From 9c7e081f51063b6cdb4674f4d2e6c4eab502a327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Sustrik Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:20:38 +0200 Subject: XS_KEEPALIVE options added This option allows to turn on TCP keepalives on the underlying connections. Signed-off-by: Martin Sustrik --- doc/xs_getsockopt.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/xs_getsockopt.txt') diff --git a/doc/xs_getsockopt.txt b/doc/xs_getsockopt.txt index 5a09453..c113f16 100644 --- a/doc/xs_getsockopt.txt +++ b/doc/xs_getsockopt.txt @@ -390,6 +390,19 @@ Option value unit:: N/A (flags) Default value:: N/A Applicable socket types:: all +XS_KEEPALIVE: Use TCP keepalives +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When set to `1` TCP keepalives are enabled. This option can be used to prevent +the infrastructure (VPNs and similar) to terminate connections with no activity. +The keepalive period as such is normally a global OS setting. + +[horizontal] +Option value type:: int +Option value unit:: boolean +Default value:: 0 (false) +Applicable socket types:: all, when using TCP transports. + RETURN VALUE ------------ -- cgit v1.2.3