expose ServiceConfig::write_date_header

actix-http/CHANGES.md

@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 ### Changed
 - `error::DispatcherError` enum is now marked `#[non_exhaustive]`. [#2624]
+- Expose `ServiceConfig::write_date_header`. [#2625]
 
 ### Fixed
 - Issue where handlers that took payload but then dropped without reading it to EOF it would cause keep-alive connections to become stuck. [#2624]
 
 [#2624]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2624
-[#????]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/????
+[#2625]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2625
 
 
 ## 3.0.0-rc.1 - 2022-01-31

actix-http/src/config.rs

@@ -104,8 +104,12 @@ impl ServiceConfig {
         self.0.date_service.now()
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn write_date_header(&self, dst: &mut BytesMut, camel_case: bool) {
+    /// Writes date header to `dst` buffer.
-        let mut buf: [u8; 39] = [0; 39];
+    ///
+    /// Low-level method that utilizes the built-in efficient date service, requiring fewer syscalls
+    /// than normal. Note that a CRLF (`\r\n`) is included in what is written.
+    pub fn write_date_header(&self, dst: &mut BytesMut, camel_case: bool) {
+        let mut buf: [u8; 37] = [0; 37];
 
         buf[..6].copy_from_slice(if camel_case { b"Date: " } else { b"date: " });
 
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ impl ServiceConfig {
             .date_service
             .with_date(|date| buf[6..35].copy_from_slice(&date.bytes));
 
-        buf[35..].copy_from_slice(b"\r\n\r\n");
+        buf[35..].copy_from_slice(b"\r\n");
         dst.extend_from_slice(&buf);
     }
 

actix-http/src/h1/encoder.rs

@@ -210,14 +210,14 @@ pub(crate) trait MessageType: Sized {
             dst.advance_mut(pos);
         }
 
-        // optimized date header, set_date writes \r\n
         if !has_date {
+            // optimized date header, write_date_header writes its own \r\n
             config.write_date_header(dst, camel_case);
-        } else {
-            // msg eof
-            dst.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
         }
 
+        // end-of-headers marker
+        dst.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
+
         Ok(())
     }
 

actix-web/CHANGES.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
 ### Added
-- Implement `Responder` for `Vec<u8>`. [#????]
+- Implement `Responder` for `Vec<u8>`. [#2625]
 
-[#????]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/????
+[#2625]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2625
 
 ## 4.0.0-rc.2 - 2022-02-02
 ### Added