[Spice-devel] [PATCH 8/9] Move RedChannelClient to separate file

Jonathon Jongsma jjongsma at redhat.com
Thu Aug 4 21:17:37 UTC 2016


Reduce direct access to RedChannelClient, and get ready to convert to
GObject.
---
 server/Makefile.am                  |    3 +
 server/cursor-channel.c             |    2 +
 server/dcc-private.h                |    1 +
 server/dcc.h                        |    2 +-
 server/display-channel.c            |    3 +-
 server/inputs-channel-client.c      |    1 +
 server/inputs-channel.c             |   15 +-
 server/main-channel-client.c        |   23 +-
 server/main-channel.c               |   39 +-
 server/red-channel-client-private.h |   78 ++
 server/red-channel-client.c         | 1626 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 server/red-channel-client.h         |  177 ++++
 server/red-channel.c                | 1835 +++--------------------------------
 server/red-channel.h                |  185 +---
 server/red-qxl.c                    |   24 +-
 server/red-worker.c                 |    3 +-
 server/reds.c                       |   22 +-
 server/smartcard.c                  |    2 +-
 server/sound.c                      |    8 +-
 server/spicevmc.c                   |   31 +-
 server/stream.c                     |   11 +-
 21 files changed, 2146 insertions(+), 1945 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 server/red-channel-client-private.h
 create mode 100644 server/red-channel-client.c
 create mode 100644 server/red-channel-client.h

diff --git a/server/Makefile.am b/server/Makefile.am
index 24e6e21..a249046 100644
--- a/server/Makefile.am
+++ b/server/Makefile.am
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ libserver_la_SOURCES =				\
 	mjpeg-encoder.c				\
 	red-channel.c				\
 	red-channel.h				\
+	red-channel-client.c			\
+	red-channel-client.h			\
+	red-channel-client-private.h		\
 	red-common.h				\
 	dispatcher.c				\
 	dispatcher.h				\
diff --git a/server/cursor-channel.c b/server/cursor-channel.c
index dac929a..83ce61b 100644
--- a/server/cursor-channel.c
+++ b/server/cursor-channel.c
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <common/generated_server_marshallers.h>
+
 #include "cursor-channel.h"
+#include "red-channel-client-private.h"
 #include "cache-item.h"
 
 #define CLIENT_CURSOR_CACHE_SIZE 256
diff --git a/server/dcc-private.h b/server/dcc-private.h
index 02b51dd..dc5750b 100644
--- a/server/dcc-private.h
+++ b/server/dcc-private.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "dcc.h"
 #include "image-encoders.h"
 #include "stream.h"
+#include "red-channel-client-private.h"
 
 struct DisplayChannelClient {
     RedChannelClient base;
diff --git a/server/dcc.h b/server/dcc.h
index 1fc9fa7..69317b9 100644
--- a/server/dcc.h
+++ b/server/dcc.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ typedef struct FreeList {
 
 typedef struct DisplayChannelClient DisplayChannelClient;
 
-#define DCC_TO_DC(dcc) ((DisplayChannel*)((RedChannelClient*)dcc)->channel)
+#define DCC_TO_DC(dcc) ((DisplayChannel*)red_channel_client_get_channel((RedChannelClient*)dcc))
 #define RCC_TO_DCC(rcc) ((DisplayChannelClient*)rcc)
 
 typedef struct RedSurfaceCreateItem {
diff --git a/server/display-channel.c b/server/display-channel.c
index 4f52b79..71acfd0 100644
--- a/server/display-channel.c
+++ b/server/display-channel.c
@@ -1858,8 +1858,7 @@ static void on_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 
 static int handle_migrate_flush_mark(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
-    DisplayChannel *display_channel = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, DisplayChannel, common.base);
-    RedChannel *channel = RED_CHANNEL(display_channel);
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
 
     red_channel_pipes_add_type(channel, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MIGRATE_DATA);
     return TRUE;
diff --git a/server/inputs-channel-client.c b/server/inputs-channel-client.c
index 2f8acec..547ca43 100644
--- a/server/inputs-channel-client.c
+++ b/server/inputs-channel-client.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "inputs-channel-client.h"
 #include "inputs-channel.h"
 #include "migration-protocol.h"
+#include "red-channel-client-private.h"
 
 struct InputsChannelClient {
     RedChannelClient base;
diff --git a/server/inputs-channel.c b/server/inputs-channel.c
index e91f7e1..c881b4b 100644
--- a/server/inputs-channel.c
+++ b/server/inputs-channel.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "reds.h"
 #include "reds-stream.h"
 #include "red-channel.h"
+#include "red-channel-client.h"
 #include "inputs-channel-client.h"
 #include "main-channel-client.h"
 #include "inputs-channel.h"
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ static uint8_t *inputs_channel_alloc_msg_rcv_buf(RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                                  uint16_t type,
                                                  uint32_t size)
 {
-    InputsChannel *inputs_channel = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, InputsChannel, base);
+    InputsChannel *inputs_channel = (InputsChannel*)red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
 
     if (size > RECEIVE_BUF_SIZE) {
         spice_printerr("error: too large incoming message");
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ static void inputs_channel_send_item(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *base)
             red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_INPUTS_MOUSE_MOTION_ACK, base);
             break;
         case RED_PIPE_ITEM_MIGRATE_DATA:
-            ((InputsChannel*)rcc->channel)->src_during_migrate = FALSE;
+            ((InputsChannel*)red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc))->src_during_migrate = FALSE;
             inputs_channel_client_send_migrate_data(rcc, m, base);
             break;
         default:
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ static void inputs_channel_send_item(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *base)
 static int inputs_channel_handle_parsed(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size, uint16_t type,
                                         void *message)
 {
-    InputsChannel *inputs_channel = (InputsChannel *)rcc->channel;
+    InputsChannel *inputs_channel = (InputsChannel *)red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     InputsChannelClient *icc = (InputsChannelClient *)rcc;
     uint32_t i;
     RedsState *reds = red_channel_get_server(&inputs_channel->base);
@@ -460,13 +461,13 @@ static void inputs_channel_on_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc)
     if (!rcc) {
         return;
     }
-    inputs_release_keys(SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, InputsChannel, base));
+    inputs_release_keys((InputsChannel*)red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc));
 }
 
 static void inputs_pipe_add_init(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     RedInputsInitPipeItem *item = spice_malloc(sizeof(RedInputsInitPipeItem));
-    InputsChannel *inputs = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, InputsChannel, base);
+    InputsChannel *inputs = (InputsChannel*)red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
 
     red_pipe_item_init(&item->base, RED_PIPE_ITEM_INPUTS_INIT);
     item->modifiers = kbd_get_leds(inputs_channel_get_keyboard(inputs));
@@ -513,7 +514,7 @@ static void inputs_connect(RedChannel *channel, RedClient *client,
 
 static void inputs_migrate(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
-    InputsChannel *inputs = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, InputsChannel, base);
+    InputsChannel *inputs = (InputsChannel*)red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     inputs->src_during_migrate = TRUE;
     red_channel_client_default_migrate(rcc);
 }
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ static int inputs_channel_handle_migrate_data(RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                               void *message)
 {
     InputsChannelClient *icc = (InputsChannelClient*)rcc;
-    InputsChannel *inputs = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, InputsChannel, base);
+    InputsChannel *inputs = (InputsChannel*)red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     SpiceMigrateDataHeader *header;
     SpiceMigrateDataInputs *mig_data;
 
diff --git a/server/main-channel-client.c b/server/main-channel-client.c
index acf1bd4..879cd77 100644
--- a/server/main-channel-client.c
+++ b/server/main-channel-client.c
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 #include "main-channel-client.h"
 #include <common/generated_server_marshallers.h>
 
+#include "main-channel-client.h"
 #include "main-channel.h"
+#include "red-channel-client-private.h"
 #include "reds.h"
 
 #define NET_TEST_WARMUP_BYTES 0
@@ -636,9 +638,10 @@ static void main_channel_marshall_channels(RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                            RedPipeItem *item)
 {
     SpiceMsgChannels* channels_info;
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
 
     red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_MAIN_CHANNELS_LIST, item);
-    channels_info = reds_msg_channels_new(rcc->channel->reds);
+    channels_info = reds_msg_channels_new(channel->reds);
     spice_marshall_msg_main_channels_list(m, channels_info);
     free(channels_info);
 }
@@ -711,8 +714,9 @@ static void main_channel_marshall_migrate_data_item(RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                                     SpiceMarshaller *m,
                                                     RedPipeItem *item)
 {
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_MIGRATE_DATA, item);
-    reds_marshall_migrate_data(rcc->channel->reds, m); // TODO: from reds split. ugly separation.
+    reds_marshall_migrate_data(channel->reds, m); // TODO: from reds split. ugly separation.
 }
 
 static void main_channel_marshall_init(RedChannelClient *rcc,
@@ -720,7 +724,7 @@ static void main_channel_marshall_init(RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                        RedInitPipeItem *item)
 {
     SpiceMsgMainInit init; // TODO - remove this copy, make RedInitPipeItem reuse SpiceMsgMainInit
-
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
 
     red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_MAIN_INIT, &item->base);
     init.session_id = item->connection_id;
@@ -730,7 +734,7 @@ static void main_channel_marshall_init(RedChannelClient *rcc,
     if (item->is_client_mouse_allowed) {
         init.supported_mouse_modes |= SPICE_MOUSE_MODE_CLIENT;
     }
-    init.agent_connected = reds_has_vdagent(rcc->channel->reds);
+    init.agent_connected = reds_has_vdagent(channel->reds);
     init.agent_tokens = REDS_AGENT_WINDOW_SIZE;
     init.multi_media_time = item->multi_media_time;
     init.ram_hint = item->ram_hint;
@@ -772,11 +776,12 @@ static void main_channel_fill_migrate_dst_info(MainChannel *main_channel,
 static void main_channel_marshall_migrate_begin(SpiceMarshaller *m, RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                                 RedPipeItem *item)
 {
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     SpiceMsgMainMigrationBegin migrate;
     MainChannel *main_ch;
 
     red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_MAIN_MIGRATE_BEGIN, item);
-    main_ch = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, MainChannel, base);
+    main_ch = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(channel, MainChannel, base);
     main_channel_fill_migrate_dst_info(main_ch, &migrate.dst_info);
     spice_marshall_msg_main_migrate_begin(m, &migrate);
 }
@@ -785,11 +790,12 @@ static void main_channel_marshall_migrate_begin_seamless(SpiceMarshaller *m,
                                                          RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                                          RedPipeItem *item)
 {
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     SpiceMsgMainMigrateBeginSeamless migrate_seamless;
     MainChannel *main_ch;
 
     red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_MAIN_MIGRATE_BEGIN_SEAMLESS, item);
-    main_ch = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, MainChannel, base);
+    main_ch = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(channel, MainChannel, base);
     main_channel_fill_migrate_dst_info(main_ch, &migrate_seamless.dst_info);
     migrate_seamless.src_mig_version = SPICE_MIGRATION_PROTOCOL_VERSION;
     spice_marshall_msg_main_migrate_begin_seamless(m, &migrate_seamless);
@@ -809,12 +815,13 @@ static void main_channel_marshall_multi_media_time(RedChannelClient *rcc,
 static void main_channel_marshall_migrate_switch(SpiceMarshaller *m, RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                                  RedPipeItem *item)
 {
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     SpiceMsgMainMigrationSwitchHost migrate;
     MainChannel *main_ch;
 
     spice_printerr("");
     red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_MAIN_MIGRATE_SWITCH_HOST, item);
-    main_ch = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, MainChannel, base);
+    main_ch = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(channel, MainChannel, base);
     migrate.port = main_ch->mig_target.port;
     migrate.sport = main_ch->mig_target.sport;
     migrate.host_size = strlen(main_ch->mig_target.host) + 1;
@@ -854,7 +861,7 @@ void main_channel_client_send_item(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *base)
         base->type != RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MAIN_INIT) {
         spice_printerr("Init msg for client %p was not sent yet "
                        "(client is probably during semi-seamless migration). Ignoring msg type %d",
-                   rcc->client, base->type);
+                   red_channel_client_get_client(rcc), base->type);
         return;
     }
     switch (base->type) {
diff --git a/server/main-channel.c b/server/main-channel.c
index 42195e6..b25dba2 100644
--- a/server/main-channel.c
+++ b/server/main-channel.c
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ int main_channel_is_connected(MainChannel *main_chan)
  */
 static void main_channel_client_on_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
-    RedsState *reds = red_channel_get_server(rcc->channel);
+    RedsState *reds = red_channel_get_server(red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc));
     spice_printerr("rcc=%p", rcc);
-    main_dispatcher_client_disconnect(reds_get_main_dispatcher(reds), rcc->client);
+    main_dispatcher_client_disconnect(reds_get_main_dispatcher(reds),
+                                      red_channel_client_get_client(rcc));
 }
 
 RedClient *main_channel_get_client_by_link_id(MainChannel *main_chan, uint32_t connection_id)
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ RedClient *main_channel_get_client_by_link_id(MainChannel *main_chan, uint32_t c
     FOREACH_CLIENT(main_chan, link, next, rcc) {
         MainChannelClient *mcc = (MainChannelClient*) rcc;
         if (main_channel_client_get_connection_id(mcc) == connection_id) {
-            return rcc->client;
+            return red_channel_client_get_client(rcc);
         }
     }
     return NULL;
@@ -56,12 +57,13 @@ RedClient *main_channel_get_client_by_link_id(MainChannel *main_chan, uint32_t c
 
 static void main_channel_push_channels(MainChannelClient *mcc)
 {
-    if (red_client_during_migrate_at_target((main_channel_client_get_base(mcc))->client)) {
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = main_channel_client_get_base(mcc);
+    if (red_client_during_migrate_at_target(red_channel_client_get_client(rcc))) {
         spice_printerr("warning: ignoring unexpected SPICE_MSGC_MAIN_ATTACH_CHANNELS"
                    "during migration");
         return;
     }
-    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(main_channel_client_get_base(mcc), RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MAIN_CHANNELS_LIST);
+    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(rcc, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MAIN_CHANNELS_LIST);
 }
 
 void main_channel_push_mouse_mode(MainChannel *main_chan, int current_mode,
@@ -98,11 +100,12 @@ static void main_channel_push_migrate_data_item(MainChannel *main_chan)
 static int main_channel_handle_migrate_data(RedChannelClient *rcc,
     uint32_t size, void *message)
 {
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     MainChannelClient *mcc = (MainChannelClient*)rcc;
     SpiceMigrateDataHeader *header = (SpiceMigrateDataHeader *)message;
 
     /* not supported with multi-clients */
-    spice_assert(g_list_length(rcc->channel->clients) == 1);
+    spice_assert(g_list_length(channel->clients) == 1);
 
     if (size < sizeof(SpiceMigrateDataHeader) + sizeof(SpiceMigrateDataMain)) {
         spice_printerr("bad message size %u", size);
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ static int main_channel_handle_migrate_data(RedChannelClient *rcc,
         spice_error("bad header");
         return FALSE;
     }
-    return reds_handle_migrate_data(rcc->channel->reds, mcc, (SpiceMigrateDataMain *)(header + 1), size);
+    return reds_handle_migrate_data(channel->reds, mcc, (SpiceMigrateDataMain *)(header + 1), size);
 }
 
 void main_channel_push_multi_media_time(MainChannel *main_chan, int time)
@@ -151,7 +154,8 @@ void main_channel_migrate_switch(MainChannel *main_chan, RedsMigSpice *mig_targe
 static int main_channel_handle_parsed(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size, uint16_t type,
                                       void *message)
 {
-    MainChannel *main_chan = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, MainChannel, base);
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+    MainChannel *main_chan = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(channel, MainChannel, base);
     MainChannelClient *mcc = (MainChannelClient*)rcc;
 
     switch (type) {
@@ -163,18 +167,18 @@ static int main_channel_handle_parsed(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size, uint
             return FALSE;
         }
         tokens = (SpiceMsgcMainAgentStart *)message;
-        reds_on_main_agent_start(rcc->channel->reds, mcc, tokens->num_tokens);
+        reds_on_main_agent_start(channel->reds, mcc, tokens->num_tokens);
         break;
     }
     case SPICE_MSGC_MAIN_AGENT_DATA: {
-        reds_on_main_agent_data(rcc->channel->reds, mcc, message, size);
+        reds_on_main_agent_data(channel->reds, mcc, message, size);
         break;
     }
     case SPICE_MSGC_MAIN_AGENT_TOKEN: {
         SpiceMsgcMainAgentTokens *tokens;
 
         tokens = (SpiceMsgcMainAgentTokens *)message;
-        reds_on_main_agent_tokens(rcc->channel->reds, mcc, tokens->num_tokens);
+        reds_on_main_agent_tokens(channel->reds, mcc, tokens->num_tokens);
         break;
     }
     case SPICE_MSGC_MAIN_ATTACH_CHANNELS:
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ static int main_channel_handle_parsed(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size, uint
             ((SpiceMsgcMainMigrateDstDoSeamless *)message)->src_version);
         break;
     case SPICE_MSGC_MAIN_MOUSE_MODE_REQUEST:
-        reds_on_main_mouse_mode_request(rcc->channel->reds, message, size);
+        reds_on_main_mouse_mode_request(channel->reds, message, size);
         break;
     case SPICE_MSGC_PONG: {
         main_channel_client_handle_pong(mcc, (SpiceMsgPing *)message, size);
@@ -219,11 +223,12 @@ static uint8_t *main_channel_alloc_msg_rcv_buf(RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                                uint16_t type,
                                                uint32_t size)
 {
-    MainChannel *main_chan = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, MainChannel, base);
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+    MainChannel *main_chan = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(channel, MainChannel, base);
     MainChannelClient *mcc = (MainChannelClient*)rcc;
 
     if (type == SPICE_MSGC_MAIN_AGENT_DATA) {
-        return reds_get_agent_data_buffer(rcc->channel->reds, mcc, size);
+        return reds_get_agent_data_buffer(channel->reds, mcc, size);
     } else {
         return main_chan->recv_buf;
     }
@@ -234,8 +239,9 @@ static void main_channel_release_msg_rcv_buf(RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                                uint32_t size,
                                                uint8_t *msg)
 {
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     if (type == SPICE_MSGC_MAIN_AGENT_DATA) {
-        reds_release_agent_data_buffer(rcc->channel->reds, msg);
+        reds_release_agent_data_buffer(channel->reds, msg);
     }
 }
 
