JDK 8 RFR 8010371: getaddrinfo can fail with EAI_SYSTEM/EAGAIN, causes UnknownHostException to be thrown

[Alan Bateman]

On 02/10/2013 12:40, Brian Burkhalter wrote:
> :
>
> 1) If the error is EAI_AGAIN / EIA_SYSTEM+EAGAIN / WSATRY_AGAIN then 
> do one immediate native retry.
> 2) If the retry fails with the same error, then throw a UHE with a 
> specific message or cause.
>
It's very possible the retry will fail the same way but should be 
harmless (modulo the delay if is a timeout).

Having the UHE be thrown with the message from gai_strerror would be 
must more useful. The reason I suggesting use a cause is because UHE has 
always been thrown with the host name as the detail message (and very 
possible that there are dependencies somewhere on this).

-Alan.