struct {
    HeartbeatMessageType type;  // 1 byte: request or the response
    uint16 payload_length;      // 2 byte: the length of the payload
    opaque payload[HeartbeatMessage.payload_length];
    opaque padding[padding_length];
} HeartbeatMessage;

/* Allocate memory for the response, size is 1 byte
 * message type, plus 2 bytes payload length, plus
 * payload, plus padding
*/

unsigned int payload;
unsigned int padding = 16; /* Use minimum padding */

// Read from type field first
hbtype = *p++; /* After this instruction, the pointer
                * p will point to the payload_length field */

// Read from the payload_length field from the request packet
n2s(p, payload); /* Function n2s(p, payload) reads 16 bits
                  * from pointer p and store the value
                  * in the INT variable "payload". */

pl = p; // pl points to the beginning of the payload content

if (hbtype == TLS1_HB_REQUEST)
{
    unsigned char *buffer, *bp;
    int r;

    /* Allocate memory for the response, size is 1 byte
     * message type, plus 2 bytes payload length, plus
     * payload, plus padding
     */

    buffer = OPENSSL_malloc(1 + 2 + payload + padding);
    bp = buffer;

    // Enter response type, length and copy payload *bp++ = TLS1_HB_RESPONSE;
    s2n(payload, bp);

    // copy payload
    memcpy(bp, pl, payload);   /* pl is the pointer which
                                * points to the beginning
                                * of the payload content */
    bp += payload;

    // Random padding
    RAND_pseudo_bytes(bp, padding);

    // this function will copy the 3+payload+padding bytes
    // from the buffer and put them into the heartbeat response
    // packet to send back to the request client side.
    OPENSSL_free(buffer);
    r = ssl3_write_bytes(s, TLS1_RT_HEARTBEAT, buffer, 3 + payload + padding);
}

    // copy payload
    memcpy(bp, pl, payload);