diff --git a/backup/ControlledQueue.cxx b/backup/ControlledQueue.cxx
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/backup/ControlledQueue.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#include "ControlledQueue.h"
+#include <chrono>
+#include <mutex>
+
+ControlledQueue::ControlledQueue(uint32_t maxSize, int timeoutMicroseconds) : m_maxSize(maxSize), m_timeoutMicroseconds(timeoutMicroseconds) {;}
+
+void ControlledQueue::put(Fragment fragment) {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(m_mtx);
+
+    /*
+        This while synthax is explicitly used to avoid unwanted spurious awakenings.
+        I'm keeping only the wait with not timeout to transmit backpressure to the upper reading thread, which blocks.
+        Since that thread has locked the mutex corresponding to the fd, basically the whole fd is blocked.
+        That way I can tranmit backpressure with TCP to the sending client.
+    */
+    while (! (m_queue.size() < m_maxSize) ) {
+        m_cv.wait(lk);
+    }
+
+    m_queue.push(fragment);
+
+    lk.unlock();
+    m_cv.notify_all();
+}
+
+/*
+    Basically here a simple string exception is thrown if the wait terminates because of timeout and not because someone has inserted an element.
+    That way it can be catched from the main program that can set the error code accordingly.
+*/
+Fragment ControlledQueue::get() {
+    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(m_mtx);
+
+    if ( !m_cv.wait_for(lk, std::chrono::microseconds(m_timeoutMicroseconds), !(m_queue.empty())) ) {
+        throw "Get Timeout";
+    }
+
+    Fragment fragment = m_queue.front();
+    m_queue.pop();
+
+    lk.unlock();
+    m_cv.notify_all();
+
+    return fragment;
+}
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diff --git a/backup/ControlledQueue.h b/backup/ControlledQueue.h
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/ControlledQueue.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#include <mutex>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <queue>
+
+#include "fragment_dataformat.h"
+
+
+
+class ControlledQueue {
+    public:
+        ControlledQueue(uint32_t maxSize, int timeoutMicroseconds);
+
+        void put(Fragment fragment);
+        Fragment get();
+        bool empty() { return m_queue.empty(); }
+
+    private:
+        std::mutex m_mtx;
+        std::condition_variable m_cv;
+        uint32_t m_maxSize;
+        std::queue<Fragment> m_queue;
+        int m_timeoutMicroseconds;
+
+};
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diff --git a/backup/Progetto.code-workspace b/backup/Progetto.code-workspace
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bab1b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/Progetto.code-workspace
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+	"folders": [
+		{
+			"path": ".."
+		}
+	],
+	"settings": {}
+}
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diff --git a/backup/README.md b/backup/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4663ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Event Builder Project
+This repo contains the code for a simple Event Builder inspired by ATLAS event format. It's a project for the exam "Tecniche Digitali di Acquisizione Dati" @UNIPV.
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diff --git a/backup/core b/backup/core
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diff --git a/backup/evBuild.out b/backup/evBuild.out
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diff --git a/backup/event_builder.cxx b/backup/event_builder.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea35e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/event_builder.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <csignal>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <queue>
+#include <vector>
+
+
+int makeSocket() {
+    int sockfd;
+    if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
+        perror("socket failed");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    return sockfd;
+}
+
+void bindSocketPort(int server_fd, int port) {
+    struct sockaddr_in localAddr;
+    localAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    localAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+    localAddr.sin_port = htons(port);
+
+    if (bind(server_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&localAddr, sizeof(localAddr)) < 0) {
+        perror("bind failed");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    printf("FD %d bound to port %d\n", server_fd, port);
+}
+
+void startListening(int server_fd) {
+    if (listen(server_fd, 3) < 0) {
+        perror("listen");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    printf("FD %d listening to new connections\n", server_fd);
+}
+
+int acceptConnection(int server_fd) {
+    int client_fd;
+    struct sockaddr_in remoteAddr;
+
+    size_t addrlen = sizeof(remoteAddr);
+    if ((client_fd = accept(server_fd, (struct sockaddr *)&remoteAddr, (socklen_t *)&addrlen)) < 0) {
+        perror("accept");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    printf("Connection from host %s, port %d, FD %d\n", inet_ntoa(remoteAddr.sin_addr), ntohs(remoteAddr.sin_port), client_fd);
+    return client_fd;
+}
+
+void term_handler(int signal) {
+    printf("Terminated, received SIGNAL %d", signal);
+    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+/*
