BufferedInputStream#fill() hanging in SocketInputStream#read0()

[Alan Bateman]

Chris Hegarty wrote:
> Andreas,
>
> This stacktrace is exactly the same as what you will see if the server 
> does not respond. The HTTP client is trying to read the initial 
> response, but there is none. Is possible that the server is eagerly 
> accepting the connection but not processing it?
I think you're right, in which case changing BIS isn't going to help. If 
the server doesn't close the connection, and it's not terminated 
abruptly, then I assume the only way to recover in a reasonable time is 
to have set the read timeout.

-Alan.