Idle timeout changes

- setTimeout should active the timeout too. (test-net-set-timeout tests
  this.)

- 'timeout' event is not automatically followed by an 'error' event. That
  is the user is now responsible for destroying the stream if there is an
  idle timeout.

doc/api.markdown

@@ -2124,8 +2124,11 @@ call `stream.end()` when this event is emitted.
 
 `function () { }`
 
-Emitted if the stream times out from inactivity. The
-`'close'` event will be emitted immediately following this event.
+Emitted if the stream times out from inactivity. This is only to notify that
+the stream has been idle. The user must manually close the connection.
+
+See also: `stream.setTimeout()`
+
 
 ### Event: 'drain'
 
@@ -2233,10 +2236,13 @@ Resumes reading after a call to `pause()`.
 ### stream.setTimeout(timeout)
 
 Sets the stream to timeout after `timeout` milliseconds of inactivity on
-the stream. By default all `net.Stream` objects have a timeout of 60
-seconds (60000 ms).
+the stream. By default `net.Stream` do not have a timeout.
+
+When an idle timeout is triggered the stream will receive a `'timeout'`
+event but the connection will not be severed. The user must manually `end()`
+or `destroy()` the stream.
 
-If `timeout` is 0, then the idle timeout is disabled.
+If `timeout` is 0, then the existing idle timeout is disabled.
 
 ### stream.setNoDelay(noDelay=true)
 

lib/net.js

@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ var timeout = new (function () {
             remove(first);
             assert(first != peek(list));
             first.emit('timeout');
-            first.destroy(new Error('idle timeout'));
           }
         }
         debug(msecs + ' list empty');
@@ -816,7 +815,10 @@ Stream.prototype.setKeepAlive = function (enable, time) {
 };
 
 Stream.prototype.setTimeout = function (msecs) {
-  timeout.enroll(this, msecs);
+  if (msecs > 0) {
+    timeout.enroll(this, msecs);
+    if (this.fd) { timeout.active(this); }
+  }
 };
 
 

test/pummel/test-tcp-timeout.js

@@ -5,20 +5,18 @@ starttime = null;
 timeouttime = null;
 timeout = 1000;
 
-gotError = false
-
 var echo_server = net.createServer(function (socket) {
   socket.setTimeout(timeout);
 
   socket.addListener("timeout", function () {
     puts("server timeout");
     timeouttime = new Date;
     p(timeouttime);
+    socket.destroy();
   });
 
   socket.addListener("error", function (e) {
-    assert.ok(e instanceof Error);
-    gotError = true;
+    throw new Error("Server side socket should not get error. We disconnect willingly.");
   })
 
   socket.addListener("data", function (d) {
@@ -59,8 +57,7 @@ client.addListener("data", function (chunk) {
 });
 
 client.addListener("timeout", function () {
-  puts("client timeout - this shouldn't happen");
-  assert.ok(false);
+  throw new Error("client timeout - this shouldn't happen");
 });
 
 client.addListener("end", function () {
@@ -84,6 +81,4 @@ process.addListener("exit", function () {
 
   // Allow for 800 milliseconds more
   assert.ok(diff < timeout + 800);
-
-  assert.ok(gotError);
 });

test/simple/test-net-set-timeout.js

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+require("../common");
+var sys = require('sys'),
+   http = require('http');
+
+server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+  sys.puts('got request. setting 1 second timeout');
+  req.connection.setTimeout(500);
+
+  req.connection.addListener('timeout', function(){
+    sys.debug("TIMEOUT");
+
+    var body="timeout\n";
+    res.writeHead(200, {
+      'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+      'Content-Length': body.length,
+      'Connection':'close'
+    });
+    res.end(body);
+    req.connection.end();
+    server.close();
+  });
+});
+server.listen(8000);
+
+
+server.addListener('listening', function () {
+  sys.puts('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/');
+
+  errorTimer =setTimeout(function () {
+    throw new Error('Timeout was not sucessful');
+  }, 2000);
+
+  http.cat('http://localhost:8000/', 'utf8', function (err, content) {
+    clearTimeout(errorTimer);
+    if (err) throw err;
+    sys.puts('HTTP REQUEST COMPLETE (this is good)');
+    sys.puts(content);
+  });
+});