how to optimize this code

int TCPClient::Read(char* data,int len ,int timeout , char * delem,int delm_len,int &r)
{
 int l;
     timeval t_out;

         fd_set set;
   
      if(timeout>10)
       t_out.tv_sec = 5;
      else 
      t_out.tv_sec = timeout;

       t_out.tv_usec = 0;
       FD_ZERO(&set);   
       FD_SET(Socket,&set);
      
        l = select(Socket +1, &set, NULL, NULL, &t_out);
      
         setsockopt(Socket,SOL_SOCKET|SO_LINGER,TCP_NODELAY|SO_RCVTIMEO,(char*)&t_out,sizeof(struct timeval));

       if(l==0)
         {
          printf("\n time out %i \n",timeout);
          return -10;
         }
       
         else if(len<0)
          {
         printf("\n error in select 2 TCPClient \n");
       
           return -5;
          }
         
     char a[1] = {0};
    
       memset(data,0,sizeof(data));
      // strcpy(data," ");   
     ssize_t l1;
     int i = 0;
     int cycle = 0;
     while(true)
     {
     
          l1 = recv(Socket,a,1,0);
          if(l1==0)
          {
          printf("\n closed \n");
          i = 0;
            break;
          }
          data =  stpcpy(data,a);
          if(l1 == -1)
          {
            if(r==5 &&cycle<5)
             {
                sleep(3);
                printf("wait");
                cycle++;
                    continue;
             }
             
            break;
          }
          i +=l1;
         
          if(delm_len>1 && strstr(data,delem)!=NULL)
          {
            printf("\n hit strstr \n  ");
            break;
          }
            else if(delm_len==1 && delem[0]==a[0])
            { 
            r = 1;
                break;
            }
            if(i>=len && r==1)
            break;
            
      }//while(i< len) ;    
       printf("\n data recv %i  r = %i ",i,r);
       printf("\n block data return %s \n",data);
      

	return i; 
}