Upstream: u->conf->preserve_output flag. The flag can be used to continue sending request body even after we've got a response from the backend. In particular, this is needed for gRPC proxying of bidirectional streaming RPCs, and also to send control frames in other forms of RPCs.
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c index bc98f81..680b664 100644 --- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c +++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -2031,7 +2031,9 @@ c->tcp_nopush = NGX_TCP_NOPUSH_UNSET; } - u->write_event_handler = ngx_http_upstream_dummy_handler; + if (!u->conf->preserve_output) { + u->write_event_handler = ngx_http_upstream_dummy_handler; + } if (ngx_handle_write_event(c->write, 0) != NGX_OK) { ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u, @@ -2193,7 +2195,7 @@ #endif - if (u->header_sent) { + if (u->header_sent && !u->conf->preserve_output) { u->write_event_handler = ngx_http_upstream_dummy_handler; (void) ngx_handle_write_event(c->write, 0);
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h index 80fa8b3..c2f4dc0 100644 --- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h +++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ unsigned intercept_404:1; unsigned change_buffering:1; unsigned pass_trailers:1; + unsigned preserve_output:1; #if (NGX_HTTP_SSL || NGX_COMPAT) ngx_ssl_t *ssl;