@@ -246,8 +252,9 @@ static int main_channel_config_socket(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 
 static int main_channel_handle_migrate_flush_mark(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
     spice_debug(NULL);
-    main_channel_push_migrate_data_item(SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel,
+    main_channel_push_migrate_data_item(SPICE_CONTAINEROF(channel,
                                         MainChannel, base));
     return TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/server/red-channel-client-private.h b/server/red-channel-client-private.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ad4d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/red-channel-client-private.h
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This library 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
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _H_RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT_PRIVATE
+#define _H_RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT_PRIVATE
+
+#include "red-channel-client.h"
+#include "red-channel.h"
+
+struct RedChannelClient {
+    RedChannel *channel;
+    RedClient  *client;
+    RedsStream *stream;
+    int dummy;
+    int dummy_connected;
+
+    uint32_t refs;
+
+    struct {
+        uint32_t generation;
+        uint32_t client_generation;
+        uint32_t messages_window;
+        uint32_t client_window;
+    } ack_data;
+
+    struct {
+        SpiceMarshaller *marshaller;
+        SpiceDataHeaderOpaque header;
+        uint32_t size;
+        RedPipeItem *item;
+        int blocked;
+        uint64_t serial;
+        uint64_t last_sent_serial;
+
+        struct {
+            SpiceMarshaller *marshaller;
+            uint8_t *header_data;
+            RedPipeItem *item;
+        } main;
+
+        struct {
+            SpiceMarshaller *marshaller;
+        } urgent;
+    } send_data;
+
+    OutgoingHandler outgoing;
+    IncomingHandler incoming;
+    int during_send;
+    int id; // debugging purposes
+    Ring pipe;
+    uint32_t pipe_size;
+
+    RedChannelCapabilities remote_caps;
+    int is_mini_header;
+    gboolean destroying;
+
+    int wait_migrate_data;
+    int wait_migrate_flush_mark;
+
+    RedChannelClientLatencyMonitor latency_monitor;
+    RedChannelClientConnectivityMonitor connectivity_monitor;
+};
+
+#endif /* _H_RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT_PRIVATE */
diff --git a/server/red-channel-client.c b/server/red-channel-client.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..908dc85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/red-channel-client.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1626 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This library 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
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SOCKIOS_H
+#include <linux/sockios.h> /* SIOCOUTQ */
+#endif
+#include <common/generated_server_marshallers.h>
+
+#include "red-channel-client-private.h"
+#include "red-channel.h"
+
+#define PING_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS (MSEC_PER_SEC * 15)
+#define PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS (MSEC_PER_SEC / 10)
+
+enum QosPingState {
+    PING_STATE_NONE,
+    PING_STATE_TIMER,
+    PING_STATE_WARMUP,
+    PING_STATE_LATENCY,
+};
+
+enum ConnectivityState {
+    CONNECTIVITY_STATE_CONNECTED,
+    CONNECTIVITY_STATE_BLOCKED,
+    CONNECTIVITY_STATE_WAIT_PONG,
+    CONNECTIVITY_STATE_DISCONNECTED,
+};
+
+typedef struct RedEmptyMsgPipeItem {
+    RedPipeItem base;
+    int msg;
+} RedEmptyMsgPipeItem;
+
+typedef struct MarkerPipeItem {
+    RedPipeItem base;
+    gboolean *item_in_pipe;
+} MarkerPipeItem;
+
+static void red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t timeout)
+{
+    if (!rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_NONE) {
+        return;
+    }
+    rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_TIMER;
+    rcc->channel->core->timer_start(rcc->latency_monitor.timer, timeout);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_cancel_ping_timer(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    if (!rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_TIMER) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    rcc->channel->core->timer_cancel(rcc->latency_monitor.timer);
+    rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_NONE;
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_restart_ping_timer(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    uint64_t passed, timeout;
+
+    passed = (spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() - rcc->latency_monitor.last_pong_time) / NSEC_PER_MILLISEC;
+    timeout = PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS;
+    if (passed  < PING_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS) {
+        timeout += PING_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS - passed;
+    }
+
+    red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, timeout);
+}
+
+RedChannel* red_channel_client_get_channel(RedChannelClient* rcc)
+{
+    return rcc->channel;
+}
+
+IncomingHandler* red_channel_client_get_incoming_handler(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return &rcc->incoming;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_on_output(void *opaque, int n)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = opaque;
+
+    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
+        rcc->connectivity_monitor.out_bytes += n;
+    }
+    stat_inc_counter(reds, rcc->channel->out_bytes_counter, n);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_on_input(void *opaque, int n)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = opaque;
+
+    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
+        rcc->connectivity_monitor.in_bytes += n;
+    }
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_get_out_msg_size(void *opaque)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)opaque;
+
+    return rcc->send_data.size;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_prepare_out_msg(void *opaque, struct iovec *vec,
+                                             int *vec_size, int pos)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)opaque;
+
+    *vec_size = spice_marshaller_fill_iovec(rcc->send_data.marshaller,
+                                            vec, IOV_MAX, pos);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_on_out_block(void *opaque)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)opaque;
+
+    rcc->send_data.blocked = TRUE;
+    rcc->channel->core->watch_update_mask(rcc->stream->watch,
+                                     SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ |
+                                     SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_WRITE);
+}
+
+static inline int red_channel_client_urgent_marshaller_is_active(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return (rcc->send_data.marshaller == rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_reset_send_data(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    spice_marshaller_reset(rcc->send_data.marshaller);
+    rcc->send_data.header.data = spice_marshaller_reserve_space(rcc->send_data.marshaller,
+                                                                rcc->send_data.header.header_size);
+    spice_marshaller_set_base(rcc->send_data.marshaller, rcc->send_data.header.header_size);
+    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_type(&rcc->send_data.header, 0);
+    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_size(&rcc->send_data.header, 0);
+
+    /* Keeping the serial consecutive: resetting it if reset_send_data
+     * has been called before, but no message has been sent since then.
+     */
+    if (rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial != rcc->send_data.serial) {
+        spice_assert(rcc->send_data.serial - rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial == 1);
+        /*  When the urgent marshaller is active, the serial was incremented by
+         *  the call to reset_send_data that was made for the main marshaller.
+         *  The urgent msg receives this serial, and the main msg serial is
+         *  the following one. Thus, (rcc->send_data.serial - rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial)
+         *  should be 1 in this case*/
+        if (!red_channel_client_urgent_marshaller_is_active(rcc)) {
+            rcc->send_data.serial = rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial;
+        }
+    }
+    rcc->send_data.serial++;
+
+    if (!rcc->is_mini_header) {
+        spice_assert(rcc->send_data.marshaller != rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller);
+        rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_sub_list(&rcc->send_data.header, 0);
+        rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_serial(&rcc->send_data.header, rcc->send_data.serial);
+    }
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_send_set_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    SpiceMsgSetAck ack;
+
+    spice_assert(rcc);
+    red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_SET_ACK, NULL);
+    ack.generation = ++rcc->ack_data.generation;
+    ack.window = rcc->ack_data.client_window;
+    rcc->ack_data.messages_window = 0;
+
+    spice_marshall_msg_set_ack(rcc->send_data.marshaller, &ack);
+
+    red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_send_migrate(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    SpiceMsgMigrate migrate;
+
+    red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_MIGRATE, NULL);
+    migrate.flags = rcc->channel->migration_flags;
+    spice_marshall_msg_migrate(rcc->send_data.marshaller, &migrate);
+    if (rcc->channel->migration_flags & SPICE_MIGRATE_NEED_FLUSH) {
+        rcc->wait_migrate_flush_mark = TRUE;
+    }
+
+    red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_send_ping(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    SpiceMsgPing ping;
+
+    if (!rcc->latency_monitor.warmup_was_sent) { // latency test start
+        int delay_val;
+        socklen_t opt_size = sizeof(delay_val);
+
+        rcc->latency_monitor.warmup_was_sent = TRUE;
+        /*
+         * When testing latency, TCP_NODELAY must be switched on, otherwise,
+         * sending the ping message is delayed by Nagle algorithm, and the
+         * roundtrip measurment is less accurate (bigger).
+         */
+        rcc->latency_monitor.tcp_nodelay = 1;
+        if (getsockopt(rcc->stream->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &delay_val,
+                       &opt_size) == -1) {
+            spice_warning("getsockopt failed, %s", strerror(errno));
+        }  else {
+            rcc->latency_monitor.tcp_nodelay = delay_val;
+            if (!delay_val) {
+                delay_val = 1;
+                if (setsockopt(rcc->stream->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &delay_val,
+                               sizeof(delay_val)) == -1) {
+                   if (errno != ENOTSUP) {
+                        spice_warning("setsockopt failed, %s", strerror(errno));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_PING, NULL);
+    ping.id = rcc->latency_monitor.id;
+    ping.timestamp = spice_get_monotonic_time_ns();
+    spice_marshall_msg_ping(rcc->send_data.marshaller, &ping);
+    red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_send_empty_msg(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *base)
+{
+    RedEmptyMsgPipeItem *msg_pipe_item = SPICE_UPCAST(RedEmptyMsgPipeItem, base);
+
+    red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, msg_pipe_item->msg, NULL);
+    red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_send_item(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
+{
+    spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
+    red_channel_client_reset_send_data(rcc);
+    switch (item->type) {
+        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_SET_ACK:
+            red_channel_client_send_set_ack(rcc);
+            break;
+        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MIGRATE:
+            red_channel_client_send_migrate(rcc);
+            break;
+        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_EMPTY_MSG:
+            red_channel_client_send_empty_msg(rcc, item);
+            break;
+        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_PING:
+            red_channel_client_send_ping(rcc);
+            break;
+        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MARKER:
+            break;
+        default:
+            rcc->channel->channel_cbs.send_item(rcc, item);
+            break;
+    }
+    red_pipe_item_unref(item);
+}
+
+static inline void red_channel_client_release_sent_item(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    if (rcc->send_data.item) {
+        red_pipe_item_unref(rcc->send_data.item);
+        rcc->send_data.item = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_restore_main_sender(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    spice_marshaller_reset(rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller);
+    rcc->send_data.marshaller = rcc->send_data.main.marshaller;
+    rcc->send_data.header.data = rcc->send_data.main.header_data;
+    if (!rcc->is_mini_header) {
+        rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_serial(&rcc->send_data.header, rcc->send_data.serial);
+    }
+    rcc->send_data.item = rcc->send_data.main.item;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_on_out_msg_done(void *opaque)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)opaque;
+    int fd;
+
+    rcc->send_data.size = 0;
+
+    if (spice_marshaller_get_fd(rcc->send_data.marshaller, &fd)) {
+        if (reds_stream_send_msgfd(rcc->stream, fd) < 0) {
+            perror("sendfd");
+            red_channel_client_disconnect(rcc);
+            if (fd != -1)
+                close(fd);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (fd != -1)
+            close(fd);
+    }
+
+    red_channel_client_release_sent_item(rcc);
+    if (rcc->send_data.blocked) {
+        rcc->send_data.blocked = FALSE;
+        rcc->channel->core->watch_update_mask(rcc->stream->watch,
+                                         SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ);
+    }
+
+    if (red_channel_client_urgent_marshaller_is_active(rcc)) {
+        red_channel_client_restore_main_sender(rcc);
+        spice_assert(rcc->send_data.header.data != NULL);
+        red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
+    } else {
+        if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer && !rcc->send_data.blocked && rcc->pipe_size == 0) {
+            /* It is possible that the socket will become idle, so we may be able to test latency */
+            red_channel_client_restart_ping_timer(rcc);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_pipe_remove(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
+{
+    rcc->pipe_size--;
+    ring_remove(&item->link);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_set_remote_caps(RedChannelClient* rcc,
+                                               int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
+                                               int num_caps, uint32_t *caps)
+{
+    rcc->remote_caps.num_common_caps = num_common_caps;
+    rcc->remote_caps.common_caps = spice_memdup(common_caps, num_common_caps * sizeof(uint32_t));
+
+    rcc->remote_caps.num_caps = num_caps;
+    rcc->remote_caps.caps = spice_memdup(caps, num_caps * sizeof(uint32_t));
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_destroy_remote_caps(RedChannelClient* rcc)
+{
+    rcc->remote_caps.num_common_caps = 0;
+    free(rcc->remote_caps.common_caps);
+    rcc->remote_caps.num_caps = 0;
+    free(rcc->remote_caps.caps);
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_test_remote_common_cap(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t cap)
+{
+    return test_capability(rcc->remote_caps.common_caps,
+                           rcc->remote_caps.num_common_caps,
+                           cap);
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_test_remote_cap(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t cap)
+{
+    return test_capability(rcc->remote_caps.caps,
+                           rcc->remote_caps.num_caps,
+                           cap);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_push_ping(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    spice_assert(rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_NONE);
+    rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_WARMUP;
+    rcc->latency_monitor.warmup_was_sent = FALSE;
+    rcc->latency_monitor.id = rand();
+    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(rcc, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_PING);
+    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(rcc, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_PING);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_ping_timer(void *opaque)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = opaque;
+
+    spice_assert(rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_TIMER);
+    red_channel_client_cancel_ping_timer(rcc);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SOCKIOS_H /* SIOCOUTQ is a Linux only ioctl on sockets. */
+    {
+        int so_unsent_size = 0;
+
+        /* retrieving the occupied size of the socket's tcp snd buffer (unacked + unsent) */
+        if (ioctl(rcc->stream->socket, SIOCOUTQ, &so_unsent_size) == -1) {
+            spice_printerr("ioctl(SIOCOUTQ) failed, %s", strerror(errno));
+        }
+        if (so_unsent_size > 0) {
+            /* tcp snd buffer is still occupied. rescheduling ping */
+            red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
+        } else {
+            red_channel_client_push_ping(rcc);
+        }
+    }
+#else /* ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SOCKIOS_H */
+    /* More portable alternative code path (less accurate but avoids bogus ioctls)*/
+    red_channel_client_push_ping(rcc);
+#endif /* ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SOCKIOS_H */
+}
+
+static inline int red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return (rcc->channel->handle_acks &&
+            (rcc->ack_data.messages_window > rcc->ack_data.client_window * 2));
+}
+
+/*
+ * When a connection is not alive (and we can't detect it via a socket error), we
+ * reach one of these 2 states:
+ * (1) Sending msgs is blocked: either writes return EAGAIN
+ *     or we are missing MSGC_ACK from the client.
+ * (2) MSG_PING was sent without receiving a MSGC_PONG in reply.
+ *
+ * The connectivity_timer callback tests if the channel's state matches one of the above.
+ * In case it does, on the next time the timer is called, it checks if the connection has
+ * been idle during the time that passed since the previous timer call. If the connection
+ * has been idle, we consider the client as disconnected.
+ */
+static void red_channel_client_connectivity_timer(void *opaque)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = opaque;
+    RedChannelClientConnectivityMonitor *monitor = &rcc->connectivity_monitor;
+    int is_alive = TRUE;
+
+    if (monitor->state == CONNECTIVITY_STATE_BLOCKED) {
+        if (monitor->in_bytes == 0 && monitor->out_bytes == 0) {
+            if (!rcc->send_data.blocked && !red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(rcc)) {
+                spice_error("mismatch between rcc-state and connectivity-state");
+            }
+            spice_debug("rcc is blocked; connection is idle");
+            is_alive = FALSE;
+        }
+    } else if (monitor->state == CONNECTIVITY_STATE_WAIT_PONG) {
+        if (monitor->in_bytes == 0) {
+            if (rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_WARMUP &&
+                rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_LATENCY) {
+                spice_error("mismatch between rcc-state and connectivity-state");
+            }
+            spice_debug("rcc waits for pong; connection is idle");
+            is_alive = FALSE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (is_alive) {
+        monitor->in_bytes = 0;
+        monitor->out_bytes = 0;
+        if (rcc->send_data.blocked || red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(rcc)) {
+            monitor->state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_BLOCKED;
+        } else if (rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_WARMUP ||
+                   rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_LATENCY) {
+            monitor->state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_WAIT_PONG;
+        } else {
+             monitor->state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_CONNECTED;
+        }
+        rcc->channel->core->timer_start(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer,
+                                        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timeout);
+    } else {
+        monitor->state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_DISCONNECTED;
+        spice_warning("rcc %p on channel %d:%d has been unresponsive for more than %u ms, disconnecting",
+                      rcc, rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id, monitor->timeout);
+        red_channel_client_disconnect(rcc);
+    }
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_start_connectivity_monitoring(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t timeout_ms)
+{
+    if (!red_channel_client_is_connected(rcc)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    spice_debug(NULL);
+    spice_assert(timeout_ms > 0);
+    /*
+     * If latency_monitor is not active, we activate it in order to enable
+     * periodic ping messages so that we will be be able to identify a disconnected
+     * channel-client even if there are no ongoing channel specific messages
+     * on this channel.
+     */
+    if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer == NULL) {
+        rcc->latency_monitor.timer = rcc->channel->core->timer_add(
+            rcc->channel->core, red_channel_client_ping_timer, rcc);
+        if (!red_client_during_migrate_at_target(rcc->client)) {
+            red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
+        }
+        rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip = -1;
+    }
+    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer == NULL) {
+        rcc->connectivity_monitor.state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_CONNECTED;
+        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer = rcc->channel->core->timer_add(
+            rcc->channel->core, red_channel_client_connectivity_timer, rcc);
+        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timeout = timeout_ms;
+        if (!red_client_during_migrate_at_target(rcc->client)) {
+           rcc->channel->core->timer_start(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer,
+                                           rcc->connectivity_monitor.timeout);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_event(int fd, int event, void *data)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)data;
+
+    red_channel_client_ref(rcc);
+    if (event & SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ) {
+        red_channel_client_receive(rcc);
+    }
+    if (event & SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_WRITE) {
+        red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+    }
+    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
+}
+
+static uint32_t full_header_get_msg_size(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header)
+{
+    return GUINT32_FROM_LE(((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->size);
+}
+
+static uint32_t mini_header_get_msg_size(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header)
+{
+    return GUINT32_FROM_LE(((SpiceMiniDataHeader *)header->data)->size);
+}
+
+static uint16_t full_header_get_msg_type(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header)
+{
+    return GUINT16_FROM_LE(((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->type);
+}
+
+static uint16_t mini_header_get_msg_type(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header)
+{
+    return GUINT16_FROM_LE(((SpiceMiniDataHeader *)header->data)->type);
+}
+
+static void full_header_set_msg_type(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint16_t type)
+{
+    ((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->type = GUINT16_TO_LE(type);
+}
+
+static void mini_header_set_msg_type(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint16_t type)
+{
+    ((SpiceMiniDataHeader *)header->data)->type = GUINT16_TO_LE(type);
+}
+
+static void full_header_set_msg_size(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint32_t size)
+{
+    ((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->size = GUINT32_TO_LE(size);
+}
+
+static void mini_header_set_msg_size(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint32_t size)
+{
+    ((SpiceMiniDataHeader *)header->data)->size = GUINT32_TO_LE(size);
+}
+
+static void full_header_set_msg_serial(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint64_t serial)
+{
+    ((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->serial = GUINT64_TO_LE(serial);
+}
+
+static void mini_header_set_msg_serial(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint64_t serial)
+{
+    spice_error("attempt to set header serial on mini header");
+}
+
+static void full_header_set_msg_sub_list(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint32_t sub_list)
+{
+    ((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->sub_list = GUINT32_TO_LE(sub_list);
+}
+
+static void mini_header_set_msg_sub_list(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint32_t sub_list)
+{
+    spice_error("attempt to set header sub list on mini header");
+}
+
+static const SpiceDataHeaderOpaque full_header_wrapper = {NULL, sizeof(SpiceDataHeader),
+                                                          full_header_set_msg_type,
+                                                          full_header_set_msg_size,
+                                                          full_header_set_msg_serial,
+                                                          full_header_set_msg_sub_list,
+                                                          full_header_get_msg_type,
+                                                          full_header_get_msg_size};
+
+static const SpiceDataHeaderOpaque mini_header_wrapper = {NULL, sizeof(SpiceMiniDataHeader),
+                                                          mini_header_set_msg_type,
+                                                          mini_header_set_msg_size,
+                                                          mini_header_set_msg_serial,
+                                                          mini_header_set_msg_sub_list,
+                                                          mini_header_get_msg_type,
+                                                          mini_header_get_msg_size};
+
+static int red_channel_client_pre_create_validate(RedChannel *channel, RedClient  *client)
+{
+    if (red_client_get_channel(client, channel->type, channel->id)) {
+        spice_printerr("Error client %p: duplicate channel type %d id %d",
+                       client, channel->type, channel->id);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+RedChannelClient *red_channel_client_create(int size, RedChannel *channel, RedClient  *client,
+                                            RedsStream *stream,
+                                            int monitor_latency,
+                                            int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
+                                            int num_caps, uint32_t *caps)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = NULL;
+
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&client->lock);
+    if (!red_channel_client_pre_create_validate(channel, client)) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+    spice_assert(stream && channel && size >= sizeof(RedChannelClient));
+    rcc = spice_malloc0(size);
+    rcc->stream = stream;
+    rcc->channel = channel;
+    rcc->client = client;
+    rcc->refs = 1;
+    rcc->ack_data.messages_window = ~0;  // blocks send message (maybe use send_data.blocked +
+                                             // block flags)
+    rcc->ack_data.client_generation = ~0;
+    rcc->ack_data.client_window = CLIENT_ACK_WINDOW;
+    rcc->send_data.main.marshaller = spice_marshaller_new();
+    rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller = spice_marshaller_new();
+
+    rcc->send_data.marshaller = rcc->send_data.main.marshaller;
+
+    rcc->incoming.opaque = rcc;
+    rcc->incoming.cb = &channel->incoming_cb;
+
+    rcc->outgoing.opaque = rcc;
+    rcc->outgoing.cb = &channel->outgoing_cb;
+    rcc->outgoing.pos = 0;
+    rcc->outgoing.size = 0;
+
+    red_channel_client_set_remote_caps(rcc, num_common_caps, common_caps, num_caps, caps);
+    if (red_channel_client_test_remote_common_cap(rcc, SPICE_COMMON_CAP_MINI_HEADER)) {
+        rcc->incoming.header = mini_header_wrapper;
+        rcc->send_data.header = mini_header_wrapper;
+        rcc->is_mini_header = TRUE;
+    } else {
+        rcc->incoming.header = full_header_wrapper;
+        rcc->send_data.header = full_header_wrapper;
+        rcc->is_mini_header = FALSE;
+    }
+
+    rcc->incoming.header.data = rcc->incoming.header_buf;
+    rcc->incoming.serial = 1;
+
+    if (!channel->channel_cbs.config_socket(rcc)) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    ring_init(&rcc->pipe);
+    rcc->pipe_size = 0;
+
+    stream->watch = channel->core->watch_add(channel->core,
+                                           stream->socket,
+                                           SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ,
+                                           red_channel_client_event, rcc);
+    rcc->id = g_list_length(channel->clients);
+    red_channel_add_client(channel, rcc);
+    red_client_add_channel(client, rcc);
+    red_channel_ref(channel);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
+
+    if (monitor_latency && reds_stream_get_family(stream) != AF_UNIX) {
+        rcc->latency_monitor.timer = channel->core->timer_add(
+            channel->core, red_channel_client_ping_timer, rcc);
+        if (!client->during_target_migrate) {
+            red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
+        }
+        rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip = -1;
+    }
+
+    return rcc;
+error:
+    free(rcc);
+    reds_stream_free(stream);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+RedChannelClient *red_channel_client_create_dummy(int size,
+                                                  RedChannel *channel,
+                                                  RedClient  *client,
+                                                  int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
+                                                  int num_caps, uint32_t *caps)
+{
+    RedChannelClient *rcc = NULL;
+
+    spice_assert(size >= sizeof(RedChannelClient));
+
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&client->lock);
+    if (!red_channel_client_pre_create_validate(channel, client)) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+    rcc = spice_malloc0(size);
+    rcc->refs = 1;
+    rcc->client = client;
+    rcc->channel = channel;
+    red_channel_ref(channel);
+    red_channel_client_set_remote_caps(rcc, num_common_caps, common_caps, num_caps, caps);
+    if (red_channel_client_test_remote_common_cap(rcc, SPICE_COMMON_CAP_MINI_HEADER)) {
+        rcc->incoming.header = mini_header_wrapper;
+        rcc->send_data.header = mini_header_wrapper;
+        rcc->is_mini_header = TRUE;
+    } else {
+        rcc->incoming.header = full_header_wrapper;
+        rcc->send_data.header = full_header_wrapper;
+        rcc->is_mini_header = FALSE;
+    }
+
+    rcc->incoming.header.data = rcc->incoming.header_buf;
+    rcc->incoming.serial = 1;
+    ring_init(&rcc->pipe);
+
+    rcc->dummy = TRUE;
+    rcc->dummy_connected = TRUE;
+    red_channel_add_client(channel, rcc);
+    red_client_add_channel(client, rcc);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
+    return rcc;
+error:
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_seamless_migration_done(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    rcc->wait_migrate_data = FALSE;
+
+    if (red_client_seamless_migration_done_for_channel(rcc->client)) {
+        if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
+            red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
+        }
+        if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
+            rcc->channel->core->timer_start(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer,
+                                            rcc->connectivity_monitor.timeout);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_semi_seamless_migration_complete(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
+        red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    }
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_is_waiting_for_migrate_data(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return rcc->wait_migrate_data;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_default_migrate(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
+        red_channel_client_cancel_ping_timer(rcc);
+        rcc->channel->core->timer_remove(rcc->latency_monitor.timer);
+        rcc->latency_monitor.timer = NULL;
+    }
+    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
+       rcc->channel->core->timer_remove(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer);
+        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer = NULL;
+    }
+    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(rcc, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MIGRATE);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_ref(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    rcc->refs++;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_unref(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    if (--rcc->refs != 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    spice_debug("destroy rcc=%p", rcc);
+
+    reds_stream_free(rcc->stream);
+    rcc->stream = NULL;
+
+    if (rcc->send_data.main.marshaller) {
+        spice_marshaller_destroy(rcc->send_data.main.marshaller);
+    }
+
+    if (rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller) {
+        spice_marshaller_destroy(rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller);
+    }
+
+    red_channel_client_destroy_remote_caps(rcc);
+    if (rcc->channel) {
+        red_channel_unref(rcc->channel);
+    }
+    free(rcc);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_destroy(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    rcc->destroying = TRUE;
+    red_channel_client_disconnect(rcc);
+    red_client_remove_channel(rcc);
+    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_shutdown(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    if (rcc->stream && !rcc->stream->shutdown) {
+        rcc->channel->core->watch_remove(rcc->stream->watch);
+        rcc->stream->watch = NULL;
+        shutdown(rcc->stream->socket, SHUT_RDWR);
+        rcc->stream->shutdown = TRUE;
+    }
+}
+
+static void red_peer_handle_outgoing(RedsStream *stream, OutgoingHandler *handler)
+{
+    ssize_t n;
+
+    if (!stream) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (handler->size == 0) {
+        handler->vec = handler->vec_buf;
+        handler->size = handler->cb->get_msg_size(handler->opaque);
+        if (!handler->size) {  // nothing to be sent
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (;;) {
+        handler->cb->prepare(handler->opaque, handler->vec, &handler->vec_size, handler->pos);
+        n = reds_stream_writev(stream, handler->vec, handler->vec_size);
+        if (n == -1) {
+            switch (errno) {
+            case EAGAIN:
+                handler->cb->on_block(handler->opaque);
+                return;
+            case EINTR:
+                continue;
+            case EPIPE:
+                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
+                return;
+            default:
+                spice_printerr("%s", strerror(errno));
+                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
+                return;
+            }
+        } else {
+            handler->pos += n;
+            handler->cb->on_output(handler->opaque, n);
+            if (handler->pos == handler->size) { // finished writing data
+                /* reset handler before calling on_msg_done, since it
+                 * can trigger another call to red_peer_handle_outgoing (when
+                 * switching from the urgent marshaller to the main one */
+                handler->vec = handler->vec_buf;
+                handler->pos = 0;
+                handler->size = 0;
+                handler->cb->on_msg_done(handler->opaque);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* return the number of bytes read. -1 in case of error */
+static int red_peer_receive(RedsStream *stream, uint8_t *buf, uint32_t size)
+{
+    uint8_t *pos = buf;
+    while (size) {
+        int now;
+        if (stream->shutdown) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        now = reds_stream_read(stream, pos, size);
+        if (now <= 0) {
+            if (now == 0) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            spice_assert(now == -1);
+            if (errno == EAGAIN) {
+                break;
+            } else if (errno == EINTR) {
+                continue;
+            } else if (errno == EPIPE) {
+                return -1;
+            } else {
+                spice_printerr("%s", strerror(errno));
+                return -1;
+            }
+        } else {
+            size -= now;
+            pos += now;
+        }
+    }
+    return pos - buf;
+}
+
+// TODO: this implementation, as opposed to the old implementation in red_worker,
+// does many calls to red_peer_receive and through it cb_read, and thus avoids pointer
+// arithmetic for the case where a single cb_read could return multiple messages. But
+// this is suboptimal potentially. Profile and consider fixing.
+static void red_peer_handle_incoming(RedsStream *stream, IncomingHandler *handler)
+{
+    int bytes_read;
+    uint8_t *parsed;
+    size_t parsed_size;
+    message_destructor_t parsed_free;
+    uint16_t msg_type;
+    uint32_t msg_size;
+
+    /* XXX: This needs further investigation as to the underlying cause, it happened
+     * after spicec disconnect (but not with spice-gtk) repeatedly. */
+    if (!stream) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (;;) {
+        int ret_handle;
+        if (handler->header_pos < handler->header.header_size) {
+            bytes_read = red_peer_receive(stream,
+                                          handler->header.data + handler->header_pos,
+                                          handler->header.header_size - handler->header_pos);
+            if (bytes_read == -1) {
+                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
+                return;
+            }
+            handler->cb->on_input(handler->opaque, bytes_read);
+            handler->header_pos += bytes_read;
+
+            if (handler->header_pos != handler->header.header_size) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        msg_size = handler->header.get_msg_size(&handler->header);
+        msg_type = handler->header.get_msg_type(&handler->header);
+        if (handler->msg_pos < msg_size) {
+            if (!handler->msg) {
+                handler->msg = handler->cb->alloc_msg_buf(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size);
+                if (handler->msg == NULL) {
+                    spice_printerr("ERROR: channel refused to allocate buffer.");
+                    handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            bytes_read = red_peer_receive(stream,
+                                          handler->msg + handler->msg_pos,
+                                          msg_size - handler->msg_pos);
+            if (bytes_read == -1) {
+                handler->cb->release_msg_buf(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size, handler->msg);
+                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
+                return;
+            }
+            handler->cb->on_input(handler->opaque, bytes_read);
+            handler->msg_pos += bytes_read;
+            if (handler->msg_pos != msg_size) {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (handler->cb->parser) {
+            parsed = handler->cb->parser(handler->msg,
+                handler->msg + msg_size, msg_type,
+                SPICE_VERSION_MINOR, &parsed_size, &parsed_free);
+            if (parsed == NULL) {
+                spice_printerr("failed to parse message type %d", msg_type);
+                handler->cb->release_msg_buf(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size, handler->msg);
+                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
+                return;
+            }
+            ret_handle = handler->cb->handle_parsed(handler->opaque, parsed_size,
+                                                    msg_type, parsed);
+            parsed_free(parsed);
+        } else {
+            ret_handle = handler->cb->handle_message(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size,
+                                                     handler->msg);
+        }
+        handler->msg_pos = 0;
+        handler->cb->release_msg_buf(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size, handler->msg);
+        handler->msg = NULL;
+        handler->header_pos = 0;
+
+        if (!ret_handle) {
+            handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_receive(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    red_channel_client_ref(rcc);
+    red_peer_handle_incoming(rcc->stream, &rcc->incoming);
+    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_send(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    red_channel_client_ref(rcc);
+    red_peer_handle_outgoing(rcc->stream, &rcc->outgoing);
+    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
+}
+
+static inline RedPipeItem *red_channel_client_pipe_item_get(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    RedPipeItem *item;
+
+    if (!rcc || rcc->send_data.blocked
+             || red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(rcc)
+             || !(item = (RedPipeItem *)ring_get_tail(&rcc->pipe))) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    red_channel_client_pipe_remove(rcc, item);
+    return item;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_push(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    RedPipeItem *pipe_item;
+
+    if (!rcc->during_send) {
+        rcc->during_send = TRUE;
+    } else {
+        return;
+    }
+    red_channel_client_ref(rcc);
+    if (rcc->send_data.blocked) {
+        red_channel_client_send(rcc);
+    }
+
+    if (!red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc) && !rcc->send_data.blocked) {
+        rcc->send_data.blocked = TRUE;
+        spice_printerr("ERROR: an item waiting to be sent and not blocked");
+    }
+
+    while ((pipe_item = red_channel_client_pipe_item_get(rcc))) {
+        red_channel_client_send_item(rcc, pipe_item);
+    }
+    if (red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc) && ring_is_empty(&rcc->pipe)
+        && rcc->stream->watch) {
+        rcc->channel->core->watch_update_mask(rcc->stream->watch,
+                                              SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ);
+    }
+    rcc->during_send = FALSE;
+    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_get_roundtrip_ms(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    if (rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip < 0) {
+        return rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip;
+    }
+    return rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip / NSEC_PER_MILLISEC;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_init_outgoing_messages_window(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    rcc->ack_data.messages_window = 0;
+    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_handle_pong(RedChannelClient *rcc, SpiceMsgPing *ping)
+{
+    uint64_t now;
+
+    /* ignoring unexpected pongs, or post-migration pongs for pings that
+     * started just before migration */
+    if (ping->id != rcc->latency_monitor.id) {
+        spice_warning("ping-id (%u)!= pong-id %u",
+                      rcc->latency_monitor.id, ping->id);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    now = spice_get_monotonic_time_ns();
+
+    if (rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_WARMUP) {
+        rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_LATENCY;
+        return;
+    } else if (rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_LATENCY) {
+        spice_warning("unexpected");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* set TCP_NODELAY=0, in case we reverted it for the test*/
+    if (!rcc->latency_monitor.tcp_nodelay) {
+        int delay_val = 0;
+
+        if (setsockopt(rcc->stream->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &delay_val,
+                       sizeof(delay_val)) == -1) {
+            if (errno != ENOTSUP) {
+                spice_warning("setsockopt failed, %s", strerror(errno));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * The real network latency shouldn't change during the connection. However,
+     *  the measurements can be bigger than the real roundtrip due to other
+     *  threads or processes that are utilizing the network. We update the roundtrip
+     *  measurement with the minimal value we encountered till now.
+     */
+    if (rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip < 0 ||
+        now - ping->timestamp < rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip) {
+        rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip = now - ping->timestamp;
+        spice_debug("update roundtrip %.2f(ms)", ((double)rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip)/NSEC_PER_MILLISEC);
+    }
+
+    rcc->latency_monitor.last_pong_time = now;
+    rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_NONE;
+    red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_handle_migrate_flush_mark(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+    if (channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_flush_mark) {
+        channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_flush_mark(rcc);
+    }
+}
+
+// TODO: the whole migration is broken with multiple clients. What do we want to do?
+// basically just
+//  1) source send mark to all
+//  2) source gets at various times the data (waits for all)
+//  3) source migrates to target
+//  4) target sends data to all
+// So need to make all the handlers work with per channel/client data (what data exactly?)
+static void red_channel_handle_migrate_data(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size, void *message)
+{
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+    spice_debug("channel type %d id %d rcc %p size %u",
+                channel->type, channel->id, rcc, size);
+    if (!channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_data) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!red_channel_client_is_waiting_for_migrate_data(rcc)) {
+        spice_channel_client_error(rcc, "unexpected");
+        return;
+    }
+    if (channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_data_get_serial) {
+        red_channel_client_set_message_serial(rcc,
+            channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_data_get_serial(rcc, size, message));
+    }
+    if (!channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_data(rcc, size, message)) {
+        spice_channel_client_error(rcc, "handle_migrate_data failed");
+        return;
+    }
+    red_channel_client_seamless_migration_done(rcc);
+}
+
+
+int red_channel_client_handle_message(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size,
+                                      uint16_t type, void *message)
+{
+    switch (type) {
+    case SPICE_MSGC_ACK_SYNC:
+        if (size != sizeof(uint32_t)) {
+            spice_printerr("bad message size");
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+        rcc->ack_data.client_generation = *(uint32_t *)(message);
+        break;
+    case SPICE_MSGC_ACK:
+        if (rcc->ack_data.client_generation == rcc->ack_data.generation) {
+            rcc->ack_data.messages_window -= rcc->ack_data.client_window;
+            red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+        }
+        break;
+    case SPICE_MSGC_DISCONNECTING:
+        break;
+    case SPICE_MSGC_MIGRATE_FLUSH_MARK:
+        if (!rcc->wait_migrate_flush_mark) {
+            spice_error("unexpected flush mark");
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+        red_channel_handle_migrate_flush_mark(rcc);
+        rcc->wait_migrate_flush_mark = FALSE;
+        break;
+    case SPICE_MSGC_MIGRATE_DATA:
+        red_channel_handle_migrate_data(rcc, size, message);
+        break;
+    case SPICE_MSGC_PONG:
+        red_channel_client_handle_pong(rcc, message);
+        break;
+    default:
+        spice_printerr("invalid message type %u", type);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_init_send_data(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint16_t msg_type, RedPipeItem *item)
+{
+    spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
+    spice_assert(msg_type != 0);
+    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_type(&rcc->send_data.header, msg_type);
+    rcc->send_data.item = item;
+    if (item) {
+        red_pipe_item_ref(item);
+    }
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_begin_send_message(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    SpiceMarshaller *m = rcc->send_data.marshaller;
+
+    // TODO - better check: type in channel_allowed_types. Better: type in channel_allowed_types(channel_state)
+    if (rcc->send_data.header.get_msg_type(&rcc->send_data.header) == 0) {
+        spice_printerr("BUG: header->type == 0");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* canceling the latency test timer till the nework is idle */
+    red_channel_client_cancel_ping_timer(rcc);
+
+    spice_marshaller_flush(m);
+    rcc->send_data.size = spice_marshaller_get_total_size(m);
+    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_size(&rcc->send_data.header,
+                                       rcc->send_data.size - rcc->send_data.header.header_size);
+    rcc->ack_data.messages_window++;
+    rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial = rcc->send_data.serial;
+    rcc->send_data.header.data = NULL; /* avoid writing to this until we have a new message */
+    red_channel_client_send(rcc);
+}
+
+SpiceMarshaller *red_channel_client_switch_to_urgent_sender(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
+    spice_assert(rcc->send_data.header.data != NULL);
+    rcc->send_data.main.header_data = rcc->send_data.header.data;
+    rcc->send_data.main.item = rcc->send_data.item;
+
+    rcc->send_data.marshaller = rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller;
+    rcc->send_data.item = NULL;
+    red_channel_client_reset_send_data(rcc);
+    return rcc->send_data.marshaller;
+}
+
+uint64_t red_channel_client_get_message_serial(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return rcc->send_data.serial;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_set_message_serial(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint64_t serial)
+{
+    rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial = serial;
+    rcc->send_data.serial = serial;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean client_pipe_add(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item, RingItem *pos)
+{
+    spice_assert(rcc && item);
+    if (SPICE_UNLIKELY(!red_channel_client_is_connected(rcc))) {
+        spice_debug("rcc is disconnected %p", rcc);
+        red_pipe_item_unref(item);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    if (ring_is_empty(&rcc->pipe) && rcc->stream->watch) {
+        rcc->channel->core->watch_update_mask(rcc->stream->watch,
+                                         SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ |
+                                         SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_WRITE);
+    }
+    rcc->pipe_size++;
+    ring_add(pos, &item->link);
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
+{
+
+    client_pipe_add(rcc, item, &rcc->pipe);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_push(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
+{
+    red_channel_client_pipe_add(rcc, item);
+    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_after(RedChannelClient *rcc,
+                                       RedPipeItem *item,
+                                       RedPipeItem *pos)
+{
+    spice_assert(pos);
+    client_pipe_add(rcc, item, &pos->link);
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_pipe_item_is_linked(RedChannelClient *rcc,
+                                           RedPipeItem *item)
+{
+    return ring_item_is_linked(&item->link);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_tail(RedChannelClient *rcc,
+                                      RedPipeItem *item)
+{
+    client_pipe_add(rcc, item, rcc->pipe.prev);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_tail_and_push(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
+{
+    if (client_pipe_add(rcc, item, rcc->pipe.prev)) {
+        red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+    }
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(RedChannelClient *rcc, int pipe_item_type)
+{
+    RedPipeItem *item = spice_new(RedPipeItem, 1);
+
+    red_pipe_item_init(item, pipe_item_type);
+    red_channel_client_pipe_add(rcc, item);
+    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_empty_msg(RedChannelClient *rcc, int msg_type)
+{
+    RedEmptyMsgPipeItem *item = spice_new(RedEmptyMsgPipeItem, 1);
+
+    red_pipe_item_init(&item->base, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_EMPTY_MSG);
+    item->msg = msg_type;
+    red_channel_client_pipe_add(rcc, &item->base);
+    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+}
+
+gboolean red_channel_client_pipe_is_empty(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    g_return_val_if_fail(rcc != NULL, TRUE);
+    return (rcc->pipe_size == 0) && (ring_is_empty(&rcc->pipe));
+}
+
+uint32_t red_channel_client_get_pipe_size(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return rcc->pipe_size;
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_is_connected(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    if (!rcc->dummy) {
+        return rcc->channel
+            && (g_list_find(rcc->channel->clients, rcc) != NULL);
+    } else {
+        return rcc->dummy_connected;
+    }
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_clear_sent_item(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    red_channel_client_release_sent_item(rcc);
+    rcc->send_data.blocked = FALSE;
+    rcc->send_data.size = 0;
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_pipe_clear(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    RedPipeItem *item;
+
+    if (rcc) {
+        red_channel_client_clear_sent_item(rcc);
+    }
+    while ((item = (RedPipeItem *)ring_get_head(&rcc->pipe))) {
+        ring_remove(&item->link);
+        red_pipe_item_unref(item);
+    }
+    rcc->pipe_size = 0;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_ack_zero_messages_window(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    rcc->ack_data.messages_window = 0;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_ack_set_client_window(RedChannelClient *rcc, int client_window)
+{
+    rcc->ack_data.client_window = client_window;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_push_set_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(rcc, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_SET_ACK);
+}
+
+static void red_channel_client_disconnect_dummy(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+    GList *link;
+    spice_assert(rcc->dummy);
+    if (channel && (link = g_list_find(channel->clients, rcc))) {
+        spice_printerr("rcc=%p (channel=%p type=%d id=%d)", rcc, channel,
+                       channel->type, channel->id);
+        red_channel_remove_client(channel, link->data);
+    }
+    rcc->dummy_connected = FALSE;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    RedChannel *channel = rcc->channel;
+
+    if (rcc->dummy) {
+        red_channel_client_disconnect_dummy(rcc);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!red_channel_client_is_connected(rcc)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    spice_printerr("rcc=%p (channel=%p type=%d id=%d)", rcc, channel,
+                   channel->type, channel->id);
+    red_channel_client_pipe_clear(rcc);
+    if (rcc->stream->watch) {
+        channel->core->watch_remove(rcc->stream->watch);
+        rcc->stream->watch = NULL;
+    }
+    if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
+        channel->core->timer_remove(rcc->latency_monitor.timer);
+        rcc->latency_monitor.timer = NULL;
+    }
+    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
+        channel->core->timer_remove(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer);
+        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer = NULL;
+    }
+    red_channel_remove_client(channel, rcc);
+    channel->channel_cbs.on_disconnect(rcc);
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_is_blocked(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return rcc && rcc->send_data.blocked;
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_send_message_pending(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return rcc->send_data.header.get_msg_type(&rcc->send_data.header) != 0;
+}
+
+SpiceMarshaller *red_channel_client_get_marshaller(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return rcc->send_data.marshaller;
+}
+
+RedsStream *red_channel_client_get_stream(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return rcc->stream;
+}
+
+RedClient *red_channel_client_get_client(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return rcc->client;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_set_header_sub_list(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t sub_list)
+{
+    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_sub_list(&rcc->send_data.header, sub_list);
+}
+
+static void marker_pipe_item_free(RedPipeItem *base)
+{
+    MarkerPipeItem *item = SPICE_UPCAST(MarkerPipeItem, base);
+
+    if (item->item_in_pipe) {
+        *item->item_in_pipe = FALSE;
+    }
+    free(item);
+}
+
+/* TODO: more evil sync stuff. anything with the word wait in it's name. */
+int red_channel_client_wait_pipe_item_sent(RedChannelClient *rcc,
+                                           RedPipeItem *item,
+                                           int64_t timeout)
+{
+    uint64_t end_time;
+    gboolean item_in_pipe;
+
+    spice_info(NULL);
+
+    if (timeout != -1) {
+        end_time = spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() + timeout;
+    } else {
+        end_time = UINT64_MAX;
+    }
+
+    MarkerPipeItem *mark_item = spice_new0(MarkerPipeItem, 1);
+
+    red_pipe_item_init_full(&mark_item->base, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MARKER,
+                            marker_pipe_item_free);
+    item_in_pipe = TRUE;
+    mark_item->item_in_pipe = &item_in_pipe;
+    red_channel_client_pipe_add_after(rcc, &mark_item->base, item);
+
+    if (red_channel_client_is_blocked(rcc)) {
+        red_channel_client_receive(rcc);
+        red_channel_client_send(rcc);
+    }
+    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+
+    while(item_in_pipe &&
+          (timeout == -1 || spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() < end_time)) {
+        usleep(CHANNEL_BLOCKED_SLEEP_DURATION);
+        red_channel_client_receive(rcc);
+        red_channel_client_send(rcc);
+        red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+    }
+
+    if (item_in_pipe) {
+        // still on the queue, make sure won't overwrite the stack variable
+        mark_item->item_in_pipe = NULL;
+        spice_warning("timeout");
+        return FALSE;
+    } else {
+        return red_channel_client_wait_outgoing_item(rcc,
+                                                     timeout == -1 ? -1 : end_time - spice_get_monotonic_time_ns());
+    }
+}
+
+int red_channel_client_wait_outgoing_item(RedChannelClient *rcc,
+                                          int64_t timeout)
+{
+    uint64_t end_time;
+    int blocked;
+
+    if (!red_channel_client_is_blocked(rcc)) {
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+    if (timeout != -1) {
+        end_time = spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() + timeout;
+    } else {
+        end_time = UINT64_MAX;
+    }
+    spice_info("blocked");
+
+    do {
+        usleep(CHANNEL_BLOCKED_SLEEP_DURATION);
+        red_channel_client_receive(rcc);
+        red_channel_client_send(rcc);
+    } while ((blocked = red_channel_client_is_blocked(rcc)) &&
+             (timeout == -1 || spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() < end_time));
+
+    if (blocked) {
+        spice_warning("timeout");
+        return FALSE;
+    } else {
+        spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_disconnect_if_pending_send(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    if (red_channel_client_is_blocked(rcc) || rcc->pipe_size > 0) {
+        red_channel_client_disconnect(rcc);
+    } else {
+        spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
+    }
+}
+
+gboolean red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return !rcc || (rcc->send_data.size == 0);
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_pipe_remove_and_release(RedChannelClient *rcc,
+                                                RedPipeItem *item)
+{
+    red_channel_client_pipe_remove(rcc, item);
+    red_pipe_item_unref(item);
+}
+
+/* client mutex should be locked before this call */
+gboolean red_channel_client_set_migration_seamless(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    gboolean ret = FALSE;
+
+    if (rcc->channel->migration_flags & SPICE_MIGRATE_NEED_DATA_TRANSFER) {
+        rcc->wait_migrate_data = TRUE;
+        ret = TRUE;
+    }
+    spice_debug("channel type %d id %d rcc %p wait data %d", rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id, rcc,
+        rcc->wait_migrate_data);
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void red_channel_client_set_destroying(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    rcc->destroying = TRUE;
+}
+
+gboolean red_channel_client_is_destroying(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+{
+    return rcc->destroying;
+}
diff --git a/server/red-channel-client.h b/server/red-channel-client.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e254ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/red-channel-client.h
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This library 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
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#ifndef _H_RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT
+#define _H_RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT
+
+#include <common/marshaller.h>
+
+#include "red-pipe-item.h"
+#include "reds-stream.h"
+
+typedef struct RedChannel RedChannel;
+typedef struct RedClient RedClient;
+typedef struct IncomingHandler IncomingHandler;
+
+typedef struct RedChannelClient RedChannelClient;
+
+/*
+ * When an error occurs over a channel, we treat it as a warning
+ * for spice-server and shutdown the channel.
+ */
+#define spice_channel_client_error(rcc, format, ...)                                     \
+    do {                                                                                 \
+        RedChannel *_ch = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);                           \
+        spice_warning("rcc %p type %u id %u: " format, rcc,                              \
+                    _ch->type, _ch->id, ## __VA_ARGS__);                         \
+        red_channel_client_shutdown(rcc);                                                \
+    } while (0)
+
+RedChannelClient *red_channel_client_create(int size, RedChannel *channel,
+                                            RedClient *client, RedsStream *stream,
+                                            int monitor_latency,
+                                            int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
+                                            int num_caps, uint32_t *caps);
+
+RedChannelClient *red_channel_client_create_dummy(int size,
+                                                  RedChannel *channel,
+                                                  RedClient  *client,
+                                                  int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
+                                                  int num_caps, uint32_t *caps);
+
+void red_channel_client_ref(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_unref(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+int red_channel_client_is_connected(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_default_migrate(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+int red_channel_client_is_waiting_for_migrate_data(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_destroy(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+int red_channel_client_test_remote_common_cap(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t cap);
+int red_channel_client_test_remote_cap(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t cap);
+/* shutdown is the only safe thing to do out of the client/channel
+ * thread. It will not touch the rings, just shutdown the socket.
+ * It should be followed by some way to gurantee a disconnection. */
+void red_channel_client_shutdown(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+/* handles general channel msgs from the client */
+int red_channel_client_handle_message(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size,
+                                      uint16_t type, void *message);
+/* when preparing send_data: should call init and then use marshaller */
+void red_channel_client_init_send_data(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint16_t msg_type, RedPipeItem *item);
+
+uint64_t red_channel_client_get_message_serial(RedChannelClient *channel);
+void red_channel_client_set_message_serial(RedChannelClient *channel, uint64_t);
+
+/* When sending a msg. Should first call red_channel_client_begin_send_message.
+ * It will first send the pending urgent data, if there is any, and then
+ * the rest of the data.
+ */
+void red_channel_client_begin_send_message(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+/*
+ * Stores the current send data, and switches to urgent send data.
+ * When it begins the actual send, it will send first the urgent data
+ * and afterward the rest of the data.
+ * Should be called only if during the marshalling of on message,
+ * the need to send another message, before, rises.
+ * Important: the serial of the non-urgent sent data, will be succeeded.
+ * return: the urgent send data marshaller
+ */
+SpiceMarshaller *red_channel_client_switch_to_urgent_sender(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+/* returns -1 if we don't have an estimation */
+int red_channel_client_get_roundtrip_ms(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+/* Checks periodically if the connection is still alive */
+void red_channel_client_start_connectivity_monitoring(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t timeout_ms);
+
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_push(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_after(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item, RedPipeItem *pos);
+int red_channel_client_pipe_item_is_linked(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
+void red_channel_client_pipe_remove_and_release(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_tail(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_tail_and_push(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
+/* for types that use this routine -> the pipe item should be freed */
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(RedChannelClient *rcc, int pipe_item_type);
+void red_channel_client_pipe_add_empty_msg(RedChannelClient *rcc, int msg_type);
+gboolean red_channel_client_pipe_is_empty(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+uint32_t red_channel_client_get_pipe_size(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+void red_channel_client_ack_zero_messages_window(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_ack_set_client_window(RedChannelClient *rcc, int client_window);
+void red_channel_client_push_set_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+gboolean red_channel_client_is_blocked(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+/* helper for channels that have complex logic that can possibly ready a send */
+int red_channel_client_send_message_pending(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+gboolean red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_push(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+// TODO: again - what is the context exactly? this happens in channel disconnect. but our
+// current red_channel_shutdown also closes the socket - is there a socket to close?
+// are we reading from an fd here? arghh
+void red_channel_client_receive(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_send(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+/* Note: the valid times to call red_channel_get_marshaller are just during send_item callback. */
+SpiceMarshaller *red_channel_client_get_marshaller(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+RedsStream *red_channel_client_get_stream(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+RedClient *red_channel_client_get_client(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+/* Note that the header is valid only between red_channel_reset_send_data and
+ * red_channel_begin_send_message.*/
+void red_channel_client_set_header_sub_list(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t sub_list);
+
+/*
+ * blocking functions.
+ *
+ * timeout is in nano sec. -1 for no timeout.
+ *
+ * Return: TRUE if waiting succeeded. FALSE if timeout expired.
+ */
+
+int red_channel_client_wait_pipe_item_sent(RedChannelClient *rcc,
+                                           RedPipeItem *item,
+                                           int64_t timeout);
+int red_channel_client_wait_outgoing_item(RedChannelClient *rcc,
+                                          int64_t timeout);
+void red_channel_client_disconnect_if_pending_send(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+RedChannel* red_channel_client_get_channel(RedChannelClient* rcc);
+IncomingHandler* red_channel_client_get_incoming_handler(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+void red_channel_client_on_output(void *opaque, int n);
+void red_channel_client_on_input(void *opaque, int n);
+int red_channel_client_get_out_msg_size(void *opaque);
+void red_channel_client_prepare_out_msg(void *opaque, struct iovec *vec,
+                                             int *vec_size, int pos);
+void red_channel_client_on_out_block(void *opaque);
+void red_channel_client_on_out_msg_done(void *opaque);
+
+void red_channel_client_seamless_migration_done(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_semi_seamless_migration_complete(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_init_outgoing_messages_window(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+gboolean red_channel_client_set_migration_seamless(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_client_set_destroying(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+gboolean red_channel_client_is_destroying(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+#define RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(Client) ((RedChannelClient *)(Client))
+
+#endif /* _H_RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT */
diff --git a/server/red-channel.c b/server/red-channel.c
index a02c51a..f206e4d 100644
--- a/server/red-channel.c
+++ b/server/red-channel.c
@@ -22,20 +22,6 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <glib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <netinet/in.h>
-#include <netinet/tcp.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SOCKIOS_H
-#include <linux/sockios.h> /* SIOCOUTQ */
-#endif
-
-#include <common/generated_server_marshallers.h>
 #include <common/ring.h>
 
