Code Review 7068416: Lightweight HTTP Server should support TCP_NODELAY

[Michael McMahon]

Looks fine.

Thanks,
Michael.

On 20/07/11 11:10, Chris Hegarty wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> It has been noticed that there is a perceived delay in response from 
> the Lightweight HTTP Server implementation that ships with the JDK, 
> compared to other production HTTP Servers. The cause for this delay 
> has been identified as the Nagle algorithm buffering the response data 
> until there is sufficient data ( not always the case especially for 
> headers ), or a timeout occurs that triggers the data to be sent.
>
> CR 7068416 is requesting that a property be provided to allow 
> applications to effectively set the TCP_NODELAY socket option on 
> sockets being used by the server, i.e. disable Nagle. This is similar 
> to what other production HTTP servers provide. For example, see:
>   http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19798-01/821-1794/aeoko/index.html
>
> Webrev:
>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~chegar/7068416/webrev.00/webrev/
>
> Thanks,
> -Chris.