RFR 6425769: jmx remote bind address

[Jaroslav Bachorik]

Adding core libs.

On 2.11.2015 11:38, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is a patch addressing JDK-6425769. The issue is that the JMX agent
> binds to the wildcard address by default, preventing users to use
> system properties for JMX agents on multi-homed hosts. Given a host
> with local network interfaces, 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 say, it's
> impossible to start two JMX agents binding to fixed ports but to
> different network interfaces, 192.168.0.1:{9111,9112} and
> 192.168.0.2:{9111,9112} say.
>
> The JDK would bind to all local interfaces by default. In the above
> example to 192.168.0.1 *and* 192.168.0.2. The effect is that the second
> Java process would get a "Connection refused" error because another
> process has already been bound to the specified JMX/RMI port pairs.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-6425769
> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-6425769/00/
>
> Testing done:
> jdk_jmx and jdk_management tests all pass after this change (no
> regressions). There is also a new JTREG test which fails prior this
> change and passes after. Updates to the diagnostic command have been
> tested manually.
>
> I understand that, if approved, the JDK and hotspot changes should get
> pushed together? Hotspot changes are fairly trivial since it's only a
> doc-update for the new JDK property in the relevant diagnostic command.
>
> Could someone please review and sponsor this change? Please let me know
> if there are questions.
>
> Thanks,
> Severin
>