 #include "red-channel.h"
@@ -44,46 +30,6 @@
 #include "main-dispatcher.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
-typedef struct RedEmptyMsgPipeItem {
-    RedPipeItem base;
-    int msg;
-} RedEmptyMsgPipeItem;
-
-typedef struct MarkerPipeItem {
-    RedPipeItem base;
-    gboolean *item_in_pipe;
-} MarkerPipeItem;
-
-#define PING_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS (MSEC_PER_SEC * 15)
-#define PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS (MSEC_PER_SEC / 10)
-
-#define CHANNEL_BLOCKED_SLEEP_DURATION 10000 //micro
-
-enum QosPingState {
-    PING_STATE_NONE,
-    PING_STATE_TIMER,
-    PING_STATE_WARMUP,
-    PING_STATE_LATENCY,
-};
-
-enum ConnectivityState {
-    CONNECTIVITY_STATE_CONNECTED,
-    CONNECTIVITY_STATE_BLOCKED,
-    CONNECTIVITY_STATE_WAIT_PONG,
-    CONNECTIVITY_STATE_DISCONNECTED,
-};
-
-static void red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t timeout);
-static void red_channel_client_cancel_ping_timer(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-static void red_channel_client_restart_ping_timer(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
-static void red_channel_client_event(int fd, int event, void *data);
-static void red_client_add_channel(RedClient *client, RedChannelClient *rcc);
-static void red_client_remove_channel(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-static RedChannelClient *red_client_get_channel(RedClient *client, int type, int id);
-static void red_channel_client_restore_main_sender(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-static inline int red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
 /*
  * Lifetime of RedChannel, RedChannelClient and RedClient:
  * RedChannel is created and destroyed by the calls to
@@ -118,561 +64,23 @@ static inline int red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc);
  * If a call to red_channel_client_destroy is made from another location, it must be called
  * from the channel's thread.
 */
-static void red_channel_ref(RedChannel *channel);
-static void red_channel_unref(RedChannel *channel);
-
-static uint32_t full_header_get_msg_size(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header)
-{
-    return GUINT32_FROM_LE(((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->size);
-}
-
-static uint32_t mini_header_get_msg_size(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header)
-{
-    return GUINT32_FROM_LE(((SpiceMiniDataHeader *)header->data)->size);
-}
-
-static uint16_t full_header_get_msg_type(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header)
-{
-    return GUINT16_FROM_LE(((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->type);
-}
-
-static uint16_t mini_header_get_msg_type(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header)
-{
-    return GUINT16_FROM_LE(((SpiceMiniDataHeader *)header->data)->type);
-}
-
-static void full_header_set_msg_type(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint16_t type)
-{
-    ((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->type = GUINT16_TO_LE(type);
-}
-
-static void mini_header_set_msg_type(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint16_t type)
-{
-    ((SpiceMiniDataHeader *)header->data)->type = GUINT16_TO_LE(type);
-}
-
-static void full_header_set_msg_size(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint32_t size)
-{
-    ((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->size = GUINT32_TO_LE(size);
-}
-
-static void mini_header_set_msg_size(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint32_t size)
-{
-    ((SpiceMiniDataHeader *)header->data)->size = GUINT32_TO_LE(size);
-}
-
-static void full_header_set_msg_serial(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint64_t serial)
-{
-    ((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->serial = GUINT64_TO_LE(serial);
-}
-
-static void mini_header_set_msg_serial(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint64_t serial)
-{
-    spice_error("attempt to set header serial on mini header");
-}
-
-static void full_header_set_msg_sub_list(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint32_t sub_list)
-{
-    ((SpiceDataHeader *)header->data)->sub_list = GUINT32_TO_LE(sub_list);
-}
-
-static void mini_header_set_msg_sub_list(SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header, uint32_t sub_list)
-{
-    spice_error("attempt to set header sub list on mini header");
-}
-
-static const SpiceDataHeaderOpaque full_header_wrapper = {NULL, sizeof(SpiceDataHeader),
-                                                          full_header_set_msg_type,
-                                                          full_header_set_msg_size,
-                                                          full_header_set_msg_serial,
-                                                          full_header_set_msg_sub_list,
-                                                          full_header_get_msg_type,
-                                                          full_header_get_msg_size};
-
-static const SpiceDataHeaderOpaque mini_header_wrapper = {NULL, sizeof(SpiceMiniDataHeader),
-                                                          mini_header_set_msg_type,
-                                                          mini_header_set_msg_size,
-                                                          mini_header_set_msg_serial,
-                                                          mini_header_set_msg_sub_list,
-                                                          mini_header_get_msg_type,
-                                                          mini_header_get_msg_size};
-
-/* return the number of bytes read. -1 in case of error */
-static int red_peer_receive(RedsStream *stream, uint8_t *buf, uint32_t size)
-{
-    uint8_t *pos = buf;
-    while (size) {
-        int now;
-        if (stream->shutdown) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        now = reds_stream_read(stream, pos, size);
-        if (now <= 0) {
-            if (now == 0) {
-                return -1;
-            }
-            spice_assert(now == -1);
-            if (errno == EAGAIN) {
-                break;
-            } else if (errno == EINTR) {
-                continue;
-            } else if (errno == EPIPE) {
-                return -1;
-            } else {
-                spice_printerr("%s", strerror(errno));
-                return -1;
-            }
-        } else {
-            size -= now;
-            pos += now;
-        }
-    }
-    return pos - buf;
-}
-
-// TODO: this implementation, as opposed to the old implementation in red_worker,
-// does many calls to red_peer_receive and through it cb_read, and thus avoids pointer
-// arithmetic for the case where a single cb_read could return multiple messages. But
-// this is suboptimal potentially. Profile and consider fixing.
-static void red_peer_handle_incoming(RedsStream *stream, IncomingHandler *handler)
-{
-    int bytes_read;
-    uint8_t *parsed;
-    size_t parsed_size;
-    message_destructor_t parsed_free;
-    uint16_t msg_type;
-    uint32_t msg_size;
-
-    /* XXX: This needs further investigation as to the underlying cause, it happened
-     * after spicec disconnect (but not with spice-gtk) repeatedly. */
-    if (!stream) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    for (;;) {
-        int ret_handle;
-        if (handler->header_pos < handler->header.header_size) {
-            bytes_read = red_peer_receive(stream,
-                                          handler->header.data + handler->header_pos,
-                                          handler->header.header_size - handler->header_pos);
-            if (bytes_read == -1) {
-                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
-                return;
-            }
-            handler->cb->on_input(handler->opaque, bytes_read);
-            handler->header_pos += bytes_read;
-
-            if (handler->header_pos != handler->header.header_size) {
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-
-        msg_size = handler->header.get_msg_size(&handler->header);
-        msg_type = handler->header.get_msg_type(&handler->header);
-        if (handler->msg_pos < msg_size) {
-            if (!handler->msg) {
-                handler->msg = handler->cb->alloc_msg_buf(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size);
-                if (handler->msg == NULL) {
-                    spice_printerr("ERROR: channel refused to allocate buffer.");
-                    handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
-                    return;
-                }
-            }
-
-            bytes_read = red_peer_receive(stream,
-                                          handler->msg + handler->msg_pos,
-                                          msg_size - handler->msg_pos);
-            if (bytes_read == -1) {
-                handler->cb->release_msg_buf(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size, handler->msg);
-                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
-                return;
-            }
-            handler->cb->on_input(handler->opaque, bytes_read);
-            handler->msg_pos += bytes_read;
-            if (handler->msg_pos != msg_size) {
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (handler->cb->parser) {
-            parsed = handler->cb->parser(handler->msg,
-                handler->msg + msg_size, msg_type,
-                SPICE_VERSION_MINOR, &parsed_size, &parsed_free);
-            if (parsed == NULL) {
-                spice_printerr("failed to parse message type %d", msg_type);
-                handler->cb->release_msg_buf(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size, handler->msg);
-                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
-                return;
-            }
-            ret_handle = handler->cb->handle_parsed(handler->opaque, parsed_size,
-                                                    msg_type, parsed);
-            parsed_free(parsed);
-        } else {
-            ret_handle = handler->cb->handle_message(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size,
-                                                     handler->msg);
-        }
-        handler->msg_pos = 0;
-        handler->cb->release_msg_buf(handler->opaque, msg_type, msg_size, handler->msg);
-        handler->msg = NULL;
-        handler->header_pos = 0;
-
-        if (!ret_handle) {
-            handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_receive(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    red_channel_client_ref(rcc);
-    red_peer_handle_incoming(rcc->stream, &rcc->incoming);
-    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
-}
 
