# HG changeset patch
# User Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>
# Date 1127318299 0
# Node ID b02e8eef3c3a35317470774a499474ff81bbcdcc
# Parent  d059b0bb57ddf130472996b7939da99a544b749a
- new function to set "low delay" for a packet, set the ip TOS bit
(can help significantly over some links)

diff -r d059b0bb57dd -r b02e8eef3c3a dbutil.c
--- a/dbutil.c	Tue Sep 20 17:36:32 2005 +0000
+++ b/dbutil.c	Wed Sep 21 15:58:19 2005 +0000
@@ -153,6 +153,30 @@
 }
 #endif /* DEBUG_TRACE */
 
+static void set_sock_priority(int sock) {
+
+	int val;
+
+	/* disable nagle */
+	val = 1;
+	setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, (void*)&val, sizeof(val));
+
+	/* set the TOS bit. note that this will fail for ipv6, I can't find any
+	 * equivalent. */
+#ifdef IPTOS_LOWDELAY
+	val = IPTOS_LOWDELAY;
+	setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IP, IP_TOS, (void*)&val, sizeof(val));
+#endif
+
+#ifdef SO_PRIORITY
+	/* linux specific, sets QoS class.
+	 * 6 looks to be optimal for interactive traffic (see tc-prio(8) ). */
+	val = 6;
+	setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PRIORITY, (void*) &val, sizeof(val));
+#endif
+
+}
+
 /* Listen on address:port. Unless address is NULL, in which case listen on
  * everything. If called with address == "", we'll listen on localhost/loopback.
  * Returns the number of sockets bound on success, or -1 on failure. On
@@ -223,8 +247,7 @@
 		linger.l_linger = 5;
 		setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, (void*)&linger, sizeof(linger));
 
-		/* disable nagle */
-		setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, (void*)&val, sizeof(val));
+		set_sock_priority(sock);
 
 		if (bind(sock, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
 			err = errno;
@@ -347,8 +370,7 @@
 		TRACE(("Error connecting: %s", strerror(err)))
 	} else {
 		/* Success */
-		/* (err is used as a dummy var here) */
-		setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, (void*)&err, sizeof(err));
+		set_sock_priority(sock);
 	}
 
 	freeaddrinfo(res0);
diff -r d059b0bb57dd -r b02e8eef3c3a includes.h
--- a/includes.h	Tue Sep 20 17:36:32 2005 +0000
+++ b/includes.h	Wed Sep 21 15:58:19 2005 +0000
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <grp.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>