Option to disable keep alive for JSON-RPC http transport (#9848)

* Keep alive jsonrpc CLI option.

* Update to latest json-rpc.

* Keep alive flag.

parity/cli/mod.rs

@@ -467,6 +467,10 @@ usage! {
 			"--no-jsonrpc",
 			"Disable the HTTP JSON-RPC API server.",
 
+			FLAG flag_jsonrpc_no_keep_alive: (bool) = false, or |c: &Config| c.rpc.as_ref()?.keep_alive,
+			"--jsonrpc-no-keep-alive",
+			"Disable HTTP/1.1 keep alive header. Disabling keep alive will prevent re-using the same TCP connection to fire multiple requests, recommended when using one request per connection.",
+
 			ARG arg_jsonrpc_port: (u16) = 8545u16, or |c: &Config| c.rpc.as_ref()?.port.clone(),
 			"--jsonrpc-port=[PORT]",
 			"Specify the port portion of the HTTP JSON-RPC API server.",
@@ -1219,6 +1223,7 @@ struct Rpc {
 	server_threads: Option<usize>,
 	processing_threads: Option<usize>,
 	max_payload: Option<usize>,
+	keep_alive: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, PartialEq, Deserialize)]
@@ -1676,6 +1681,7 @@ mod tests {
 			// -- API and Console Options
 			// RPC
 			flag_no_jsonrpc: false,
+			flag_jsonrpc_no_keep_alive: false,
 			arg_jsonrpc_port: 8545u16,
 			arg_jsonrpc_interface: "local".into(),
 			arg_jsonrpc_cors: "null".into(),
@@ -1958,6 +1964,7 @@ mod tests {
 				server_threads: None,
 				processing_threads: None,
 				max_payload: None,
+				keep_alive: None,
 			}),
 			ipc: Some(Ipc {
 				disable: None,

parity/configuration.rs

@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ impl Configuration {
 				Some(max) if max > 0 => max as usize,
 				_ => 5usize,
 			},
+			keep_alive: !self.args.flag_jsonrpc_no_keep_alive,
 		};
 
 		Ok(conf)

parity/rpc.rs

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pub struct HttpConfiguration {
 	pub server_threads: usize,
 	pub processing_threads: usize,
 	pub max_payload: usize,
+	pub keep_alive: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for HttpConfiguration {
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ impl Default for HttpConfiguration {
 			server_threads: 1,
 			processing_threads: 4,
 			max_payload: 5,
+			keep_alive: true,
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ pub fn new_http<D: rpc_apis::Dependencies>(
 		rpc::RpcExtractor,
 		conf.server_threads,
 		conf.max_payload,
+		conf.keep_alive,
 	);
 
 	match start_result {