 void red_channel_receive(RedChannel *channel)
 {
     g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_receive, NULL);
 }
 
-static void red_peer_handle_outgoing(RedsStream *stream, OutgoingHandler *handler)
-{
-    ssize_t n;
-
-    if (!stream) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (handler->size == 0) {
-        handler->vec = handler->vec_buf;
-        handler->size = handler->cb->get_msg_size(handler->opaque);
-        if (!handler->size) {  // nothing to be sent
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
-    for (;;) {
-        handler->cb->prepare(handler->opaque, handler->vec, &handler->vec_size, handler->pos);
-        n = reds_stream_writev(stream, handler->vec, handler->vec_size);
-        if (n == -1) {
-            switch (errno) {
-            case EAGAIN:
-                handler->cb->on_block(handler->opaque);
-                return;
-            case EINTR:
-                continue;
-            case EPIPE:
-                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
-                return;
-            default:
-                spice_printerr("%s", strerror(errno));
-                handler->cb->on_error(handler->opaque);
-                return;
-            }
-        } else {
-            handler->pos += n;
-            handler->cb->on_output(handler->opaque, n);
-            if (handler->pos == handler->size) { // finished writing data
-                /* reset handler before calling on_msg_done, since it
-                 * can trigger another call to red_peer_handle_outgoing (when
-                 * switching from the urgent marshaller to the main one */
-                handler->vec = handler->vec_buf;
-                handler->pos = 0;
-                handler->size = 0;
-                handler->cb->on_msg_done(handler->opaque);
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_on_output(void *opaque, int n)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = opaque;
-
-    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
-        rcc->connectivity_monitor.out_bytes += n;
-    }
-    stat_inc_counter(reds, rcc->channel->out_bytes_counter, n);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_on_input(void *opaque, int n)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = opaque;
-
-    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
-        rcc->connectivity_monitor.in_bytes += n;
-    }
-}
-
 static void red_channel_client_default_peer_on_error(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     red_channel_client_disconnect(rcc);
 }
 
