Bug ID: JDK-7112670 Inet4AddressImpl should use getaddrinfo/getnameinfo ( modernization/cleanup )

JDK-7112670 : Inet4AddressImpl should use getaddrinfo/getnameinfo ( modernization/cleanup )

Type: Bug
Component: core-libs
Sub-Component: java.net
Affected Version: 7

Priority: P4
Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
OS: generic,linux_redhat_5.0
CPU: generic,x86

Submitted: 2011-11-16
Updated: 2018-09-13
Resolved: 2011-11-29

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JDK 8
8 b15Fixed

Related Reports

Duplicate :	JDK-7089443 - InetAddress.getLocalHost fails if hostname larger HOST_NAME_MAX.
Relates :	JDK-8135259 - InetAddress.getAllByName only reports "unknown error" instead of actual cause
Relates :	JDK-7114558 - Inet4AddressImpl should use memset (rather than bzero) and NI_MAXHOST (rather than MAXHOSTNAMELEN).
Relates :	JDK-8035949 - Remove unused macro USE_SELECT and clean up Unix version of net_util_md.{c,h}
Relates :	JDK-8077819 - InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName() behaving differently in JDK8

Description

see discussion on net-dev mailing list:
  http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/net-dev/2011-October/003666.html
  http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/net-dev/2011-November/003702.html

Essentially modernization/cleanup the Unix Inet4AddressImpl implementation. Replace old API calls gethostbyname_r/gethostbyaddr(_r) with getaddrinfo/getaddrinfo.

Comments

EVALUATION CR 7114558 was filed for some minor review comments that were missed during integration. Here is a link to the JDK8 changeset: Changeset: 81987765cb81 Author: ngmr Date: 2011-11-11 14:40 +0000 URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/81987765cb81 7112670: Inet4AddressImpl should use getaddrinfo/getnameinfo Reviewed-by: chegar, alanb, mduigou, ngmr Contributed-by: Charles Lee <littlee at linux.vnet.ibm.com> ! src/solaris/native/java/net/Inet4AddressImpl.c ! src/solaris/native/java/net/Inet6AddressImpl.c ! src/solaris/native/java/net/net_util_md.c ! src/solaris/native/java/net/net_util_md.h

22-11-2011

EVALUATION yes, a fine idea.

16-11-2011