net.server_epoll: Add option to defer accept() until data available

This is a Linux(?) socket option that delays the accept signal until
there is data available to read. E.g. with HTTP this might mean that a
whole request can be handled without going back trough another turn of
the main loop, and an initial client <stream> can be responded to.

This may have effects on latency and resource use, as the server does
not need to allocate resources until really needed.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f47dc1a9..e34ea88e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ TRUNK
 - Honour 'weight' parameter during SRV record selection
 - Support for RFC 8305 "Happy Eyeballs" to improve IPv4/IPv6 connectivity
 - Support for TCP Fast Open in server_epoll (pending LuaSocket support)
+- Support for deferred accept in server_epoll (pending LuaSocket support)
 
 0.12.0
 ======
diff --git a/net/server_epoll.lua b/net/server_epoll.lua
index 0d04f6ee..d0ca3125 100644
--- a/net/server_epoll.lua
+++ b/net/server_epoll.lua
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ local default_config = { __index = {
 
 	-- TCP Fast Open
 	tcp_fastopen = false;
+
+	-- Defer accept until incoming data is available
+	tcp_defer_accept = false;
 }};
 local cfg = default_config.__index;
 
@@ -912,6 +915,9 @@ local function wrapserver(conn, addr, port, listeners, config)
 	if cfg.tcp_fastopen then
 		server:setoption("tcp-fastopen", cfg.tcp_fastopen);
 	end
+	if type(cfg.tcp_defer_accept) == "number" then
+		server:setoption("tcp-defer-accept", cfg.tcp_defer_accept);
+	end
 	server:add(true, false);
 	return server;
 end