-static int red_channel_client_get_out_msg_size(void *opaque)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)opaque;
-
-    return rcc->send_data.size;
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_prepare_out_msg(void *opaque, struct iovec *vec,
-                                               int *vec_size, int pos)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)opaque;
-
-    *vec_size = spice_marshaller_fill_iovec(rcc->send_data.marshaller,
-                                            vec, IOV_MAX, pos);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_on_out_block(void *opaque)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)opaque;
-
-    rcc->send_data.blocked = TRUE;
-    rcc->channel->core->watch_update_mask(rcc->stream->watch,
-                                     SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ |
-                                     SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_WRITE);
-}
-
-static inline int red_channel_client_urgent_marshaller_is_active(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    return (rcc->send_data.marshaller == rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_reset_send_data(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    spice_marshaller_reset(rcc->send_data.marshaller);
-    rcc->send_data.header.data = spice_marshaller_reserve_space(rcc->send_data.marshaller,
-                                                                rcc->send_data.header.header_size);
-    spice_marshaller_set_base(rcc->send_data.marshaller, rcc->send_data.header.header_size);
-    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_type(&rcc->send_data.header, 0);
-    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_size(&rcc->send_data.header, 0);
-
-    /* Keeping the serial consecutive: resetting it if reset_send_data
-     * has been called before, but no message has been sent since then.
-     */
-    if (rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial != rcc->send_data.serial) {
-        spice_assert(rcc->send_data.serial - rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial == 1);
-        /*  When the urgent marshaller is active, the serial was incremented by
-         *  the call to reset_send_data that was made for the main marshaller.
-         *  The urgent msg receives this serial, and the main msg serial is
-         *  the following one. Thus, (rcc->send_data.serial - rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial)
-         *  should be 1 in this case*/
-        if (!red_channel_client_urgent_marshaller_is_active(rcc)) {
-            rcc->send_data.serial = rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial;
-        }
-    }
-    rcc->send_data.serial++;
-
-    if (!rcc->is_mini_header) {
-        spice_assert(rcc->send_data.marshaller != rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller);
-        rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_sub_list(&rcc->send_data.header, 0);
-        rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_serial(&rcc->send_data.header, rcc->send_data.serial);
-    }
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_push_set_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(rcc, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_SET_ACK);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_send_set_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    SpiceMsgSetAck ack;
-
-    spice_assert(rcc);
-    red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_SET_ACK, NULL);
-    ack.generation = ++rcc->ack_data.generation;
-    ack.window = rcc->ack_data.client_window;
-    rcc->ack_data.messages_window = 0;
-
-    spice_marshall_msg_set_ack(rcc->send_data.marshaller, &ack);
-
-    red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_send_migrate(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    SpiceMsgMigrate migrate;
-
-    red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_MIGRATE, NULL);
-    migrate.flags = rcc->channel->migration_flags;
-    spice_marshall_msg_migrate(rcc->send_data.marshaller, &migrate);
-    if (rcc->channel->migration_flags & SPICE_MIGRATE_NEED_FLUSH) {
-        rcc->wait_migrate_flush_mark = TRUE;
-    }
-
-    red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
-}
-
-
-static void red_channel_client_send_empty_msg(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *base)
-{
-    RedEmptyMsgPipeItem *msg_pipe_item = SPICE_UPCAST(RedEmptyMsgPipeItem, base);
-
-    red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, msg_pipe_item->msg, NULL);
-    red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_send_ping(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    SpiceMsgPing ping;
-
-    if (!rcc->latency_monitor.warmup_was_sent) { // latency test start
-        int delay_val;
-        socklen_t opt_size = sizeof(delay_val);
-
-        rcc->latency_monitor.warmup_was_sent = TRUE;
-        /*
-         * When testing latency, TCP_NODELAY must be switched on, otherwise,
-         * sending the ping message is delayed by Nagle algorithm, and the
-         * roundtrip measurement is less accurate (bigger).
-         */
-        rcc->latency_monitor.tcp_nodelay = 1;
-        if (getsockopt(rcc->stream->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &delay_val,
-                       &opt_size) == -1) {
-            spice_warning("getsockopt failed, %s", strerror(errno));
-        }  else {
-            rcc->latency_monitor.tcp_nodelay = delay_val;
-            if (!delay_val) {
-                delay_val = 1;
-                if (setsockopt(rcc->stream->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &delay_val,
-                               sizeof(delay_val)) == -1) {
-                   if (errno != ENOTSUP) {
-                        spice_warning("setsockopt failed, %s", strerror(errno));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    red_channel_client_init_send_data(rcc, SPICE_MSG_PING, NULL);
-    ping.id = rcc->latency_monitor.id;
-    ping.timestamp = spice_get_monotonic_time_ns();
-    spice_marshall_msg_ping(rcc->send_data.marshaller, &ping);
-    red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_send_item(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
-{
-    spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
-    red_channel_client_reset_send_data(rcc);
-    switch (item->type) {
-        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_SET_ACK:
-            red_channel_client_send_set_ack(rcc);
-            break;
-        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MIGRATE:
-            red_channel_client_send_migrate(rcc);
-            break;
-        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_EMPTY_MSG:
-            red_channel_client_send_empty_msg(rcc, item);
-            break;
-        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_PING:
-            red_channel_client_send_ping(rcc);
-            break;
-        case RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MARKER:
-            break;
-        default:
-            rcc->channel->channel_cbs.send_item(rcc, item);
-            break;
-    }
-    red_pipe_item_unref(item);
-}
-
-static inline void red_channel_client_release_sent_item(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    if (rcc->send_data.item) {
-        red_pipe_item_unref(rcc->send_data.item);
-        rcc->send_data.item = NULL;
-    }
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_on_out_msg_done(void *opaque)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)opaque;
-    int fd;
-
-    rcc->send_data.size = 0;
-
-    if (spice_marshaller_get_fd(rcc->send_data.marshaller, &fd)) {
-        if (reds_stream_send_msgfd(rcc->stream, fd) < 0) {
-            perror("sendfd");
-            red_channel_client_disconnect(rcc);
-            if (fd != -1)
-                close(fd);
-            return;
-        }
-        if (fd != -1)
-            close(fd);
-    }
-
-    red_channel_client_release_sent_item(rcc);
-    if (rcc->send_data.blocked) {
-        rcc->send_data.blocked = FALSE;
-        rcc->channel->core->watch_update_mask(rcc->stream->watch,
-                                         SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ);
-    }
-
-    if (red_channel_client_urgent_marshaller_is_active(rcc)) {
-        red_channel_client_restore_main_sender(rcc);
-        spice_assert(rcc->send_data.header.data != NULL);
-        red_channel_client_begin_send_message(rcc);
-    } else {
-        if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer && !rcc->send_data.blocked && rcc->pipe_size == 0) {
-            /* It is possible that the socket will become idle, so we may be able to test latency */
-            red_channel_client_restart_ping_timer(rcc);
-        }
-    }
-
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_pipe_remove(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
-{
-    rcc->pipe_size--;
-    ring_remove(&item->link);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_add_client(RedChannel *channel, RedChannelClient *rcc)
+void red_channel_add_client(RedChannel *channel, RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     spice_assert(rcc);
     channel->clients = g_list_prepend(channel->clients, rcc);
 }
 
-static void red_channel_client_set_remote_caps(RedChannelClient* rcc,
-                                               int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
-                                               int num_caps, uint32_t *caps)
-{
-    rcc->remote_caps.num_common_caps = num_common_caps;
-    rcc->remote_caps.common_caps = spice_memdup(common_caps, num_common_caps * sizeof(uint32_t));
-
-    rcc->remote_caps.num_caps = num_caps;
-    rcc->remote_caps.caps = spice_memdup(caps, num_caps * sizeof(uint32_t));
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_destroy_remote_caps(RedChannelClient* rcc)
-{
-    rcc->remote_caps.num_common_caps = 0;
-    free(rcc->remote_caps.common_caps);
-    rcc->remote_caps.num_caps = 0;
-    free(rcc->remote_caps.caps);
-}
-
-int red_channel_client_test_remote_common_cap(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t cap)
-{
-    return test_capability(rcc->remote_caps.common_caps,
-                           rcc->remote_caps.num_common_caps,
-                           cap);
-}
-
-int red_channel_client_test_remote_cap(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t cap)
-{
-    return test_capability(rcc->remote_caps.caps,
-                           rcc->remote_caps.num_caps,
-                           cap);
-}
-
 int red_channel_test_remote_common_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap)
 {
     GList *link, *next;
@@ -699,230 +107,8 @@ int red_channel_test_remote_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap)
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-static int red_channel_client_pre_create_validate(RedChannel *channel, RedClient  *client)
-{
-    if (red_client_get_channel(client, channel->type, channel->id)) {
-        spice_printerr("Error client %p: duplicate channel type %d id %d",
-                       client, channel->type, channel->id);
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-    return TRUE;
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_push_ping(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    spice_assert(rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_NONE);
-    rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_WARMUP;
-    rcc->latency_monitor.warmup_was_sent = FALSE;
-    rcc->latency_monitor.id = rand();
-    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(rcc, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_PING);
-    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(rcc, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_PING);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_ping_timer(void *opaque)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = opaque;
-
-    spice_assert(rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_TIMER);
-    red_channel_client_cancel_ping_timer(rcc);
-
-#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SOCKIOS_H /* SIOCOUTQ is a Linux only ioctl on sockets. */
-    {
-        int so_unsent_size = 0;
-
-        /* retrieving the occupied size of the socket's tcp snd buffer (unacked + unsent) */
-        if (ioctl(rcc->stream->socket, SIOCOUTQ, &so_unsent_size) == -1) {
-            spice_printerr("ioctl(SIOCOUTQ) failed, %s", strerror(errno));
-        }
-        if (so_unsent_size > 0) {
-            /* tcp snd buffer is still occupied. rescheduling ping */
-            red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
-        } else {
-            red_channel_client_push_ping(rcc);
-        }
-    }
-#else /* ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SOCKIOS_H */
-    /* More portable alternative code path (less accurate but avoids bogus ioctls)*/
-    red_channel_client_push_ping(rcc);
-#endif /* ifdef HAVE_LINUX_SOCKIOS_H */
-}
-
-/*
- * When a connection is not alive (and we can't detect it via a socket error), we
- * reach one of these 2 states:
- * (1) Sending msgs is blocked: either writes return EAGAIN
- *     or we are missing MSGC_ACK from the client.
- * (2) MSG_PING was sent without receiving a MSGC_PONG in reply.
- *
- * The connectivity_timer callback tests if the channel's state matches one of the above.
- * In case it does, on the next time the timer is called, it checks if the connection has
- * been idle during the time that passed since the previous timer call. If the connection
- * has been idle, we consider the client as disconnected.
- */
-static void red_channel_client_connectivity_timer(void *opaque)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = opaque;
-    RedChannelClientConnectivityMonitor *monitor = &rcc->connectivity_monitor;
-    int is_alive = TRUE;
-
-    if (monitor->state == CONNECTIVITY_STATE_BLOCKED) {
-        if (monitor->in_bytes == 0 && monitor->out_bytes == 0) {
-            if (!rcc->send_data.blocked && !red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(rcc)) {
-                spice_error("mismatch between rcc-state and connectivity-state");
-            }
-            spice_debug("rcc is blocked; connection is idle");
-            is_alive = FALSE;
-        }
-    } else if (monitor->state == CONNECTIVITY_STATE_WAIT_PONG) {
-        if (monitor->in_bytes == 0) {
-            if (rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_WARMUP &&
-                rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_LATENCY) {
-                spice_error("mismatch between rcc-state and connectivity-state");
-            }
-            spice_debug("rcc waits for pong; connection is idle");
-            is_alive = FALSE;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (is_alive) {
-        monitor->in_bytes = 0;
-        monitor->out_bytes = 0;
-        if (rcc->send_data.blocked || red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(rcc)) {
-            monitor->state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_BLOCKED;
-        } else if (rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_WARMUP ||
-                   rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_LATENCY) {
-            monitor->state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_WAIT_PONG;
-        } else {
-             monitor->state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_CONNECTED;
-        }
-        rcc->channel->core->timer_start(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer,
-                                        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timeout);
-    } else {
-        monitor->state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_DISCONNECTED;
-        spice_warning("rcc %p on channel %d:%d has been unresponsive for more than %u ms, disconnecting",
-                      rcc, rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id, monitor->timeout);
-        red_channel_client_disconnect(rcc);
-    }
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_start_connectivity_monitoring(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t timeout_ms)
-{
-    if (!red_channel_client_is_connected(rcc)) {
-        return;
-    }
-    spice_debug(NULL);
-    spice_assert(timeout_ms > 0);
-    /*
-     * If latency_monitor is not active, we activate it in order to enable
-     * periodic ping messages so that we will be be able to identify a disconnected
-     * channel-client even if there are no ongoing channel specific messages
-     * on this channel.
-     */
-    if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer == NULL) {
-        rcc->latency_monitor.timer = rcc->channel->core->timer_add(
-            rcc->channel->core, red_channel_client_ping_timer, rcc);
-        if (!red_client_during_migrate_at_target(rcc->client)) {
-            red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
-        }
-        rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip = -1;
-    }
-    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer == NULL) {
-        rcc->connectivity_monitor.state = CONNECTIVITY_STATE_CONNECTED;
-        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer = rcc->channel->core->timer_add(
-            rcc->channel->core, red_channel_client_connectivity_timer, rcc);
-        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timeout = timeout_ms;
-        if (!red_client_during_migrate_at_target(rcc->client)) {
-           rcc->channel->core->timer_start(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer,
-                                           rcc->connectivity_monitor.timeout);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-RedChannelClient *red_channel_client_create(int size, RedChannel *channel, RedClient  *client,
-                                            RedsStream *stream,
-                                            int monitor_latency,
-                                            int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
-                                            int num_caps, uint32_t *caps)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = NULL;
-
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&client->lock);
-    if (!red_channel_client_pre_create_validate(channel, client)) {
-        goto error;
-    }
-    spice_assert(stream && channel && size >= sizeof(RedChannelClient));
-    rcc = spice_malloc0(size);
-    rcc->stream = stream;
-    rcc->channel = channel;
-    rcc->client = client;
-    rcc->refs = 1;
-    rcc->ack_data.messages_window = ~0;  // blocks send message (maybe use send_data.blocked +
-                                             // block flags)
-    rcc->ack_data.client_generation = ~0;
-    rcc->ack_data.client_window = CLIENT_ACK_WINDOW;
-    rcc->send_data.main.marshaller = spice_marshaller_new();
-    rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller = spice_marshaller_new();
-
-    rcc->send_data.marshaller = rcc->send_data.main.marshaller;
-
-    rcc->incoming.opaque = rcc;
-    rcc->incoming.cb = &channel->incoming_cb;
-
-    rcc->outgoing.opaque = rcc;
-    rcc->outgoing.cb = &channel->outgoing_cb;
-    rcc->outgoing.pos = 0;
-    rcc->outgoing.size = 0;
-
-    red_channel_client_set_remote_caps(rcc, num_common_caps, common_caps, num_caps, caps);
-    if (red_channel_client_test_remote_common_cap(rcc, SPICE_COMMON_CAP_MINI_HEADER)) {
-        rcc->incoming.header = mini_header_wrapper;
-        rcc->send_data.header = mini_header_wrapper;
-        rcc->is_mini_header = TRUE;
-    } else {
-        rcc->incoming.header = full_header_wrapper;
-        rcc->send_data.header = full_header_wrapper;
-        rcc->is_mini_header = FALSE;
-    }
-
-    rcc->incoming.header.data = rcc->incoming.header_buf;
-    rcc->incoming.serial = 1;
-
-    if (!channel->channel_cbs.config_socket(rcc)) {
-        goto error;
-    }
-
-    ring_init(&rcc->pipe);
-    rcc->pipe_size = 0;
-
-    stream->watch = channel->core->watch_add(channel->core,
-                                           stream->socket,
-                                           SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ,
-                                           red_channel_client_event, rcc);
-    rcc->id = g_list_length(channel->clients);
-    red_channel_add_client(channel, rcc);
-    red_client_add_channel(client, rcc);
-    red_channel_ref(channel);
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
-
-    if (monitor_latency && reds_stream_get_family(stream) != AF_UNIX) {
-        rcc->latency_monitor.timer = channel->core->timer_add(
-            channel->core, red_channel_client_ping_timer, rcc);
-        if (!client->during_target_migrate) {
-            red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
-        }
-        rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip = -1;
-    }
-
-    return rcc;
-error:
-    free(rcc);
-    reds_stream_free(stream);
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 /* returns TRUE If all channels are finished migrating, FALSE otherwise */
-static gboolean red_client_seamless_migration_done_for_channel(RedClient *client)
+gboolean red_client_seamless_migration_done_for_channel(RedClient *client)
 {
     gboolean ret = FALSE;
 
@@ -944,26 +130,6 @@ static gboolean red_client_seamless_migration_done_for_channel(RedClient *client
     return ret;
 }
 
-static void red_channel_client_seamless_migration_done(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    rcc->wait_migrate_data = FALSE;
-
-    if (red_client_seamless_migration_done_for_channel(rcc->client)) {
-        if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
-            red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
-        }
-        if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
-            rcc->channel->core->timer_start(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer,
-                                            rcc->connectivity_monitor.timeout);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-int red_channel_client_is_waiting_for_migrate_data(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    return rcc->wait_migrate_data;
-}
-
 int red_channel_is_waiting_for_migrate_data(RedChannel *channel)
 {
     RedChannelClient *rcc;
@@ -995,20 +161,6 @@ static void red_channel_client_default_disconnect(RedChannelClient *base)
     red_channel_client_disconnect(base);
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_default_migrate(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
-        red_channel_client_cancel_ping_timer(rcc);
-        rcc->channel->core->timer_remove(rcc->latency_monitor.timer);
-        rcc->latency_monitor.timer = NULL;
-    }
-    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
-       rcc->channel->core->timer_remove(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer);
-        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer = NULL;
-    }
-    red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(rcc, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MIGRATE);
-}
-
 RedChannel *red_channel_create(int size,
                                RedsState *reds,
                                const SpiceCoreInterfaceInternal *core,
@@ -1113,583 +265,151 @@ RedChannel *red_channel_create_dummy(int size, RedsState *reds, uint32_t type, u
     spice_debug("channel type %d id %d thread_id 0x%lx",
                 channel->type, channel->id, channel->thread_id);
 