+int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
+    signal(SIGTERM, term_handler);
+
+    if (argc != 2) {
+        printf("Usage: %s portNumber \n", argv[0]);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    int port = atoi(argv[1]);
+    printf("Start socket port %d\n", port);
+
+    int server_fd = makeSocket();
+    bindSocketPort(server_fd, port);
+    startListening(server_fd);
+    int client_fd = acceptConnection(server_fd);
+
+    while (true) {
+        uint32_t word;
+        ssize_t bytes = read(client_fd, &word, 4);
+        if (bytes != 4) {
+            perror("Receive failed");
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+        printf("[RICEVUTO]\t0x%x\n", word);
+    }
+
+
+    return 0;
+}*/
+
+#define TRUE   1 
+#define FALSE  0 
+
+int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
+    signal(SIGTERM, term_handler);
+
+    if (argc != 2) {
+        printf("Usage: %s portNumber \n", argv[0]);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    int port = atoi(argv[1]);
+    printf("Start socket port %d\n", port);
+
+    int opt = TRUE;  
+    int master_socket , addrlen , new_socket , client_socket[30] , 
+          max_clients = 30 , activity, i , valread , sd;  
+    int max_sd;
+
+    //set of socket descriptors 
+    fd_set readfds;  
+
+    //initialise all client_socket[] to 0 so not checked 
+    for (i = 0; i < max_clients; i++)  
+    {  
+        client_socket[i] = 0;  
+    }  
+
+    master_socket = makeSocket();
+
+    //set master socket to allow multiple connections , 
+    //this is just a good habit, it will work without this 
+    if( setsockopt(master_socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *)&opt, 
+          sizeof(opt)) < 0 )  
+    {  
+        perror("setsockopt");  
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);  
+    }
+
+    bindSocketPort(master_socket, port);
+    startListening(master_socket);
+
+    while (true) {
+        //clear the socket set 
+        FD_ZERO(&readfds);  
+     
+        //add master socket to set 
+        FD_SET(master_socket, &readfds);  
+        max_sd = master_socket;
+
+        //add child sockets to set 
+        for ( i = 0 ; i < max_clients ; i++)  
+        {  
+            //socket descriptor 
+            sd = client_socket[i];  
+                 
+            //if valid socket descriptor then add to read list 
+            if(sd > 0)  
+                FD_SET( sd , &readfds);  
+                 
+            //highest file descriptor number, need it for the select function 
+            if(sd > max_sd)  
+                max_sd = sd;  
+        }
+
+        //wait for an activity on one of the sockets , timeout is NULL , 
+        //so wait indefinitely 
+        activity = select( max_sd + 1 , &readfds , NULL , NULL , NULL);
+
+        if ((activity < 0) && (errno!=EINTR))  
+        {  
+            printf("select error");  
+        } 
+
+        //If something happened on the master socket , 
+        //then its an incoming connection 
+        if (FD_ISSET(master_socket, &readfds))  
+        {  
+            new_socket = acceptConnection(master_socket);
+                 
+            //add new socket to array of sockets 
+            for (i = 0; i < max_clients; i++)  
+            {  
+                //if position is empty 
+                if( client_socket[i] == 0 )  
+                {  
+                    client_socket[i] = new_socket;  
+                    printf("Adding to list of sockets as %d\n" , i);  
+                         
+                    break;  
+                }  
+            }  
+        }
+
+        //else its some IO operation on some other socket
+        for (i = 0; i < max_clients; i++)
+        {
+            sd = client_socket[i];  
+            
+            if (FD_ISSET( sd , &readfds))
+            {
+                //Check if it was for closing , and also read the 
+                //incoming message
+                uint32_t word;
+                if ((valread = recv( sd , &word, 4, 0)) == 0)  
+                {
+                    struct sockaddr_in address;
+                    int addrlen;
+                    //Somebody disconnected , get his details and print 
+                    getpeername(sd , (struct sockaddr*)&address , \
+                        (socklen_t*)&addrlen);  
+                    printf("Host disconnected , ip %s , port %d \n" , 
+                          inet_ntoa(address.sin_addr) , ntohs(address.sin_port)); 
+
+                    printf("Disconnected fd %d", sd);
+                    
+                    //Close the socket and mark as 0 in list for reuse
+                    close( sd );
+                    client_socket[i] = 0;
+                }
+                
+                //Echo back the message that came in 
+                else 
+                {  
+                    printf("[RICEVUTO]\t0x%x FROM %d\n", word, sd);
+                }  
+            }  
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+    /*
+
+    int client_fd = acceptConnection(server_fd);
+
+    while (true) {
+        uint32_t word;
+        ssize_t bytes = read(client_fd, &word, 4);
+        if (bytes != 4) {
+            perror("Receive failed");
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+        printf("[RICEVUTO]\t0x%x\n", word);
+    }*/
