tree cf8c15664bc90517b8a5275bec1323f515303639
parent fae4c4e3ad76c295c3d6d259f898136b4bf833a8
author Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org> 1543538112 +0000
committer Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org> 1543623655 +0000

http2: revert Transport's strict interpretation of MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS

And add the http2.Transport.StrictMaxConcurrentStreams bool knob to
behavior being reverted.

In CL 53250 for golang/go#13774 (for Go 1.10) we changed the HTTP/2
Transport's policy such that a server's advertisement of a
MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS value meant that it was a maximum for the
entire process, instead of just a single connection.

We thought that was a reasonable interpretation of the spec and
provided nice safety against slamming a server from a bunch of
goroutines doing concurrent requests, but it's been largely
unpopular (see golang/go#27044). It's also different behavior from
HTTP/1 and because you're usually not sure which protocol version
you're going to get, you need to limit your outbound HTTP requests
anyway in case you're hitting an HTTP/1 server.

And nowadays we have the Go 1.11 Transport.MaxConnsPerHost knob too
(CL 71272 for golang/go#13957). It doesn't yet work for HTTP/2, but it
will in either Go 1.12 or Go 1.13 (golang/go#27753)

After this is bundled into net/http's, the default HTTP client will
have this knob set false, restoring the old Go 1.9 behavior where new
TCP connections are created as necessary. Users wanting the strict
behavior and import golang.org/x/net/http2 themselves and make a
Transport with StrictMaxConcurrentStreams set to true. Or they can set
Transport.MaxConnsPerHost, once that works for HTTP/2.

Updates golang/go#27044 (fixes after bundle into std)

Change-Id: I4efdad7698feaf674ee8e01032d2dfa5c2f8a3a8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/151857
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bonventre <andybons@golang.org>