-    channel->out_bytes_counter = 0;
-
-    return channel;
-}
-
-static int do_nothing_handle_message(RedChannelClient *rcc,
-                                     uint16_t type,
-                                     uint32_t size,
-                                     uint8_t *msg)
-{
-    return TRUE;
-}
-
-RedChannel *red_channel_create_parser(int size,
-                                      RedsState *reds,
-                                      const SpiceCoreInterfaceInternal *core,
-                                      uint32_t type, uint32_t id,
-                                      int handle_acks,
-                                      spice_parse_channel_func_t parser,
-                                      channel_handle_parsed_proc handle_parsed,
-                                      const ChannelCbs *channel_cbs,
-                                      uint32_t migration_flags)
-{
-    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_create(size, reds, core, type, id,
-                                             handle_acks,
-                                             do_nothing_handle_message,
-                                             channel_cbs,
-                                             migration_flags);
-
-    if (channel == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    channel->incoming_cb.handle_parsed = (handle_parsed_proc)handle_parsed;
-    channel->incoming_cb.parser = parser;
-
-    return channel;
-}
-
-void red_channel_set_stat_node(RedChannel *channel, StatNodeRef stat)
-{
-    spice_return_if_fail(channel != NULL);
-    spice_return_if_fail(channel->stat == 0);
-
-#ifdef RED_STATISTICS
-    channel->stat = stat;
-    channel->out_bytes_counter = stat_add_counter(channel->reds, stat, "out_bytes", TRUE);
-#endif
-}
-
-void red_channel_register_client_cbs(RedChannel *channel, const ClientCbs *client_cbs, gpointer cbs_data)
-{
-    spice_assert(client_cbs->connect || channel->type == SPICE_CHANNEL_MAIN);
-    channel->client_cbs.connect = client_cbs->connect;
-
-    if (client_cbs->disconnect) {
-        channel->client_cbs.disconnect = client_cbs->disconnect;
-    }
-
-    if (client_cbs->migrate) {
-        channel->client_cbs.migrate = client_cbs->migrate;
-    }
-    channel->data = cbs_data;
-}
-
-int test_capability(const uint32_t *caps, int num_caps, uint32_t cap)
-{
-    uint32_t index = cap / 32;
-    if (num_caps < index + 1) {
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-
-    return (caps[index] & (1 << (cap % 32))) != 0;
-}
-
-static void add_capability(uint32_t **caps, int *num_caps, uint32_t cap)
-{
-    int nbefore, n;
-
-    nbefore = *num_caps;
-    n = cap / 32;
-    *num_caps = MAX(*num_caps, n + 1);
-    *caps = spice_renew(uint32_t, *caps, *num_caps);
-    memset(*caps + nbefore, 0, (*num_caps - nbefore) * sizeof(uint32_t));
-    (*caps)[n] |= (1 << (cap % 32));
-}
-
-void red_channel_set_common_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap)
-{
-    add_capability(&channel->local_caps.common_caps, &channel->local_caps.num_common_caps, cap);
-}
-
-void red_channel_set_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap)
-{
-    add_capability(&channel->local_caps.caps, &channel->local_caps.num_caps, cap);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_ref(RedChannel *channel)
-{
-    channel->refs++;
-}
-
-static void red_channel_unref(RedChannel *channel)
-{
-    if (!--channel->refs) {
-        if (channel->local_caps.num_common_caps) {
-            free(channel->local_caps.common_caps);
-        }
-
-        if (channel->local_caps.num_caps) {
-            free(channel->local_caps.caps);
-        }
-
-        free(channel);
-    }
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_ref(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    rcc->refs++;
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_unref(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    if (!--rcc->refs) {
-        spice_debug("destroy rcc=%p", rcc);
-
-        reds_stream_free(rcc->stream);
-        rcc->stream = NULL;
-
-        if (rcc->send_data.main.marshaller) {
-            spice_marshaller_destroy(rcc->send_data.main.marshaller);
-        }
-
-        if (rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller) {
-            spice_marshaller_destroy(rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller);
-        }
-
-        red_channel_client_destroy_remote_caps(rcc);
-        if (rcc->channel) {
-            red_channel_unref(rcc->channel);
-        }
-        free(rcc);
-    }
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_destroy(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    rcc->destroying = 1;
-    red_channel_client_disconnect(rcc);
-    red_client_remove_channel(rcc);
-    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
-}
-
-void red_channel_destroy(RedChannel *channel)
-{
-    if (!channel) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_destroy, NULL);
-    red_channel_unref(channel);
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_shutdown(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    if (rcc->stream && !rcc->stream->shutdown) {
-        rcc->channel->core->watch_remove(rcc->stream->watch);
-        rcc->stream->watch = NULL;
-        shutdown(rcc->stream->socket, SHUT_RDWR);
-        rcc->stream->shutdown = TRUE;
-    }
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_send(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    red_channel_client_ref(rcc);
-    red_peer_handle_outgoing(rcc->stream, &rcc->outgoing);
-    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
-}
-
-void red_channel_send(RedChannel *channel)
-{
-    g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_send, NULL);
-}
-
-static inline int red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    return (rcc->channel->handle_acks &&
-            (rcc->ack_data.messages_window > rcc->ack_data.client_window * 2));
-}
-
-static inline RedPipeItem *red_channel_client_pipe_item_get(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    RedPipeItem *item;
-
-    if (!rcc || rcc->send_data.blocked
-             || red_channel_client_waiting_for_ack(rcc)
-             || !(item = (RedPipeItem *)ring_get_tail(&rcc->pipe))) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    red_channel_client_pipe_remove(rcc, item);
-    return item;
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_push(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    RedPipeItem *pipe_item;
-
-    if (!rcc->during_send) {
-        rcc->during_send = TRUE;
-    } else {
-        return;
-    }
-    red_channel_client_ref(rcc);
-    if (rcc->send_data.blocked) {
-        red_channel_client_send(rcc);
-    }
-
-    if (!red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc) && !rcc->send_data.blocked) {
-        rcc->send_data.blocked = TRUE;
-        spice_printerr("ERROR: an item waiting to be sent and not blocked");
-    }
-
-    while ((pipe_item = red_channel_client_pipe_item_get(rcc))) {
-        red_channel_client_send_item(rcc, pipe_item);
-    }
-    if (red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc) && ring_is_empty(&rcc->pipe)
-        && rcc->stream->watch) {
-        rcc->channel->core->watch_update_mask(rcc->stream->watch,
-                                              SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ);
-    }
-    rcc->during_send = FALSE;
-    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
-}
-
-void red_channel_push(RedChannel *channel)
-{
-    if (!channel) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_push, NULL);
-}
-
-int red_channel_client_get_roundtrip_ms(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    if (rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip < 0) {
-        return rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip;
-    }
-    return rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip / NSEC_PER_MILLISEC;
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_init_outgoing_messages_window(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    rcc->ack_data.messages_window = 0;
-    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
-}
-
-// TODO: this function doesn't make sense because the window should be client (WAN/LAN)
-// specific
-void red_channel_init_outgoing_messages_window(RedChannel *channel)
-{
-    g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_init_outgoing_messages_window, NULL);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_handle_migrate_flush_mark(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    if (rcc->channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_flush_mark) {
-        rcc->channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_flush_mark(rcc);
-    }
-}
-
-// TODO: the whole migration is broken with multiple clients. What do we want to do?
-// basically just
-//  1) source send mark to all
-//  2) source gets at various times the data (waits for all)
-//  3) source migrates to target
-//  4) target sends data to all
-// So need to make all the handlers work with per channel/client data (what data exactly?)
-static void red_channel_handle_migrate_data(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size, void *message)
-{
-    spice_debug("channel type %d id %d rcc %p size %u",
-                rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id, rcc, size);
-    if (!rcc->channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_data) {
-        return;
-    }
-    if (!red_channel_client_is_waiting_for_migrate_data(rcc)) {
-        spice_channel_client_error(rcc, "unexpected");
-        return;
-    }
-    if (rcc->channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_data_get_serial) {
-        red_channel_client_set_message_serial(rcc,
-            rcc->channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_data_get_serial(rcc, size, message));
-    }
-    if (!rcc->channel->channel_cbs.handle_migrate_data(rcc, size, message)) {
-        spice_channel_client_error(rcc, "handle_migrate_data failed");
-        return;
-    }
-    red_channel_client_seamless_migration_done(rcc);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_restart_ping_timer(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    uint64_t passed, timeout;
-
-    passed = (spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() - rcc->latency_monitor.last_pong_time) / NSEC_PER_MILLISEC;
-    timeout = PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS;
-    if (passed  < PING_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS) {
-        timeout += PING_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS - passed;
-    }
-
-    red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, timeout);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t timeout)
-{
-    if (!rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
-        return;
-    }
-    if (rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_NONE) {
-        return;
-    }
-    rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_TIMER;
-    rcc->channel->core->timer_start(rcc->latency_monitor.timer, timeout);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_cancel_ping_timer(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    if (!rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
-        return;
-    }
-    if (rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_TIMER) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    rcc->channel->core->timer_cancel(rcc->latency_monitor.timer);
-    rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_NONE;
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_handle_pong(RedChannelClient *rcc, SpiceMsgPing *ping)
-{
-    uint64_t now;
-
-    /* ignoring unexpected pongs, or post-migration pongs for pings that
-     * started just before migration */
-    if (ping->id != rcc->latency_monitor.id) {
-        spice_warning("ping-id (%u)!= pong-id %u",
-                      rcc->latency_monitor.id, ping->id);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    now = spice_get_monotonic_time_ns();
-
-    if (rcc->latency_monitor.state == PING_STATE_WARMUP) {
-        rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_LATENCY;
-        return;
-    } else if (rcc->latency_monitor.state != PING_STATE_LATENCY) {
-        spice_warning("unexpected");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    /* set TCP_NODELAY=0, in case we reverted it for the test*/
-    if (!rcc->latency_monitor.tcp_nodelay) {
-        int delay_val = 0;
-
-        if (setsockopt(rcc->stream->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &delay_val,
-                       sizeof(delay_val)) == -1) {
-            if (errno != ENOTSUP) {
-                spice_warning("setsockopt failed, %s", strerror(errno));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * The real network latency shouldn't change during the connection. However,
-     *  the measurements can be bigger than the real roundtrip due to other
-     *  threads or processes that are utilizing the network. We update the roundtrip
-     *  measurement with the minimal value we encountered till now.
-     */
-    if (rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip < 0 ||
-        now - ping->timestamp < rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip) {
-        rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip = now - ping->timestamp;
-        spice_debug("update roundtrip %.2f(ms)", ((double)rcc->latency_monitor.roundtrip)/NSEC_PER_MILLISEC);
-    }
+    channel->out_bytes_counter = 0;
 
-    rcc->latency_monitor.last_pong_time = now;
-    rcc->latency_monitor.state = PING_STATE_NONE;
-    red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    return channel;
 }
 
-int red_channel_client_handle_message(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size,
-                                      uint16_t type, void *message)
+static int do_nothing_handle_message(RedChannelClient *rcc,
+                                     uint16_t type,
+                                     uint32_t size,
+                                     uint8_t *msg)
 {
-    switch (type) {
-    case SPICE_MSGC_ACK_SYNC:
-        if (size != sizeof(uint32_t)) {
-            spice_printerr("bad message size");
-            return FALSE;
-        }
-        rcc->ack_data.client_generation = *(uint32_t *)(message);
-        break;
-    case SPICE_MSGC_ACK:
-        if (rcc->ack_data.client_generation == rcc->ack_data.generation) {
-            rcc->ack_data.messages_window -= rcc->ack_data.client_window;
-            red_channel_client_push(rcc);
-        }
-        break;
-    case SPICE_MSGC_DISCONNECTING:
-        break;
-    case SPICE_MSGC_MIGRATE_FLUSH_MARK:
-        if (!rcc->wait_migrate_flush_mark) {
-            spice_error("unexpected flush mark");
-            return FALSE;
-        }
-        red_channel_handle_migrate_flush_mark(rcc);
-        rcc->wait_migrate_flush_mark = FALSE;
-        break;
-    case SPICE_MSGC_MIGRATE_DATA:
-        red_channel_handle_migrate_data(rcc, size, message);
-        break;
-    case SPICE_MSGC_PONG:
-        red_channel_client_handle_pong(rcc, message);
-        break;
-    default:
-        spice_printerr("invalid message type %u", type);
-        return FALSE;
-    }
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-static void red_channel_client_event(int fd, int event, void *data)
+RedChannel *red_channel_create_parser(int size,
+                                      RedsState *reds,
+                                      const SpiceCoreInterfaceInternal *core,
+                                      uint32_t type, uint32_t id,
+                                      int handle_acks,
+                                      spice_parse_channel_func_t parser,
+                                      channel_handle_parsed_proc handle_parsed,
+                                      const ChannelCbs *channel_cbs,
+                                      uint32_t migration_flags)
 {
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = (RedChannelClient *)data;
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_create(size, reds, core, type, id,
+                                             handle_acks,
+                                             do_nothing_handle_message,
+                                             channel_cbs,
+                                             migration_flags);
 
-    red_channel_client_ref(rcc);
-    if (event & SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ) {
-        red_channel_client_receive(rcc);
-    }
-    if (event & SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_WRITE) {
-        red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+    if (channel == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
     }
-    red_channel_client_unref(rcc);
+    channel->incoming_cb.handle_parsed = (handle_parsed_proc)handle_parsed;
+    channel->incoming_cb.parser = parser;
+
+    return channel;
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_init_send_data(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint16_t msg_type, RedPipeItem *item)
+void red_channel_set_stat_node(RedChannel *channel, StatNodeRef stat)
 {
-    spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
-    spice_assert(msg_type != 0);
-    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_type(&rcc->send_data.header, msg_type);
-    rcc->send_data.item = item;
-    if (item) {
-        red_pipe_item_ref(item);
-    }
+    spice_return_if_fail(channel != NULL);
+    spice_return_if_fail(channel->stat == 0);
+
+#ifdef RED_STATISTICS
+    channel->stat = stat;
+    channel->out_bytes_counter = stat_add_counter(channel->reds, stat, "out_bytes", TRUE);
+#endif
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_begin_send_message(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+void red_channel_register_client_cbs(RedChannel *channel, const ClientCbs *client_cbs, gpointer cbs_data)
 {
-    SpiceMarshaller *m = rcc->send_data.marshaller;
+    spice_assert(client_cbs->connect || channel->type == SPICE_CHANNEL_MAIN);
+    channel->client_cbs.connect = client_cbs->connect;
 
-    // TODO - better check: type in channel_allowed_types. Better: type in channel_allowed_types(channel_state)
-    if (rcc->send_data.header.get_msg_type(&rcc->send_data.header) == 0) {
-        spice_printerr("BUG: header->type == 0");
-        return;
+    if (client_cbs->disconnect) {
+        channel->client_cbs.disconnect = client_cbs->disconnect;
     }
 
-    /* canceling the latency test timer till the nework is idle */
-    red_channel_client_cancel_ping_timer(rcc);
-
-    spice_marshaller_flush(m);
-    rcc->send_data.size = spice_marshaller_get_total_size(m);
-    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_size(&rcc->send_data.header,
-                                       rcc->send_data.size - rcc->send_data.header.header_size);
-    rcc->ack_data.messages_window++;
-    rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial = rcc->send_data.serial;
-    rcc->send_data.header.data = NULL; /* avoid writing to this until we have a new message */
-    red_channel_client_send(rcc);
+    if (client_cbs->migrate) {
+        channel->client_cbs.migrate = client_cbs->migrate;
+    }
+    channel->data = cbs_data;
 }
 
-SpiceMarshaller *red_channel_client_switch_to_urgent_sender(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+int test_capability(const uint32_t *caps, int num_caps, uint32_t cap)
 {
-    spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
-    spice_assert(rcc->send_data.header.data != NULL);
-    rcc->send_data.main.header_data = rcc->send_data.header.data;
-    rcc->send_data.main.item = rcc->send_data.item;
-
-    rcc->send_data.marshaller = rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller;
-    rcc->send_data.item = NULL;
-    red_channel_client_reset_send_data(rcc);
-    return rcc->send_data.marshaller;
+    uint32_t index = cap / 32;
+    if (num_caps < index + 1) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    return (caps[index] & (1 << (cap % 32))) != 0;
 }
 
-static void red_channel_client_restore_main_sender(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+static void add_capability(uint32_t **caps, int *num_caps, uint32_t cap)
 {
-    spice_marshaller_reset(rcc->send_data.urgent.marshaller);
-    rcc->send_data.marshaller = rcc->send_data.main.marshaller;
-    rcc->send_data.header.data = rcc->send_data.main.header_data;
-    if (!rcc->is_mini_header) {
-        rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_serial(&rcc->send_data.header, rcc->send_data.serial);
-    }
-    rcc->send_data.item = rcc->send_data.main.item;
+    int nbefore, n;
+
+    nbefore = *num_caps;
+    n = cap / 32;
+    *num_caps = MAX(*num_caps, n + 1);
+    *caps = spice_renew(uint32_t, *caps, *num_caps);
+    memset(*caps + nbefore, 0, (*num_caps - nbefore) * sizeof(uint32_t));
+    (*caps)[n] |= (1 << (cap % 32));
 }
 
-uint64_t red_channel_client_get_message_serial(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+void red_channel_set_common_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap)
 {
-    return rcc->send_data.serial;
+    add_capability(&channel->local_caps.common_caps, &channel->local_caps.num_common_caps, cap);
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_set_message_serial(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint64_t serial)
+void red_channel_set_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap)
 {
-    rcc->send_data.last_sent_serial = serial;
-    rcc->send_data.serial = serial;
+    add_capability(&channel->local_caps.caps, &channel->local_caps.num_caps, cap);
 }
 
-static inline gboolean client_pipe_add(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item, RingItem *pos)
+void red_channel_ref(RedChannel *channel)
 {
-    spice_assert(rcc && item);
-    if (SPICE_UNLIKELY(!red_channel_client_is_connected(rcc))) {
-        spice_debug("rcc is disconnected %p", rcc);
-        red_pipe_item_unref(item);
-        return FALSE;
-    }
-    if (ring_is_empty(&rcc->pipe) && rcc->stream->watch) {
-        rcc->channel->core->watch_update_mask(rcc->stream->watch,
-                                         SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_READ |
-                                         SPICE_WATCH_EVENT_WRITE);
-    }
-    rcc->pipe_size++;
-    ring_add(pos, &item->link);
-    return TRUE;
+    channel->refs++;
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
+void red_channel_unref(RedChannel *channel)
 {
+    if (--channel->refs == 0) {
+        if (channel->local_caps.num_common_caps) {
+            free(channel->local_caps.common_caps);
+        }
 
-    client_pipe_add(rcc, item, &rcc->pipe);
-}
+        if (channel->local_caps.num_caps) {
+            free(channel->local_caps.caps);
+        }
 
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_push(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
-{
-    red_channel_client_pipe_add(rcc, item);
-    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+        free(channel);
+    }
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_after(RedChannelClient *rcc,
-                                       RedPipeItem *item,
-                                       RedPipeItem *pos)
+void red_channel_destroy(RedChannel *channel)
 {
-    spice_assert(pos);
-    client_pipe_add(rcc, item, &pos->link);
-}
+    if (!channel) {
+        return;
+    }
 
-int red_channel_client_pipe_item_is_linked(RedChannelClient *rcc,
-                                           RedPipeItem *item)
-{
-    return ring_item_is_linked(&item->link);
+    g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_destroy, NULL);
+    red_channel_unref(channel);
 }
 
-static void red_channel_client_pipe_add_tail(RedChannelClient *rcc,
-                                             RedPipeItem *item)
+void red_channel_send(RedChannel *channel)
 {
-    client_pipe_add(rcc, item, rcc->pipe.prev);
+    g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_send, NULL);
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_tail_and_push(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item)
+void red_channel_push(RedChannel *channel)
 {
-    if (client_pipe_add(rcc, item, rcc->pipe.prev)) {
-        red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+    if (!channel) {
+        return;
     }
+
+    g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_push, NULL);
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(RedChannelClient *rcc, int pipe_item_type)
+// TODO: this function doesn't make sense because the window should be client (WAN/LAN)
+// specific
+void red_channel_init_outgoing_messages_window(RedChannel *channel)
 {
-    RedPipeItem *item = spice_new(RedPipeItem, 1);
-
-    red_pipe_item_init(item, pipe_item_type);
-    red_channel_client_pipe_add(rcc, item);
-    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
+    g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_init_outgoing_messages_window, NULL);
 }
 
 static void red_channel_client_pipe_add_type_proxy(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
@@ -1704,16 +424,6 @@ void red_channel_pipes_add_type(RedChannel *channel, int pipe_item_type)
                    GINT_TO_POINTER(pipe_item_type));
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_empty_msg(RedChannelClient *rcc, int msg_type)
-{
-    RedEmptyMsgPipeItem *item = spice_new(RedEmptyMsgPipeItem, 1);
-
-    red_pipe_item_init(&item->base, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_EMPTY_MSG);
-    item->msg = msg_type;
-    red_channel_client_pipe_add(rcc, &item->base);
-    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
-}
-
 static void red_channel_client_pipe_add_empty_msg_proxy(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
 {
     int type = GPOINTER_TO_INT(user_data);
@@ -1725,117 +435,38 @@ void red_channel_pipes_add_empty_msg(RedChannel *channel, int msg_type)
     g_list_foreach(channel->clients, red_channel_client_pipe_add_empty_msg_proxy, GINT_TO_POINTER(msg_type));
 }
 
-int red_channel_client_is_connected(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    if (!rcc->dummy) {
-        return rcc->channel
-            && (g_list_find(rcc->channel->clients, rcc) != NULL);
-    } else {
-        return rcc->dummy_connected;
-    }
-}
-
 int red_channel_is_connected(RedChannel *channel)
 {
     return channel && channel->clients;
 }
 
-static void red_channel_client_clear_sent_item(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    red_channel_client_release_sent_item(rcc);
-    rcc->send_data.blocked = FALSE;
-    rcc->send_data.size = 0;
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_pipe_clear(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    RedPipeItem *item;
-
-    if (rcc) {
-        red_channel_client_clear_sent_item(rcc);
-    }
-    while ((item = (RedPipeItem *)ring_get_head(&rcc->pipe))) {
-        ring_remove(&item->link);
-        red_pipe_item_unref(item);
-    }
-    rcc->pipe_size = 0;
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_ack_zero_messages_window(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    rcc->ack_data.messages_window = 0;
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_ack_set_client_window(RedChannelClient *rcc, int client_window)
-{
-    rcc->ack_data.client_window = client_window;
-}
-
-static void red_channel_remove_client(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+void red_channel_remove_client(RedChannel *channel, RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     GList *link;
+    g_return_if_fail(channel == red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc));
 
-    if (!pthread_equal(pthread_self(), rcc->channel->thread_id)) {
+    if (!pthread_equal(pthread_self(), channel->thread_id)) {
         spice_warning("channel type %d id %d - "
                       "channel->thread_id (0x%lx) != pthread_self (0x%lx)."
                       "If one of the threads is != io-thread && != vcpu-thread, "
                       "this might be a BUG",
-                      rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id,
-                      rcc->channel->thread_id, pthread_self());
+                      channel->type, channel->id,
+                      channel->thread_id, pthread_self());
     }
-    spice_return_if_fail(rcc->channel);
-    link = g_list_find(rcc->channel->clients, rcc);
+    spice_return_if_fail(channel);
+    link = g_list_find(channel->clients, rcc);
     spice_return_if_fail(link != NULL);
 
-    rcc->channel->clients = g_list_remove_link(rcc->channel->clients, link);
+    channel->clients = g_list_remove_link(channel->clients, link);
     // TODO: should we set rcc->channel to NULL???
 }
 
-static void red_client_remove_channel(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&rcc->client->lock);
-    rcc->client->channels = g_list_remove(rcc->client->channels, rcc);
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&rcc->client->lock);
-}
-
-static void red_channel_client_disconnect_dummy(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    GList *link;
-    spice_assert(rcc->dummy);
-    if (rcc->channel && (link = g_list_find(rcc->channel->clients, rcc))) {
-        spice_printerr("rcc=%p (channel=%p type=%d id=%d)", rcc, rcc->channel,
-                       rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id);
-        red_channel_remove_client(link->data);
-    }
-    rcc->dummy_connected = FALSE;
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc)
+void red_client_remove_channel(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
-    if (rcc->dummy) {
-        red_channel_client_disconnect_dummy(rcc);
-        return;
-    }
-    if (!red_channel_client_is_connected(rcc)) {
-        return;
-    }
-    spice_printerr("rcc=%p (channel=%p type=%d id=%d)", rcc, rcc->channel,
-                   rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id);
-    red_channel_client_pipe_clear(rcc);
-    if (rcc->stream->watch) {
-        rcc->channel->core->watch_remove(rcc->stream->watch);
-        rcc->stream->watch = NULL;
-    }
-    if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
-        rcc->channel->core->timer_remove(rcc->latency_monitor.timer);
-        rcc->latency_monitor.timer = NULL;
-    }
-    if (rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer) {
-        rcc->channel->core->timer_remove(rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer);
-        rcc->connectivity_monitor.timer = NULL;
-    }
-    red_channel_remove_client(rcc);
-    rcc->channel->channel_cbs.on_disconnect(rcc);
+    RedClient *client = red_channel_client_get_client(rcc);
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&client->lock);
+    client->channels = g_list_remove(client->channels, rcc);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
 }
 
 void red_channel_disconnect(RedChannel *channel)
@@ -1843,51 +474,6 @@ void red_channel_disconnect(RedChannel *channel)
     g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)red_channel_client_disconnect, NULL);
 }
 