+
+
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/backup/fragment_dataformat.h b/backup/fragment_dataformat.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ece7d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/fragment_dataformat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#define FRAGMENT_HEADER_MARKER 0xee1234ee
+
+typedef struct Header {
+    uint32_t startOfHeaderMarker = FRAGMENT_HEADER_MARKER;
+    uint32_t headerSize;
+    uint32_t fragmentSize;
+    uint32_t sourceIdentifier;
+    uint32_t runNumber;
+    uint32_t detectorEventNumber;
+    uint32_t numberOfStatusElements;
+    uint32_t *statusElementsArray;
+    /*friend std::ostream& operator <<(std::ostream& os, Header const& header)
+    {
+        return os << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << header.startOfHeaderMarker << '\n'
+                  << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << header.headerSize << '\n'
+                  << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << header.fragmentSize << '\n'
+                  << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << header.runNumber << '\n'
+                  << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << header.detectorEventNumber << '\n'
+                  << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << header.numberOfStatusElements << '\n';
+    }*/
+} Header;
+
+typedef struct Fragment {
+    Header header;
+    uint32_t *payloadElements;
+} Fragment;
+
+enum ERROR_CODES {
+    INCORRECT_ERROR = (1 << 0),
+    CORRUPTED_ERROR = (1 << 1),
+    MISSING_DATA_ERROR = (1 << 2),
+    TIMEOUT_ERROR = (1 << 3)
+};
+
+void encode_header(uint32_t *buffer, const Header &header) {
+    buffer[0] = header.startOfHeaderMarker;
+    buffer[1] = header.headerSize;
+    buffer[2] = header.fragmentSize;
+    buffer[3] = header.sourceIdentifier;
+    buffer[4] = header.runNumber;
+    buffer[5] = header.detectorEventNumber;
+    buffer[6] = header.numberOfStatusElements;
+
+    std::memcpy(&buffer[7], header.statusElementsArray, header.numberOfStatusElements * sizeof(uint32_t));
+}
+
+
+void encode_fragment(uint32_t *buffer, const Fragment &fragment){
+    encode_header(buffer, fragment.header);
+    std::memcpy(&buffer[fragment.header.headerSize], fragment.payloadElements, (fragment.header.fragmentSize - fragment.header.headerSize) * sizeof(uint32_t));
+}
+
+
+Fragment decode_fragment(uint32_t *buffer) {
+    Fragment fragment;
+    fragment.header.startOfHeaderMarker = buffer[0];
+    fragment.header.headerSize = buffer[1];
+    fragment.header.fragmentSize = buffer[2];
+    fragment.header.sourceIdentifier = buffer[3];
+    fragment.header.runNumber = buffer[4];
+    fragment.header.detectorEventNumber = buffer[5];
+    fragment.header.numberOfStatusElements = buffer[6];
+
+    uint32_t nStatusElements = fragment.header.numberOfStatusElements;
+    fragment.header.statusElementsArray = new uint32_t[nStatusElements];
+    for (int i = 1; i <= nStatusElements; i++) {
+        fragment.header.statusElementsArray[6+i] = buffer[6+i];
+    }
+
+    uint32_t payload_size =  fragment.header.fragmentSize - fragment.header.headerSize;
+    fragment.payloadElements = new uint32_t[payload_size];
+    for (int i = 1; i <= payload_size; i++) {
+        fragment.payloadElements[6+nStatusElements+i] = buffer[6+nStatusElements+i];
+    }
+
+    return fragment;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/backup/full_event_format.h b/backup/full_event_format.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97d6e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/full_event_format.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "fragment_dataformat.h"
+#include <cstdint>
+
+#define FULL_EVENT_HEADER_MARKER 0xaa1234aa
+
+typedef struct FullEvent {
+    uint32_t startOfHeaderMarker = FULL_EVENT_HEADER_MARKER;
+    uint32_t headerSize;
+    uint32_t eventSize;
+    uint32_t runNumber;
+
+    Fragment *fragmentsArray;
+
+}FullEvent;
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diff --git a/backup/prov.out b/backup/prov.out
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diff --git a/backup/prova.cpp b/backup/prova.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d79f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/prova.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main() {
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/backup/provider.cxx b/backup/provider.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5086d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/provider.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <ctime>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <random>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <csignal>
+
+
+#include "fragment_dataformat.h"
+
+#define MIN_FRAGMENTS 0
+#define MAX_FRAGMENTS 100
+
+
+/*
+int rndError(float p){
+    float rndFloat = static_cast<float>(rand()) / static_cast<float>(RAND_MAX);
+    return rndFloat < p;
+}*/
+
+
+int makeSocket() {
+    int sockfd;
+    if ((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
+        perror("socket failed");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    return sockfd;
+}
+
+void connectTo(int sock, const char* host, int port) {
+    struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
+    serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(host);
