http: Add noDelay to http.request() options.

doc/api/http.md

@@ -2213,6 +2213,9 @@ changes:
     **Default:** 8192 (8KB).
   * `method` {string} A string specifying the HTTP request method. **Default:**
     `'GET'`.
+  * `noDelay` {boolean} A boolean with which to call [`socket.setNoDelay()`][]
+    when a socket connection is established. This only applies when the
+    underlying connection is a TCP socket.
   * `path` {string} Request path. Should include query string if any.
     E.G. `'/index.html?page=12'`. An exception is thrown when the request path
     contains illegal characters. Currently, only spaces are rejected but that

doc/api/net.md

@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ added: v0.3.4
   * `allowHalfOpen` {boolean} Indicates whether half-opened TCP connections
     are allowed. See [`net.createServer()`][] and the [`'end'`][] event
     for details. **Default:** `false`.
+  * `noDelay` {boolean} A boolean with which to call [`socket.setNoDelay()`][]
+    when a socket connection is established. This only applies when the
+    underlying connection is a TCP socket.
   * `readable` {boolean} Allow reads on the socket when an `fd` is passed,
     otherwise ignored. **Default:** `false`.
   * `writable` {boolean} Allow writes on the socket when an `fd` is passed,
@@ -1262,6 +1265,7 @@ Returns `true` if input is a version 6 IP address, otherwise returns `false`.
 [`socket.pause()`]: #net_socket_pause
 [`socket.resume()`]: #net_socket_resume
 [`socket.setEncoding()`]: #net_socket_setencoding_encoding
+[`socket.setNoDelay()`]: #net_socket_setnodelay_nodelay
 [`socket.setTimeout()`]: #net_socket_settimeout_timeout_callback
 [`socket.setTimeout(timeout)`]: #net_socket_settimeout_timeout_callback
 [half-closed]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1122

lib/_http_client.js

@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ function ClientRequest(input, options, cb) {
 
   this.socketPath = options.socketPath;
 
+  if (options.noDelay !== undefined)
+    this._deferToConnect('setNoDelay', [options.noDelay]);
+
   if (options.timeout !== undefined)
     this.timeout = getTimerDuration(options.timeout, 'timeout');
 

lib/net.js

@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ function Socket(options) {
   this.server = null;
   this._server = null;
 
+  if (options.noDelay !== undefined) {
+    this.setNoDelay(options.noDelay);
+  }
+
   // Used after `.destroy()`
   this[kBytesRead] = 0;
   this[kBytesWritten] = 0;