From cf9ee928b012bb2af24372ab180bacdb02cf7c74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Pinner <jpinner@twitter.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:16:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] HttpContentEncoder should not remove Content-Length when
 acting as a passthrough.

---
 .../io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpContentEncoder.java     | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpContentEncoder.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpContentEncoder.java
index fb8ec835ca..106e37233a 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpContentEncoder.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpContentEncoder.java
@@ -123,15 +123,13 @@ public abstract class HttpContentEncoder extends MessageToMessageCodec<HttpReque
                 // If unable to encode, pass through.
                 if (result == null) {
                     if (isFull) {
-                        // As an unchunked response
+                        // Set the content length.
                         res.headers().remove(Names.TRANSFER_ENCODING);
                         res.headers().set(Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, ((ByteBufHolder) res).content().readableBytes());
                         out.add(ReferenceCountUtil.retain(res));
                     } else {
-                        // As a chunked response
-                        res.headers().remove(Names.CONTENT_LENGTH);
-                        res.headers().set(Names.TRANSFER_ENCODING, Values.CHUNKED);
                         out.add(res);
+                        // Pass through all following contents.
                         state = State.PASS_THROUGH;
                     }
                     break;