-RedChannelClient *red_channel_client_create_dummy(int size,
-                                                  RedChannel *channel,
-                                                  RedClient  *client,
-                                                  int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
-                                                  int num_caps, uint32_t *caps)
-{
-    RedChannelClient *rcc = NULL;
-
-    spice_assert(size >= sizeof(RedChannelClient));
-
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&client->lock);
-    if (!red_channel_client_pre_create_validate(channel, client)) {
-        goto error;
-    }
-    rcc = spice_malloc0(size);
-    rcc->refs = 1;
-    rcc->client = client;
-    rcc->channel = channel;
-    red_channel_ref(channel);
-    red_channel_client_set_remote_caps(rcc, num_common_caps, common_caps, num_caps, caps);
-    if (red_channel_client_test_remote_common_cap(rcc, SPICE_COMMON_CAP_MINI_HEADER)) {
-        rcc->incoming.header = mini_header_wrapper;
-        rcc->send_data.header = mini_header_wrapper;
-        rcc->is_mini_header = TRUE;
-    } else {
-        rcc->incoming.header = full_header_wrapper;
-        rcc->send_data.header = full_header_wrapper;
-        rcc->is_mini_header = FALSE;
-    }
-
-    rcc->incoming.header.data = rcc->incoming.header_buf;
-    rcc->incoming.serial = 1;
-    ring_init(&rcc->pipe);
-
-    rcc->dummy = TRUE;
-    rcc->dummy_connected = TRUE;
-    red_channel_add_client(channel, rcc);
-    red_client_add_channel(client, rcc);
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
-    return rcc;
-error:
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 void red_channel_apply_clients(RedChannel *channel, channel_client_callback cb)
 {
     g_list_foreach(channel->clients, (GFunc)cb, NULL);
@@ -1908,7 +494,7 @@ int red_channel_all_blocked(RedChannel *channel)
     }
     for (link = channel->clients; link != NULL; link = link->next) {
         rcc = link->data;
-        if (!rcc->send_data.blocked) {
+        if (!red_channel_client_is_blocked(rcc)) {
             return FALSE;
         }
     }
@@ -1921,56 +507,25 @@ int red_channel_any_blocked(RedChannel *channel)
     RedChannelClient *rcc;
 
     FOREACH_CLIENT(channel, link, next, rcc) {
-        if (rcc->send_data.blocked) {
+        if (red_channel_client_is_blocked(rcc)) {
             return TRUE;
         }
     }
     return FALSE;
 }
 
-int red_channel_client_blocked(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    return rcc && rcc->send_data.blocked;
-}
-
-int red_channel_client_send_message_pending(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    return rcc->send_data.header.get_msg_type(&rcc->send_data.header) != 0;
-}
-
-/* accessors for RedChannelClient */
-SpiceMarshaller *red_channel_client_get_marshaller(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    return rcc->send_data.marshaller;
-}
-
-RedsStream *red_channel_client_get_stream(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    return rcc->stream;
-}
-
-RedClient *red_channel_client_get_client(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    return rcc->client;
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_set_header_sub_list(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t sub_list)
-{
-    rcc->send_data.header.set_msg_sub_list(&rcc->send_data.header, sub_list);
-}
-
-/* end of accessors */
-
 int red_channel_get_first_socket(RedChannel *channel)
 {
     RedChannelClient *rcc;
+    RedsStream *stream;
 
     if (!channel || !channel->clients) {
         return -1;
     }
     rcc = g_list_nth_data(channel->clients, 0);
+    stream = red_channel_client_get_stream(rcc);
 
-    return rcc->stream->socket;
+    return stream->socket;
 }
 
 int red_channel_no_item_being_sent(RedChannel *channel)
@@ -1986,18 +541,6 @@ int red_channel_no_item_being_sent(RedChannel *channel)
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-int red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    return !rcc || (rcc->send_data.size == 0);
-}
-
-void red_channel_client_pipe_remove_and_release(RedChannelClient *rcc,
-                                                RedPipeItem *item)
-{
-    red_channel_client_pipe_remove(rcc, item);
-    red_pipe_item_unref(item);
-}
-
 /*
  * RedClient implementation - kept in red-channel.c because they are
  * pretty tied together.
@@ -2035,21 +578,6 @@ RedClient *red_client_unref(RedClient *client)
     return client;
 }
 
-/* client mutex should be locked before this call */
-static gboolean red_channel_client_set_migration_seamless(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    gboolean ret = FALSE;
-
-    if (rcc->channel->migration_flags & SPICE_MIGRATE_NEED_DATA_TRANSFER) {
-        rcc->wait_migrate_data = TRUE;
-        ret = TRUE;
-    }
-    spice_debug("channel type %d id %d rcc %p wait data %d", rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id, rcc,
-        rcc->wait_migrate_data);
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
 void red_client_set_migration_seamless(RedClient *client) // dest
 {
     GList *link;
@@ -2069,6 +597,7 @@ void red_client_migrate(RedClient *client)
 {
     GList *link, *next;
     RedChannelClient *rcc;
+    RedChannel *channel;
 
     spice_printerr("migrate client with #channels %d", g_list_length(client->channels));
     if (!pthread_equal(pthread_self(), client->thread_id)) {
@@ -2081,8 +610,9 @@ void red_client_migrate(RedClient *client)
     while (link) {
         next = link->next;
         rcc = link->data;
+        channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
         if (red_channel_client_is_connected(rcc)) {
-            rcc->channel->client_cbs.migrate(rcc);
+            channel->client_cbs.migrate(rcc);
         }
         link = next;
     }
@@ -2103,20 +633,21 @@ void red_client_destroy(RedClient *client)
     }
     link = client->channels;
     while (link) {
+        RedChannel *channel;
         next = link->next;
         // some channels may be in other threads, so disconnection
         // is not synchronous.
         rcc = link->data;
-        rcc->destroying = 1;
+        channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+        red_channel_client_set_destroying(rcc);
         // some channels may be in other threads. However we currently
         // assume disconnect is synchronous (we changed the dispatcher
         // to wait for disconnection)
         // TODO: should we go back to async. For this we need to use
         // ref count for channel clients.
-        rcc->channel->client_cbs.disconnect(rcc);
-        spice_assert(ring_is_empty(&rcc->pipe));
-        spice_assert(rcc->pipe_size == 0);
-        spice_assert(rcc->send_data.size == 0);
+        channel->client_cbs.disconnect(rcc);
+        spice_assert(red_channel_client_pipe_is_empty(rcc));
+        spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
         red_channel_client_destroy(rcc);
         link = next;
     }
@@ -2124,15 +655,17 @@ void red_client_destroy(RedClient *client)
 }
 
 /* client->lock should be locked */
-static RedChannelClient *red_client_get_channel(RedClient *client, int type, int id)
+RedChannelClient *red_client_get_channel(RedClient *client, int type, int id)
 {
     GList *link;
     RedChannelClient *rcc;
     RedChannelClient *ret = NULL;
 
     for (link = client->channels; link != NULL; link = link->next) {
+        RedChannel *channel;
         rcc = link->data;
-        if (rcc->channel->type == type && rcc->channel->id == id) {
+        channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+        if (channel->type == type && channel->id == id) {
             ret = rcc;
             break;
         }
@@ -2141,7 +674,7 @@ static RedChannelClient *red_client_get_channel(RedClient *client, int type, int
 }
 
 /* client->lock should be locked */
-static void red_client_add_channel(RedClient *client, RedChannelClient *rcc)
+void red_client_add_channel(RedClient *client, RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     spice_assert(rcc && client);
     client->channels = g_list_prepend(client->channels, rcc);
@@ -2173,11 +706,7 @@ void red_client_semi_seamless_migrate_complete(RedClient *client)
     link = client->channels;
     while (link) {
         next = link->next;
-        RedChannelClient *rcc = link->data;
-
-        if (rcc->latency_monitor.timer) {
-            red_channel_client_start_ping_timer(rcc, PING_TEST_IDLE_NET_TIMEOUT_MS);
-        }
+        red_channel_client_semi_seamless_migration_complete(link->data);
         link = next;
     }
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&client->lock);
@@ -2269,8 +798,10 @@ uint32_t red_channel_max_pipe_size(RedChannel *channel)
     uint32_t pipe_size = 0;
 
     for (link = channel->clients; link != NULL; link = link->next) {
+        uint32_t new_size;
         rcc = link->data;
-        pipe_size = MAX(pipe_size, rcc->pipe_size);
+        new_size = red_channel_client_get_pipe_size(rcc);
+        pipe_size = MAX(pipe_size, new_size);
     }
     return pipe_size;
 }
@@ -2282,7 +813,9 @@ uint32_t red_channel_min_pipe_size(RedChannel *channel)
     uint32_t pipe_size = ~0;
 
     FOREACH_CLIENT(channel, link, next, rcc) {
-        pipe_size = MIN(pipe_size, rcc->pipe_size);
+        uint32_t new_size;
+        new_size = red_channel_client_get_pipe_size(rcc);
+        pipe_size = MIN(pipe_size, new_size);
     }
     return pipe_size == ~0 ? 0 : pipe_size;
 }
@@ -2294,102 +827,11 @@ uint32_t red_channel_sum_pipes_size(RedChannel *channel)
     uint32_t sum = 0;
 
     FOREACH_CLIENT(channel, link, next, rcc) {
-        sum += rcc->pipe_size;
+        sum += red_channel_client_get_pipe_size(rcc);
     }
     return sum;
 }
 
-int red_channel_client_wait_outgoing_item(RedChannelClient *rcc,
-                                          int64_t timeout)
-{
-    uint64_t end_time;
-    int blocked;
-
-    if (!red_channel_client_blocked(rcc)) {
-        return TRUE;
-    }
-    if (timeout != -1) {
-        end_time = spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() + timeout;
-    } else {
-        end_time = UINT64_MAX;
-    }
-    spice_info("blocked");
-
-    do {
-        usleep(CHANNEL_BLOCKED_SLEEP_DURATION);
-        red_channel_client_receive(rcc);
-        red_channel_client_send(rcc);
-    } while ((blocked = red_channel_client_blocked(rcc)) &&
-             (timeout == -1 || spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() < end_time));
-
-    if (blocked) {
-        spice_warning("timeout");
-        return FALSE;
-    } else {
-        spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
-        return TRUE;
-    }
-}
-
-static void marker_pipe_item_free(RedPipeItem *base)
-{
-    MarkerPipeItem *item = SPICE_UPCAST(MarkerPipeItem, base);
-
-    if (item->item_in_pipe) {
-        *item->item_in_pipe = FALSE;
-    }
-    free(item);
-}
-
-/* TODO: more evil sync stuff. anything with the word wait in it's name. */
-int red_channel_client_wait_pipe_item_sent(RedChannelClient *rcc,
-                                           RedPipeItem *item,
-                                           int64_t timeout)
-{
-    uint64_t end_time;
-    gboolean item_in_pipe;
-
-    spice_info(NULL);
-
-    if (timeout != -1) {
-        end_time = spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() + timeout;
-    } else {
-        end_time = UINT64_MAX;
-    }
-
-    MarkerPipeItem *mark_item = spice_new0(MarkerPipeItem, 1);
-
-    red_pipe_item_init_full(&mark_item->base, RED_PIPE_ITEM_TYPE_MARKER,
-                            marker_pipe_item_free);
-    item_in_pipe = TRUE;
-    mark_item->item_in_pipe = &item_in_pipe;
-    red_channel_client_pipe_add_after(rcc, &mark_item->base, item);
-
-    if (red_channel_client_blocked(rcc)) {
-        red_channel_client_receive(rcc);
-        red_channel_client_send(rcc);
-    }
-    red_channel_client_push(rcc);
-
-    while(item_in_pipe &&
-          (timeout == -1 || spice_get_monotonic_time_ns() < end_time)) {
-        usleep(CHANNEL_BLOCKED_SLEEP_DURATION);
-        red_channel_client_receive(rcc);
-        red_channel_client_send(rcc);
-        red_channel_client_push(rcc);
-    }
-
-    if (item_in_pipe) {
-        // still on the queue, make sure won't overwrite the stack variable
-        mark_item->item_in_pipe = NULL;
-        spice_warning("timeout");
-        return FALSE;
-    } else {
-        return red_channel_client_wait_outgoing_item(rcc,
-                                                     timeout == -1 ? -1 : end_time - spice_get_monotonic_time_ns());
-    }
-}
-
 int red_channel_wait_all_sent(RedChannel *channel,
                               int64_t timeout)
 {
@@ -2424,15 +866,6 @@ int red_channel_wait_all_sent(RedChannel *channel,
     }
 }
 
-void red_channel_client_disconnect_if_pending_send(RedChannelClient *rcc)
-{
-    if (red_channel_client_blocked(rcc) || rcc->pipe_size > 0) {
-        red_channel_client_disconnect(rcc);
-    } else {
-        spice_assert(red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(rcc));
-    }
-}
-
 RedsState* red_channel_get_server(RedChannel *channel)
 {
     return channel->reds;
diff --git a/server/red-channel.h b/server/red-channel.h
index 5b38f57..ce7f732 100644
--- a/server/red-channel.h
+++ b/server/red-channel.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "reds-stream.h"
 #include "stat.h"
 #include "red-pipe-item.h"
+#include "red-channel-client.h"
 
 #define MAX_SEND_BUFS 1000
 #define CLIENT_ACK_WINDOW 20
@@ -129,7 +130,6 @@ typedef struct OutgoingHandler {
 /* Red Channel interface */
 
 typedef struct RedChannel RedChannel;
-typedef struct RedChannelClient RedChannelClient;
 typedef struct RedClient RedClient;
 typedef struct MainChannelClient MainChannelClient;
 
@@ -231,62 +231,6 @@ typedef struct RedChannelClientConnectivityMonitor {
     SpiceTimer *timer;
 } RedChannelClientConnectivityMonitor;
 
-struct RedChannelClient {
-    RedChannel *channel;
-    RedClient  *client;
-    RedsStream *stream;
-    int dummy;
-    int dummy_connected;
-
-    uint32_t refs;
-
-    struct {
-        uint32_t generation;
-        uint32_t client_generation;
-        uint32_t messages_window;
-        uint32_t client_window;
-    } ack_data;
-
-    struct {
-        SpiceMarshaller *marshaller;
-        SpiceDataHeaderOpaque header;
-        uint32_t size;
-        RedPipeItem *item;
-        int blocked;
-        uint64_t serial;
-        uint64_t last_sent_serial;
-
-        struct {
-            SpiceMarshaller *marshaller;
-            uint8_t *header_data;
-            RedPipeItem *item;
-        } main;
-
-        struct {
-            SpiceMarshaller *marshaller;
-        } urgent;
-    } send_data;
-
-    OutgoingHandler outgoing;
-    IncomingHandler incoming;
-    int during_send;
-    int id; // debugging purposes
-    Ring pipe;
-    uint32_t pipe_size;
-
-    RedChannelCapabilities remote_caps;
-    int is_mini_header;
-    int destroying;
-
-    int wait_migrate_data;
-    int wait_migrate_flush_mark;
-
-    RedChannelClientLatencyMonitor latency_monitor;
-    RedChannelClientConnectivityMonitor connectivity_monitor;
-};
-
-#define RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(Client) ((RedChannelClient *)(Client))
-
 struct RedChannel {
     uint32_t type;
     uint32_t id;
@@ -339,17 +283,6 @@ struct RedChannel {
 
 #define RED_CHANNEL(Channel) ((RedChannel *)(Channel))
 
-/*
- * When an error occurs over a channel, we treat it as a warning
- * for spice-server and shutdown the channel.
- */
-#define spice_channel_client_error(rcc, format, ...)                                     \
-    do {                                                                                 \
-        spice_warning("rcc %p type %u id %u: " format, rcc,                              \
-                    rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id, ## __VA_ARGS__);               \
-        red_channel_client_shutdown(rcc);                                                \
-    } while (0)
-
 /* if one of the callbacks should cause disconnect, use red_channel_shutdown and don't
  * explicitly destroy the channel */
 RedChannel *red_channel_create(int size,
@@ -372,6 +305,11 @@ RedChannel *red_channel_create_parser(int size,
                                       channel_handle_parsed_proc handle_parsed,
                                       const ChannelCbs *channel_cbs,
                                       uint32_t migration_flags);
+void red_channel_ref(RedChannel *channel);
+void red_channel_unref(RedChannel *channel);
+void red_channel_add_client(RedChannel *channel, RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_channel_remove_client(RedChannel *channel, RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
 void red_channel_set_stat_node(RedChannel *channel, StatNodeRef stat);
 
 void red_channel_register_client_cbs(RedChannel *channel, const ClientCbs *client_cbs, gpointer cbs_data);
@@ -379,26 +317,13 @@ void red_channel_register_client_cbs(RedChannel *channel, const ClientCbs *clien
 void red_channel_set_common_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap);
 void red_channel_set_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap);
 
-RedChannelClient *red_channel_client_create(int size, RedChannel *channel, RedClient *client,
-                                            RedsStream *stream,
-                                            int monitor_latency,
-                                            int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
-                                            int num_caps, uint32_t *caps);
 // TODO: tmp, for channels that don't use RedChannel yet (e.g., snd channel), but
 // do use the client callbacks. So the channel clients are not connected (the channel doesn't
 // have list of them, but they do have a link to the channel, and the client has a list of them)
 RedChannel *red_channel_create_dummy(int size, RedsState *reds, uint32_t type, uint32_t id);
-RedChannelClient *red_channel_client_create_dummy(int size,
-                                                  RedChannel *channel,
-                                                  RedClient  *client,
-                                                  int num_common_caps, uint32_t *common_caps,
-                                                  int num_caps, uint32_t *caps);
 
 int red_channel_is_connected(RedChannel *channel);
-int red_channel_client_is_connected(RedChannelClient *rcc);
 
-void red_channel_client_default_migrate(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-int red_channel_client_is_waiting_for_migrate_data(RedChannelClient *rcc);
 /* seamless migration is supported for only one client. This routine
  * checks if the only channel client associated with channel is
  * waiting for migration data */
@@ -411,61 +336,15 @@ int red_channel_is_waiting_for_migrate_data(RedChannel *channel);
  * from red_client_destroy.
  */
 
-void red_channel_client_destroy(RedChannelClient *rcc);
 void red_channel_destroy(RedChannel *channel);
-void red_channel_client_ref(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-void red_channel_client_unref(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
-int red_channel_client_test_remote_common_cap(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t cap);
-int red_channel_client_test_remote_cap(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t cap);
 
 /* return true if all the channel clients support the cap */
 int red_channel_test_remote_common_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap);
 int red_channel_test_remote_cap(RedChannel *channel, uint32_t cap);
 
-/* shutdown is the only safe thing to do out of the client/channel
- * thread. It will not touch the rings, just shutdown the socket.
- * It should be followed by some way to gurantee a disconnection. */
-void red_channel_client_shutdown(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
 /* should be called when a new channel is ready to send messages */
 void red_channel_init_outgoing_messages_window(RedChannel *channel);
 
-/* handles general channel msgs from the client */
-int red_channel_client_handle_message(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t size,
-                                      uint16_t type, void *message);
-
-/* when preparing send_data: should call init and then use marshaller */
-void red_channel_client_init_send_data(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint16_t msg_type, RedPipeItem *item);
-
-uint64_t red_channel_client_get_message_serial(RedChannelClient *channel);
-void red_channel_client_set_message_serial(RedChannelClient *channel, uint64_t);
-
-/* When sending a msg. Should first call red_channel_client_begin_send_message.
- * It will first send the pending urgent data, if there is any, and then
- * the rest of the data.
- */
-void red_channel_client_begin_send_message(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
-/*
- * Stores the current send data, and switches to urgent send data.
- * When it begins the actual send, it will send first the urgent data
- * and afterward the rest of the data.
- * Should be called only if during the marshalling of on message,
- * the need to send another message, before, rises.
- * Important: the serial of the non-urgent sent data, will be succeeded.
- * return: the urgent send data marshaller
- */
-SpiceMarshaller *red_channel_client_switch_to_urgent_sender(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
-/* returns -1 if we don't have an estimation */
-int red_channel_client_get_roundtrip_ms(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
-/*
- * Checks periodically if the connection is still alive
- */
-void red_channel_client_start_connectivity_monitoring(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t timeout_ms);
-
 // TODO: add back the channel_pipe_add functionality - by adding reference counting
 // to the RedPipeItem.
 
