4 files changed, 49 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter.erl b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter.erl
index 57730cad61..77200cc7d0 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter.erl
+++ b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter.erl
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ call(SvcName, App, Message) ->
     | {restrict_connections, restriction()}
     | {sequence, sequence() | evaluable()}
     | {share_peers, remotes()}
-    | {use_shared_peers, remotes()}.
+    | {use_shared_peers, remotes()}
+    | {spawn_opt, list()}.
 
 -type application_opt()
    :: {alias, app_alias()}
@@ -345,6 +346,7 @@ call(SvcName, App, Message) ->
     | {reconnect_timer, 'Unsigned32'()}
     | {watchdog_timer, 'Unsigned32'() | {module(), atom(), list()}}
     | {watchdog_config, [{okay|suspect, non_neg_integer()}]}
+    | {spawn_opt, list()}
     | {private, any()}.
 
 %% Predicate passed to remove_transport/2
diff --git a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_config.erl b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_config.erl
index 2a145c874b..fc5c284bf2 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_config.erl
+++ b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_config.erl
@@ -549,6 +549,9 @@ opt({watchdog_timer, Tmo}) ->
 opt({watchdog_config, L}) ->
     is_list(L) andalso lists:all(fun wdopt/1, L);
 
+opt({spawn_opt, Opts}) ->
+    is_list(Opts);
+
 %% Options that we can't validate.
 opt({K, _})
   when K == transport_config;
@@ -632,7 +635,8 @@ make_config(SvcName, Opts) ->
                          {false, use_shared_peers},
                          {false, monitor},
                          {?NOMASK, sequence},
-                         {nodes, restrict_connections}]),
+                         {nodes, restrict_connections},
+                         {[], spawn_opt}]),
 
     #service{name = SvcName,
              rec = #diameter_service{applications = Apps,
@@ -647,6 +651,9 @@ make_opts(Opts, Defs) ->
 
     [{K, opt(K,V)} || {K,V} <- Known].
 
+opt(spawn_opt, L) ->
+    is_list(L);
+
 opt(K, false = B)
   when K /= sequence ->
     B;
diff --git a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_service.erl b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_service.erl
index 112e83476d..9dd8aafc61 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_service.erl
+++ b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_service.erl
@@ -770,10 +770,8 @@ start(Ref, Type, Opts, #state{watchdogT = WatchdogT,
         = Svc
         = merge_service(Opts, Svc0),
     {_,_} = Mask = proplists:get_value(sequence, SvcOpts),
-    Pid = s(Type, Ref, {diameter_traffic:make_recvdata([SvcName,
-                                                        PeerT,
-                                                        Apps,
-                                                        Mask]),
+    RecvData = diameter_traffic:make_recvdata([SvcName, PeerT, Apps, Mask]),
+    Pid = s(Type, Ref, {{spawn_opts([Opts, SvcOpts]), RecvData},
                         Opts,
                         SvcOpts,
                         Svc}),
@@ -787,6 +785,12 @@ start(Ref, Type, Opts, #state{watchdogT = WatchdogT,
 %% record so that each watchdog may get a different record. This
 %% record is what is passed back into application callbacks.
 
+spawn_opts(Optss) ->
+    SpawnOpts = get_value(spawn_opt, Optss, []),
+    [T || T <- SpawnOpts,
+          T /= link,
+          T /= monitor].
+
 s(Type, Ref, T) ->
     {_MRef, Pid} = diameter_watchdog:start({Type, Ref}, T),
     Pid.
@@ -986,6 +990,18 @@ keyfind([Key | Rest], Pos, L) ->
             T
     end.
 
+%% get_value/3
+
+get_value(_, [], Def) ->
+    Def;
+get_value(Key, [L | Rest], Def) ->
+    case lists:keyfind(Key, 1, L) of
+        {_,V} ->
+            V;
+        _ ->
+            get_value(Key, Rest, Def)
+    end.
+
 %% find_outgoing_app/2
 
 find_outgoing_app(Alias, Apps) ->
diff --git a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_traffic.erl b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_traffic.erl
index 0b15e68ec7..6f81ade30e 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_traffic.erl
+++ b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_traffic.erl
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 -define(BASE,  ?DIAMETER_DICT_COMMON).  %% Note: the RFC 3588 dictionary
 
 -define(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, 5000).  %% for outgoing requests
+-define(DEFAULT_SPAWN_OPTS, []).
 
 %% Table containing outgoing requests for which a reply has yet to be
 %% received.
@@ -153,13 +154,8 @@ receive_message(TPid, Pkt, Dict0, RecvData)
          RecvData).
 
 %% Incoming request ...
-recv(true, false, TPid, Pkt, Dict0, RecvData) ->
-    try
-        spawn(fun() -> recv_request(TPid, Pkt, Dict0, RecvData) end)
-    catch
-        error: system_limit = E ->  %% discard
-            ?LOG({error, E}, now())
-    end;
+recv(true, false, TPid, Pkt, Dict0, T) ->
+    spawn_request(TPid, Pkt, Dict0, T);
 
 %% ... answer to known request ...
 recv(false, #request{ref = Ref, handler = Pid} = Req, _, Pkt, Dict0, _) ->
@@ -177,6 +173,21 @@ recv(false, #request{ref = Ref, handler = Pid} = Req, _, Pkt, Dict0, _) ->
 recv(false, false, _, _, _, _) ->
     ok.
 
+%% spawn_request/4
+
+spawn_request(TPid, Pkt, Dict0, {Opts, RecvData}) ->
+    spawn_request(TPid, Pkt, Dict0, Opts, RecvData);
+spawn_request(TPid, Pkt, Dict0, RecvData) ->
+    spawn_request(TPid, Pkt, Dict0, ?DEFAULT_SPAWN_OPTS, RecvData).
+
+spawn_request(TPid, Pkt, Dict0, Opts, RecvData) ->
+    try
+        spawn_opt(fun() -> recv_request(TPid, Pkt, Dict0, RecvData) end, Opts)
+    catch
+        error: system_limit = E ->  %% discard
+            ?LOG({error, E}, now())
+    end.
+
 %% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% recv_request/4
 %% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------