FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version  " 1.7.0_25 " 
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_25-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Darwin local 12.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May  1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
MAC OS X 10.8.4

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
We have trouble in developing a large web-application on Mac OS X after switching from Java 1.6 to Java 1.7. When the application is running in tomcat it is not possible to open new Socket connections. We are 8 developers having the same problem. All attempts to solve this problem by adjusting Mac OS X system preferences for open files etc have no effect.

The problem only occurs on Mac OS X, not on Linux with the same jdk version.

We found a way to reproduce this behavior in a little script.


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Exception in thread  " main "  java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketAccept(Native Method)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.accept(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:398)
at java.net.ServerSocket.implAccept(ServerSocket.java:530)
at java.net.ServerSocket.accept(ServerSocket.java:498)
at SelectTest.main(SelectTest.java:16)

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class SelectTest {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // Use 1024 file descriptors. There'll already be some in use, obviously, but this guarantees the problem will occur
    for(int i = 0; i < 1024; i++) {
      new FileInputStream( " /dev/null " );
    }

    ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(8080);
    socket.accept();
  }

}
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