> TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT is something similar on Linux Not similar enough. In the case I was describing, there are some bytes to read but not a full HTTP request. TC

> TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT is something similar on Linux Not similar enough. In the case I was describing, there are some bytes to read but not a full HTTP request. TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT prevents accept() from returning until there are some bytes to read. That doesn't help.