diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index d2457a6..7adfa40 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ static int hyper_channel_handle(struct hyper_event *de, uint32_t len)
 	uint8_t *data = NULL;
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
-	// append a null byte to it. hyper_event_read() left this room for us.
+	// append a null byte to it. hyper_channel_read() left this room for us.
 	buf->data[buf->get] = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < buf->get; i++)
 		fprintf(stdout, "%0x ", buf->data[i]);
@@ -1176,8 +1176,64 @@ static int hyper_channel_handle(struct hyper_event *de, uint32_t len)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int hyper_channel_read(struct hyper_event *he, int efd)
+{
+	struct hyper_buf *buf = &he->rbuf;
+	uint32_t len = he->ops->len_offset + 4;
+	uint8_t data[4];
+	int size;
+	int ret;
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", __func__);
+
+	if (buf->get < len) {
+		size = nonblock_read(he->fd, buf->data + buf->get, len - buf->get);
+		if (size < 0) {
+			return size;
+		}
+		if (size > 0) {
+			/* control channel, need ack */
+			hyper_set_be32(data, size);
+			hyper_send_msg(he->fd, NEXT, 4, data);
+		}
+		buf->get += size;
+		if (buf->get < len) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	hyper_getmsg_len(he, &len);
+	fprintf(stdout, "get length %" PRIu32"\n", len);
+	// test it with '>=' to leave at least one byte in handle(),
+	// so that handle() can convert the data to c-string inplace.
+	if (len >= buf->size) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "get length %" PRIu32", too long\n", len);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	size = nonblock_read(he->fd, buf->data + buf->get, len - buf->get);
+	if (size < 0) {
+		return size;
+	}
+	if (size > 0) {
+		/* control channel, need ack */
+		hyper_set_be32(data, size);
+		hyper_send_msg(he->fd, NEXT, 4, data);
+	}
+	buf->get += size;
+	if (buf->get < len) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* get and consume the whole data */
+	ret = he->ops->handle(he, len);
+	buf->get = 0;
+
+	return ret == 0 ? 0 : -1;
+}
+
 static struct hyper_event_ops hyper_channel_ops = {
-	.read		= hyper_event_read,
+	.read		= hyper_channel_read,
 	.handle		= hyper_channel_handle,
 	.rbuf_size	= 10240,
 	.len_offset	= 4,