+    serv_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+
+    if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
+        perror("Connection failed");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    printf("Connected to %s: %d\n", host, port);
+}
+
+
+void term_handler(int signal) {
+    printf("Terminated, received SIGNAL %d", signal);
+    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    signal(SIGTERM, term_handler);
+    signal(SIGINT, term_handler);
+
+    //will use it later to obtain random number from hardware
+    std::random_device rd;
+    std::mt19937 generator(42);
+    std::discrete_distribution<uint8_t> discrete_distr({0.9, 0.1});
+    std::normal_distribution<float> normal_distr(25., 10.);
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<uint32_t> unif_int_distib;
+    std::uniform_real_distribution<float> unif_float_distrib(0.5, 2);
+
+    //commenting all old_style generation
+    //srand (static_cast <unsigned> (42));
+
+    bool out_condition = true;
+    uint32_t event_number = 0;
+
+    uint32_t run_number = 0;
+    uint32_t source_id = 0;
+
+    if (argc != 5) {
+        printf("Usage %s host portNumber sourceId runNumber\n", argv[0]);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    const char* host = argv[1];
+    int port = atoi(argv[2]);
+    source_id = atoi(argv[3]);
+    run_number = atoi(argv[4]);
+
+    int socket = makeSocket();
+    connectTo(socket, host, port);
+
+    while (true) {
+        Header header;
+        header.sourceIdentifier = source_id;
+        header.runNumber = run_number;
+        header.detectorEventNumber = event_number;
+        event_number++;
+        header.numberOfStatusElements = 0;
+        //if swap to old style just change with function above and prob 0.1 for 1
+        uint8_t incorrectError = discrete_distr(generator);
+        uint8_t corruptedError = discrete_distr(generator);
+        uint8_t missingDataError = discrete_distr(generator);
+        uint8_t timeoutError = discrete_distr(generator);
+
+        uint32_t firstStatusElement = 0x0;
+
+        if (incorrectError) firstStatusElement |= INCORRECT_ERROR;
+        if (corruptedError) firstStatusElement |= CORRUPTED_ERROR;
+        if (missingDataError) firstStatusElement |= MISSING_DATA_ERROR;
+        if (timeoutError) firstStatusElement |= TIMEOUT_ERROR;
+
+        if (firstStatusElement != 0x0) {
+            header.numberOfStatusElements = 1;
+            header.statusElementsArray = new uint32_t[header.numberOfStatusElements];
+            header.statusElementsArray[0] = firstStatusElement;
+        }
+
+        uint32_t payload_size = std::max(std::min(static_cast<int>(std::round(normal_distr(generator))), MAX_FRAGMENTS), MIN_FRAGMENTS);
+        header.headerSize = 7 + header.numberOfStatusElements;
+        header.fragmentSize = header.headerSize + payload_size;
+
+        Fragment fragment;
+        fragment.header = header;
+        fragment.payloadElements = new uint32_t[payload_size];
+        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < payload_size; i++) {
+            fragment.payloadElements[i] = unif_int_distib(generator);
+        }
+
+        uint32_t buffer[header.fragmentSize];
+        encode_fragment(buffer, fragment);
+        ssize_t bytes = send(socket, reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer), sizeof(buffer), 0);
+        if (bytes != header.fragmentSize * sizeof(uint32_t)) {
+            perror("Send failed: num bytes not matching");
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        }
+
+
+        //std::cout << std::hex << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0');
+        ////std::cout << fragment.header;
+        //for (uint8_t i = 0; i < fragment.header.numberOfStatusElements; i++) {
+        //    std::cout << "status element " << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << fragment.header.statusElementsArray[i] << std::endl;
+        //}
+        //for (uint32_t i = 0; i < payload_size; i++) {
+        //    std::cout << "payload element " << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << fragment.payloadElements[i] << std::endl;
+        //}
+        //std::cout << std::endl;
+
+        if (header.numberOfStatusElements > 0){
+            delete [] fragment.header.statusElementsArray;
+        }
+        delete [] fragment.payloadElements;
+
+
+        sleep(unif_float_distrib(generator));
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/backup/spawn_clients.sh b/backup/spawn_clients.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..57caa28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backup/spawn_clients.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "Usage: $0 host port runNumber numberOfProviders"
+
+if [ $# -eq 4 ]
+then
+    echo "Selected host: $1:$2 runNumber: $3 numberOfProviders: $4"
+    for i in $(seq 1 $4);
+    do
+        echo "Spawning provider number $i"
+        ./prov.out $1 $2 $3 &
+    done
+fi
diff --git a/testing/is_epoll_really_thsafe/exec_order_test.sh b/testing/is_epoll_really_thsafe/exec_order_test.sh
index 63aa618..52e4dba 100755
--- a/testing/is_epoll_really_thsafe/exec_order_test.sh
+++ b/testing/is_epoll_really_thsafe/exec_order_test.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ do
     kill -15 `pidof ./prov.out`
     sleep 1
 done
-