net: some scattered cleanup

This commit cleans up net module, including: 1. remove assigning
`handle.readable` and `handle.writable` 2. documents
`NODE_PENDING_PIPE_INSTANCES` enviroment variable 3. use constants
for '0.0.0.0' and '::'.

PR-URL: #24128
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>

doc/api/cli.md

@@ -752,6 +752,11 @@ unless either the `--pending-deprecation` command line flag, or the
 are used to provide a kind of selective "early warning" mechanism that
 developers may leverage to detect deprecated API usage.
 
+### `NODE_PENDING_PIPE_INSTANCES=instances`
+
+Set the number of pending pipe instance handles when the pipe server is waiting
+for connections. This setting applies to Windows only.
+
 ### `NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS=1`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v7.1.0

lib/internal/main/print_help.js

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const envVars = new Map([
     'of directories prefixed to the module search path' }],
   ['NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION', { helpText: 'set to 1 to emit pending ' +
     'deprecation warnings' }],
+  ['NODE_PENDING_PIPE_INSTANCES', { helpText: 'set the number of pending ' +
+    'pipe instance handles on Windows' }],
   ['NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS', { helpText: 'set to 1 to preserve symbolic ' +
     'links when resolving and caching modules' }],
   ['NODE_REDIRECT_WARNINGS', { helpText: 'write warnings to path instead ' +

lib/net.js

@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ const {
   validateTimerDuration
 } = require('internal/timers');
 
+const DEFAULT_IPV4_ADDR = '0.0.0.0';
+const DEFAULT_IPV6_ADDR = '::';
+
 function noop() {}
 
 function getFlags(ipv6Only) {
@@ -810,10 +813,10 @@ function internalConnect(
 
   if (localAddress || localPort) {
     if (addressType === 4) {
-      localAddress = localAddress || '0.0.0.0';
+      localAddress = localAddress || DEFAULT_IPV4_ADDR;
       err = self._handle.bind(localAddress, localPort);
     } else { // addressType === 6
-      localAddress = localAddress || '::';
+      localAddress = localAddress || DEFAULT_IPV6_ADDR;
       err = self._handle.bind6(localAddress, localPort, flags);
     }
     debug('binding to localAddress: %s and localPort: %d (addressType: %d)',
@@ -1165,8 +1168,6 @@ function createServerHandle(address, port, addressType, fd, flags) {
     if (err)
       return err;
 
-    handle.readable = true;
-    handle.writable = true;
     assert(!address && !port);
   } else if (port === -1 && addressType === -1) {
     handle = new Pipe(PipeConstants.SERVER);
@@ -1185,11 +1186,11 @@ function createServerHandle(address, port, addressType, fd, flags) {
     debug('bind to', address || 'any');
     if (!address) {
       // Try binding to ipv6 first
-      err = handle.bind6('::', port, flags);
+      err = handle.bind6(DEFAULT_IPV6_ADDR, port, flags);
       if (err) {
         handle.close();
         // Fallback to ipv4
-        return createServerHandle('0.0.0.0', port);
+        return createServerHandle(DEFAULT_IPV4_ADDR, port);
       }
     } else if (addressType === 6) {
       err = handle.bind6(address, port, flags);
@@ -1220,14 +1221,14 @@ function setupListenHandle(address, port, addressType, backlog, fd, flags) {
 
     // Try to bind to the unspecified IPv6 address, see if IPv6 is available
     if (!address && typeof fd !== 'number') {
-      rval = createServerHandle('::', port, 6, fd, flags);
+      rval = createServerHandle(DEFAULT_IPV6_ADDR, port, 6, fd, flags);
 
       if (typeof rval === 'number') {
         rval = null;
-        address = '0.0.0.0';
+        address = DEFAULT_IPV4_ADDR;
         addressType = 4;
       } else {
-        address = '::';
+        address = DEFAULT_IPV6_ADDR;
         addressType = 6;
       }
     }