", u8::MAX))
-            })?)
-            .ok_or(RpcStatus::protocol_error(&format!(
-                "invalid message flag, does not match any flags ({})",
-                resp.flags
-            )))?;
-            last_chunk_size = msg.payload.len();
-            self.bytes_read += last_chunk_size;
-            self.check_response(&resp)?;
-            resp.payload.extend(msg.payload);
-            chunk_count += 1;
-        }
+        self.bytes_read = resp.payload.len();
+        trace!(
+            target: LOG_TARGET,
+            "Received {} bytes in {:.2?}",
+            resp.payload.len(),
+            self.time_to_first_msg.unwrap_or_default()
+        );
+        Ok(resp)
     }
 
     pub async fn read_ack(&mut self) -> Result<proto::RpcResponse, RpcError> {

networking/rpc_framework/src/lib.rs

@@ -25,17 +25,12 @@
 //! Provides a request/response protocol that supports streaming.
 //! Available with the `rpc` crate feature.
 
-// TODO: fix all tests
 // #[cfg(test)]
 // mod test;
 
 /// Maximum frame size of each RPC message. This is enforced in tokio's length delimited codec.
 /// This can be thought of as the hard limit on message size.
 pub const RPC_MAX_FRAME_SIZE: usize = 3 * 1024 * 1024; // 3 MiB
-/// Maximum number of chunks into which a message can be broken up.
-const RPC_CHUNKING_MAX_CHUNKS: usize = 16; // 16 x 256 Kib = 4 MiB max combined message size
-const RPC_CHUNKING_THRESHOLD: usize = 256 * 1024;
-const RPC_CHUNKING_SIZE_LIMIT: usize = 384 * 1024;
 
 /// The maximum request payload size
 const fn max_request_size() -> usize {
@@ -44,7 +39,7 @@ const fn max_request_size() -> usize {
 
 /// The maximum size for a single RPC response message
 const fn max_response_size() -> usize {
-    RPC_CHUNKING_MAX_CHUNKS * RPC_CHUNKING_THRESHOLD
+    RPC_MAX_FRAME_SIZE
 }
 
 /// The maximum size for a single RPC response excluding overhead

networking/rpc_framework/src/message.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use crate::{
     body::{Body, IntoBody},
     error::HandshakeRejectReason,
+    max_response_payload_size,
     proto,
     proto::rpc_session_reply::SessionResult,
     RpcError,
@@ -145,8 +146,6 @@ bitflags! {
         const FIN = 0x01;
         /// Typically sent with empty contents and used to confirm a substream is alive.
         const ACK = 0x02;
-        /// Another chunk to be received
-        const MORE = 0x04;
     }
 }
 impl RpcMessageFlags {
@@ -157,10 +156,6 @@ impl RpcMessageFlags {
     pub fn is_ack(self) -> bool {
         self.contains(Self::ACK)
     }
-
-    pub fn is_more(self) -> bool {
-        self.contains(Self::MORE)
-    }
 }
 
 impl Default for RpcMessageFlags {
@@ -218,6 +213,20 @@ impl RpcResponse {
             payload: self.payload.to_vec(),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn exceeded_message_size(self) -> RpcResponse {
+        let msg = format!(
+            "The response size exceeded the maximum allowed payload size. Max = {} bytes, Got = {} bytes",
+            max_response_payload_size() as f32,
+            self.payload.len() as f32,
+        );
+        RpcResponse {
+            request_id: self.request_id,
+            status: RpcStatusCode::MalformedResponse,
+            flags: RpcMessageFlags::FIN,
+            payload: msg.into_bytes().into(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for RpcResponse {