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diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 772b9e1..2e51cd1 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ EBADF = getattr(errno, 'EBADF', 9)
EAGAIN = getattr(errno, 'EAGAIN', 11)
EWOULDBLOCK = getattr(errno, 'EWOULDBLOCK', 11)
-__all__ = ["fromfd", "getfqdn", "create_connection",
- "AddressFamily", "SocketKind"]
+__all__ = ["fromfd", "getfqdn", "create_connection", "create_server",
+ "has_dualstack_ipv6", "AddressFamily", "SocketKind"]
__all__.extend(os._get_exports_list(_socket))
# Set up the socket.AF_* socket.SOCK_* constants as members of IntEnums for
@@ -728,6 +728,89 @@ def create_connection(address, timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
else:
raise error("getaddrinfo returns an empty list")
+
+def has_dualstack_ipv6():
+ """Return True if the platform supports creating a SOCK_STREAM socket
+ which can handle both AF_INET and AF_INET6 (IPv4 / IPv6) connections.
+ """
+ if not has_ipv6 \
+ or not hasattr(_socket, 'IPPROTO_IPV6') \
+ or not hasattr(_socket, 'IPV6_V6ONLY'):
+ return False
+ try:
+ with socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM) as sock:
+ sock.setsockopt(IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, 0)
+ return True
+ except error:
+ return False
+
+
+def create_server(address, *, family=AF_INET, backlog=0, reuse_port=False,
+ dualstack_ipv6=False):
+ """Convenience function which creates a SOCK_STREAM type socket
+ bound to *address* (a 2-tuple (host, port)) and return the socket
+ object.
+
+ *family* should be either AF_INET or AF_INET6.
+ *backlog* is the queue size passed to socket.listen().
+ *reuse_port* dictates whether to use the SO_REUSEPORT socket option.
+ *dualstack_ipv6*: if true and the platform supports it, it will
+ create an AF_INET6 socket able to accept both IPv4 or IPv6
+ connections. When false it will explicitly disable this option on
+ platforms that enable it by default (e.g. Linux).
+
+ >>> with create_server((None, 8000)) as server:
+ ... while True:
+ ... conn, addr = server.accept()
+ ... # handle new connection
+ """
+ if reuse_port and not hasattr(_socket, "SO_REUSEPORT"):
+ raise ValueError("SO_REUSEPORT not supported on this platform")
+ if dualstack_ipv6:
+ if not has_dualstack_ipv6():
+ raise ValueError("dualstack_ipv6 not supported on this platform")
+ if family != AF_INET6:
+ raise ValueError("dualstack_ipv6 requires AF_INET6 family")
+ sock = socket(family, SOCK_STREAM)
+ try:
+ # Note about Windows. We don't set SO_REUSEADDR because:
+ # 1) It's unnecessary: bind() will succeed even in case of a
+ # previous closed socket on the same address and still in
+ # TIME_WAIT state.
+ # 2) If set, another socket is free to bind() on the same
+ # address, effectively preventing this one from accepting
+ # connections. Also, it may set the process in a state where
+ # it'll no longer respond to any signals or graceful kills.
+ # See: msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms740621(VS.85).aspx
+ if os.name not in ('nt', 'cygwin') and \
+ hasattr(_socket, 'SO_REUSEADDR'):
+ try:
+ sock.setsockopt(SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+ except error:
+ # Fail later on bind(), for platforms which may not
+ # support this option.
+ pass
+ if reuse_port:
+ sock.setsockopt(SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
+ if has_ipv6 and family == AF_INET6:
+ if dualstack_ipv6:
+ sock.setsockopt(IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, 0)
+ elif hasattr(_socket, "IPV6_V6ONLY") and \
+ hasattr(_socket, "IPPROTO_IPV6"):
+ sock.setsockopt(IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, 1)
+ try:
+ sock.bind(address)
+ except error as err:
+ msg = '%s (while attempting to bind on address %r)' % \
+ (err.strerror, address)
+ raise error(err.errno, msg) from None
+ sock.listen(backlog)
+ return sock
+ except error:
+ sock.close()
+ raise
+
+
def getaddrinfo(host, port, family=0, type=0, proto=0, flags=0):
"""Resolve host and port into list of address info entries.