@@ -475,23 +354,10 @@ int red_channel_pipes_new_add_push(RedChannel *channel, new_pipe_item_t creator,
 void red_channel_pipes_new_add(RedChannel *channel, new_pipe_item_t creator, void *data);
 void red_channel_pipes_new_add_tail(RedChannel *channel, new_pipe_item_t creator, void *data);
 
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_push(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_after(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item, RedPipeItem *pos);
-int red_channel_client_pipe_item_is_linked(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
-void red_channel_client_pipe_remove_and_release(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_tail_and_push(RedChannelClient *rcc, RedPipeItem *item);
-/* for types that use this routine -> the pipe item should be freed */
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_type(RedChannelClient *rcc, int pipe_item_type);
 void red_channel_pipes_add_type(RedChannel *channel, int pipe_item_type);
 
-void red_channel_client_pipe_add_empty_msg(RedChannelClient *rcc, int msg_type);
 void red_channel_pipes_add_empty_msg(RedChannel *channel, int msg_type);
 
-void red_channel_client_ack_zero_messages_window(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-void red_channel_client_ack_set_client_window(RedChannelClient *rcc, int client_window);
-void red_channel_client_push_set_ack(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
 int red_channel_get_first_socket(RedChannel *channel);
 
 /* return TRUE if all of the connected clients to this channel are blocked */
@@ -500,24 +366,13 @@ int red_channel_all_blocked(RedChannel *channel);
 /* return TRUE if any of the connected clients to this channel are blocked */
 int red_channel_any_blocked(RedChannel *channel);
 
-int red_channel_client_blocked(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
-/* helper for channels that have complex logic that can possibly ready a send */
-int red_channel_client_send_message_pending(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
 int red_channel_no_item_being_sent(RedChannel *channel);
-int red_channel_client_no_item_being_sent(RedChannelClient *rcc);
 
 // TODO: unstaticed for display/cursor channels. they do some specific pushes not through
 // adding elements or on events. but not sure if this is actually required (only result
 // should be that they ""try"" a little harder, but if the event system is correct it
 // should not make any difference.
 void red_channel_push(RedChannel *channel);
-void red_channel_client_push(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-// TODO: again - what is the context exactly? this happens in channel disconnect. but our
-// current red_channel_shutdown also closes the socket - is there a socket to close?
-// are we reading from an fd here? arghh
-void red_channel_client_pipe_clear(RedChannelClient *rcc);
 // Again, used in various places outside of event handler context (or in other event handler
 // contexts):
 //  flush_display_commands/flush_cursor_commands
@@ -526,23 +381,10 @@ void red_channel_client_pipe_clear(RedChannelClient *rcc);
 //  red_wait_pipe_item_sent
 //  handle_channel_events - this is the only one that was used before, and was in red-channel.c
 void red_channel_receive(RedChannel *channel);
-void red_channel_client_receive(RedChannelClient *rcc);
 // For red_worker
 void red_channel_send(RedChannel *channel);
-void red_channel_client_send(RedChannelClient *rcc);
 // For red_worker
 void red_channel_disconnect(RedChannel *channel);
-void red_channel_client_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
-/* accessors for RedChannelClient */
-/* Note: the valid times to call red_channel_get_marshaller are just during send_item callback. */
-SpiceMarshaller *red_channel_client_get_marshaller(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-RedsStream *red_channel_client_get_stream(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-RedClient *red_channel_client_get_client(RedChannelClient *rcc);
-
-/* Note that the header is valid only between red_channel_reset_send_data and
- * red_channel_begin_send_message.*/
-void red_channel_client_set_header_sub_list(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint32_t sub_list);
 
 /* return the sum of all the rcc pipe size */
 uint32_t red_channel_max_pipe_size(RedChannel *channel);
@@ -596,6 +438,11 @@ RedClient *red_client_ref(RedClient *client);
  */
 RedClient *red_client_unref(RedClient *client);
 
+/* client->lock should be locked */
+void red_client_add_channel(RedClient *client, RedChannelClient *rcc);
+void red_client_remove_channel(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+RedChannelClient *red_client_get_channel(RedClient *client, int type, int id);
+
 MainChannelClient *red_client_get_main(RedClient *client);
 // main should be set once before all the other channels are created
 void red_client_set_main(RedClient *client, MainChannelClient *mcc);
@@ -611,7 +458,7 @@ void red_client_semi_seamless_migrate_complete(RedClient *client); /* dst side *
 int red_client_during_migrate_at_target(RedClient *client);
 
 void red_client_migrate(RedClient *client);
-
+gboolean red_client_seamless_migration_done_for_channel(RedClient *client);
 /*
  * blocking functions.
  *
@@ -620,13 +467,9 @@ void red_client_migrate(RedClient *client);
  * Return: TRUE if waiting succeeded. FALSE if timeout expired.
  */
 
-int red_channel_client_wait_pipe_item_sent(RedChannelClient *rcc,
-                                           RedPipeItem *item,
-                                           int64_t timeout);
-int red_channel_client_wait_outgoing_item(RedChannelClient *rcc,
-                                          int64_t timeout);
 int red_channel_wait_all_sent(RedChannel *channel,
                               int64_t timeout);
-void red_channel_client_disconnect_if_pending_send(RedChannelClient *rcc);
+
+#define CHANNEL_BLOCKED_SLEEP_DURATION 10000 //micro
 
 #endif
diff --git a/server/red-qxl.c b/server/red-qxl.c
index 2a4fa52..e517b41 100644
--- a/server/red-qxl.c
+++ b/server/red-qxl.c
@@ -102,12 +102,13 @@ static void red_qxl_disconnect_display_peer(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     RedWorkerMessageDisplayDisconnect payload;
     Dispatcher *dispatcher;
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
 
-    if (!rcc->channel) {
+    if (!channel) {
         return;
     }
 
-    dispatcher = (Dispatcher *)rcc->channel->data;
+    dispatcher = (Dispatcher *)channel->data;
 
     spice_printerr("");
     payload.rcc = rcc;
@@ -123,11 +124,12 @@ static void red_qxl_display_migrate(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     RedWorkerMessageDisplayMigrate payload;
     Dispatcher *dispatcher;
-    if (!rcc->channel) {
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+    if (!channel) {
         return;
     }
-    dispatcher = (Dispatcher *)rcc->channel->data;
-    spice_printerr("channel type %u id %u", rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id);
+    dispatcher = (Dispatcher *)channel->data;
+    spice_printerr("channel type %u id %u", channel->type, channel->id);
     payload.rcc = rcc;
     dispatcher_send_message(dispatcher,
                             RED_WORKER_MESSAGE_DISPLAY_MIGRATE,
@@ -162,12 +164,13 @@ static void red_qxl_disconnect_cursor_peer(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     RedWorkerMessageCursorDisconnect payload;
     Dispatcher *dispatcher;
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
 
-    if (!rcc->channel) {
+    if (!channel) {
         return;
     }
 
-    dispatcher = (Dispatcher *)rcc->channel->data;
+    dispatcher = (Dispatcher *)channel->data;
     spice_printerr("");
     payload.rcc = rcc;
 
@@ -180,12 +183,13 @@ static void red_qxl_cursor_migrate(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     RedWorkerMessageCursorMigrate payload;
     Dispatcher *dispatcher;
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
 
-    if (!rcc->channel) {
+    if (!channel) {
         return;
     }
-    dispatcher = (Dispatcher *)rcc->channel->data;
-    spice_printerr("channel type %u id %u", rcc->channel->type, rcc->channel->id);
+    dispatcher = (Dispatcher *)channel->data;
+    spice_printerr("channel type %u id %u", channel->type, channel->id);
     payload.rcc = rcc;
     dispatcher_send_message(dispatcher,
                             RED_WORKER_MESSAGE_CURSOR_MIGRATE,
diff --git a/server/red-worker.c b/server/red-worker.c
index 34a8bff..590412b 100644
--- a/server/red-worker.c
+++ b/server/red-worker.c
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ static int display_is_connected(RedWorker *worker)
 
 static uint8_t *common_alloc_recv_buf(RedChannelClient *rcc, uint16_t type, uint32_t size)
 {
-    CommonGraphicsChannel *common = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, CommonGraphicsChannel, base);
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+    CommonGraphicsChannel *common = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(channel, CommonGraphicsChannel, base);
 
     /* SPICE_MSGC_MIGRATE_DATA is the only client message whose size is dynamic */
     if (type == SPICE_MSGC_MIGRATE_DATA) {
diff --git a/server/reds.c b/server/reds.c
index 6f88649..90358e4 100644
--- a/server/reds.c
+++ b/server/reds.c
@@ -1042,12 +1042,14 @@ void reds_on_main_agent_start(RedsState *reds, MainChannelClient *mcc, uint32_t
 {
     RedCharDevice *dev_state = RED_CHAR_DEVICE(reds->agent_dev);
     RedChannelClient *rcc;
+    RedClient *client;
 
     if (!reds->vdagent) {
         return;
     }
     spice_assert(reds->vdagent->st && reds->vdagent->st == dev_state);
     rcc = main_channel_client_get_base(mcc);
+    client = red_channel_client_get_client(rcc);
     reds->agent_dev->priv->client_agent_started = TRUE;
     /*
      * Note that in older releases, send_tokens were set to ~0 on both client
@@ -1056,11 +1058,11 @@ void reds_on_main_agent_start(RedsState *reds, MainChannelClient *mcc, uint32_t
      * and vice versa, the sending from the server to the client won't have
      * flow control, but will have no other problem.
      */
-    if (!red_char_device_client_exists(dev_state, rcc->client)) {
+    if (!red_char_device_client_exists(dev_state, client)) {
         int client_added;
 
         client_added = red_char_device_client_add(dev_state,
-                                                  rcc->client,
+                                                  client,
                                                   TRUE, /* flow control */
                                                   REDS_VDI_PORT_NUM_RECEIVE_BUFFS,
                                                   REDS_AGENT_WINDOW_SIZE,
@@ -1074,7 +1076,7 @@ void reds_on_main_agent_start(RedsState *reds, MainChannelClient *mcc, uint32_t
         }
     } else {
         red_char_device_send_to_client_tokens_set(dev_state,
-                                                  rcc->client,
+                                                  client,
                                                   num_tokens);
     }
 
@@ -1086,12 +1088,13 @@ void reds_on_main_agent_start(RedsState *reds, MainChannelClient *mcc, uint32_t
 
 void reds_on_main_agent_tokens(RedsState *reds, MainChannelClient *mcc, uint32_t num_tokens)
 {
+    RedClient *client = red_channel_client_get_client(main_channel_client_get_base(mcc));
     if (!reds->vdagent) {
         return;
     }
     spice_assert(reds->vdagent->st);
     red_char_device_send_to_client_tokens_add(reds->vdagent->st,
-                                                main_channel_client_get_base(mcc)->client,
+                                                client,
                                                 num_tokens);
 }
 
@@ -1112,7 +1115,7 @@ uint8_t *reds_get_agent_data_buffer(RedsState *reds, MainChannelClient *mcc, siz
     }
 
     spice_assert(dev->priv->recv_from_client_buf == NULL);
-    client = main_channel_client_get_base(mcc)->client;
+    client = red_channel_client_get_client(main_channel_client_get_base(mcc));
     dev->priv->recv_from_client_buf = red_char_device_write_buffer_get(RED_CHAR_DEVICE(dev),
                                                                        client,
                                                                        size + sizeof(VDIChunkHeader));
@@ -1483,9 +1486,9 @@ int reds_handle_migrate_data(RedsState *reds, MainChannelClient *mcc,
     } else {
         spice_debug("agent was not attached on the source host");
         if (reds->vdagent) {
+            RedClient *client = red_channel_client_get_client(main_channel_client_get_base(mcc));
             /* red_char_device_client_remove disables waiting for migration data */
-            red_char_device_client_remove(RED_CHAR_DEVICE(agent_dev),
-                                          main_channel_client_get_base(mcc)->client);
+            red_char_device_client_remove(RED_CHAR_DEVICE(agent_dev), client);
             main_channel_push_agent_connected(reds->main_channel);
         }
     }
@@ -1929,10 +1932,11 @@ int reds_on_migrate_dst_set_seamless(RedsState *reds, MainChannelClient *mcc, ui
         reds->dst_do_seamless_migrate = FALSE;
     } else {
         RedChannelClient *rcc = main_channel_client_get_base(mcc);
+        RedClient *client = red_channel_client_get_client(rcc);
 
-        red_client_set_migration_seamless(rcc->client);
+        red_client_set_migration_seamless(client);
         /* linking all the channels that have been connected before migration handshake */
-        reds->dst_do_seamless_migrate = reds_link_mig_target_channels(reds, rcc->client);
+        reds->dst_do_seamless_migrate = reds_link_mig_target_channels(reds, client);
     }
     return reds->dst_do_seamless_migrate;
 }
diff --git a/server/smartcard.c b/server/smartcard.c
index b69ac17..fb05d9f 100644
--- a/server/smartcard.c
+++ b/server/smartcard.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "reds.h"
 #include "char-device.h"
-#include "red-channel.h"
+#include "red-channel-client-private.h"
 #include "smartcard.h"
 #include "migration-protocol.h"
 
diff --git a/server/sound.c b/server/sound.c
index 8335101..279c927 100644
--- a/server/sound.c
+++ b/server/sound.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "main-channel.h"
 #include "reds.h"
 #include "red-qxl.h"
+#include "red-channel-client-private.h"
 #include "sound.h"
 #include <common/snd_codec.h>
 #include "demarshallers.h"
@@ -212,14 +213,16 @@ static void snd_disconnect_channel(SndChannel *channel)
 {
     SndWorker *worker;
     RedsState *reds;
+    RedChannel *red_channel;
 
     if (!channel || !channel->stream) {
         spice_debug("not connected");
         return;
     }
+    red_channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(channel->channel_client);
     reds = snd_channel_get_server(channel);
     spice_debug("SndChannel=%p rcc=%p type=%d",
-                 channel, channel->channel_client, channel->channel_client->channel->type);
+                 channel, channel->channel_client, red_channel->type);
     worker = channel->worker;
     channel->cleanup(channel);
     red_channel_client_disconnect(worker->connection->channel_client);
@@ -422,12 +425,13 @@ static int snd_record_handle_message(SndChannel *channel, size_t size, uint32_t
 static void snd_receive(SndChannel *channel)
 {
     SpiceDataHeaderOpaque *header;
+    IncomingHandler *incoming = red_channel_client_get_incoming_handler(channel->channel_client);
 
     if (!channel) {
         return;
     }
 
-    header = &channel->channel_client->incoming.header;
+    header = &incoming->header;
 
     for (;;) {
         ssize_t n;
diff --git a/server/spicevmc.c b/server/spicevmc.c
index 953d193..9e34251 100644
--- a/server/spicevmc.c
+++ b/server/spicevmc.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h> // IPPROTO_TCP
 #include <netinet/tcp.h> // TCP_NODELAY
+#ifdef USE_LZ4
+#include <lz4.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <common/generated_server_marshallers.h>
 
@@ -34,9 +37,8 @@
 #include "red-channel.h"
 #include "reds.h"
 #include "migration-protocol.h"
-#ifdef USE_LZ4
-#include <lz4.h>
-#endif
+/* FIXME: only included for sizeof RedChannelClient */
+#include "red-channel-client-private.h"
 
 /* todo: add flow control. i.e.,
  * (a) limit the tokens available for the client
@@ -211,14 +213,15 @@ static void spicevmc_chardev_send_msg_to_client(RedPipeItem *msg,
 {
     SpiceVmcState *state = opaque;
 
-    spice_assert(state->rcc->client == client);
+    spice_assert(red_channel_client_get_client(state->rcc) == client);
     red_pipe_item_ref(msg);
     red_channel_client_pipe_add_push(state->rcc, msg);
 }
 
 static SpiceVmcState *spicevmc_red_channel_client_get_state(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
-    return SPICE_CONTAINEROF(rcc->channel, SpiceVmcState, channel);
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
+    return SPICE_CONTAINEROF(channel, SpiceVmcState, channel);
 }
 
 static void spicevmc_port_send_init(RedChannelClient *rcc)
@@ -254,7 +257,8 @@ static void spicevmc_char_dev_remove_client(RedClient *client, void *opaque)
     SpiceVmcState *state = opaque;
 
     spice_printerr("vmc state %p, client %p", state, client);
-    spice_assert(state->rcc && state->rcc->client == client);
+    spice_assert(state->rcc &&
+                 red_channel_client_get_client(state->rcc) == client);
 
     red_channel_client_shutdown(state->rcc);
 }
@@ -263,8 +267,9 @@ static int spicevmc_red_channel_client_config_socket(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     int delay_val = 1;
     RedsStream *stream = red_channel_client_get_stream(rcc);
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(rcc);
 
-    if (rcc->channel->type == SPICE_CHANNEL_USBREDIR) {
+    if (channel->type == SPICE_CHANNEL_USBREDIR) {
         if (setsockopt(stream->socket, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY,
                 &delay_val, sizeof(delay_val)) != 0) {
             if (errno != ENOTSUP && errno != ENOPROTOOPT) {
@@ -281,6 +286,7 @@ static void spicevmc_red_channel_client_on_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc)
 {
     SpiceVmcState *state;
     SpiceCharDeviceInterface *sif;
+    RedClient *client = red_channel_client_get_client(rcc);
 
     if (!rcc) {
         return;
@@ -292,17 +298,17 @@ static void spicevmc_red_channel_client_on_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc)
     red_char_device_write_buffer_release(state->chardev, &state->recv_from_client_buf);
 
     if (state->chardev) {
-        if (red_char_device_client_exists(state->chardev, rcc->client)) {
-            red_char_device_client_remove(state->chardev, rcc->client);
+        if (red_char_device_client_exists(state->chardev, client)) {
+            red_char_device_client_remove(state->chardev, client);
         } else {
             spice_printerr("client %p have already been removed from char dev %p",
-                           rcc->client, state->chardev);
+                           client, state->chardev);
         }
     }
 
     /* Don't destroy the rcc if it is already being destroyed, as then
        red_client_destroy/red_channel_client_destroy will already do this! */
-    if (!rcc->destroying)
+    if (!red_channel_client_is_destroying(rcc))
         red_channel_client_destroy(rcc);
 
     state->rcc = NULL;
@@ -422,6 +428,7 @@ static uint8_t *spicevmc_red_channel_alloc_msg_rcv_buf(RedChannelClient *rcc,
                                                        uint32_t size)
 {
     SpiceVmcState *state;
+    RedClient *client = red_channel_client_get_client(rcc);
 
     state = spicevmc_red_channel_client_get_state(rcc);
 
@@ -430,7 +437,7 @@ static uint8_t *spicevmc_red_channel_alloc_msg_rcv_buf(RedChannelClient *rcc,
         assert(!state->recv_from_client_buf);
 
         state->recv_from_client_buf = red_char_device_write_buffer_get(state->chardev,
-                                                                       rcc->client,
+                                                                         client,
                                                                        size);
         if (!state->recv_from_client_buf) {
             spice_error("failed to allocate write buffer");
diff --git a/server/stream.c b/server/stream.c
index e3c4ff6..c6518bf 100644
--- a/server/stream.c
+++ b/server/stream.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ static uint64_t get_initial_bit_rate(DisplayChannelClient *dcc, Stream *stream)
         MainChannelClient *mcc;
         uint64_t net_test_bit_rate;
 
-        mcc = red_client_get_main(RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(dcc)->client);
+        mcc = red_client_get_main(red_channel_client_get_client(RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(dcc)));
         net_test_bit_rate = main_channel_client_is_network_info_initialized(mcc) ?
                                 main_channel_client_get_bitrate_per_sec(mcc) :
                                 0;
@@ -667,7 +667,8 @@ static uint32_t get_roundtrip_ms(void *opaque)
 
     roundtrip = red_channel_client_get_roundtrip_ms(RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(agent->dcc));
     if (roundtrip < 0) {
-        MainChannelClient *mcc = red_client_get_main(RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(agent->dcc)->client);
+        MainChannelClient *mcc =
+            red_client_get_main(red_channel_client_get_client(RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(agent->dcc)));
 
         /*
          * the main channel client roundtrip might not have been
@@ -691,7 +692,9 @@ static void update_client_playback_delay(void *opaque, uint32_t delay_ms)
 {
     StreamAgent *agent = opaque;
     DisplayChannelClient *dcc = agent->dcc;
-    RedsState *reds = red_channel_get_server(RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(dcc)->channel);
+    RedChannel *channel = red_channel_client_get_channel(RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(dcc));
+    RedClient *client = red_channel_client_get_client(RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(dcc));
+    RedsState *reds = red_channel_get_server(channel);
 
     dcc_update_streams_max_latency(dcc, agent);
 
@@ -701,7 +704,7 @@ static void update_client_playback_delay(void *opaque, uint32_t delay_ms)
     }
     spice_debug("resetting client latency: %u", dcc_get_max_stream_latency(agent->dcc));
     main_dispatcher_set_mm_time_latency(reds_get_main_dispatcher(reds),
-                                        RED_CHANNEL_CLIENT(agent->dcc)->client,
+                                        client,
                                         dcc_get_max_stream_latency(agent->dcc));
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4



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