RFR: JDK-8135259: InetAddress.getAllByName only reports "unknown error" instead of actual cause

[Ramanand Patil]

Hi all
 

Please review the fix for bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8135259

 

Bug Description: Attempts to resolve a host unknown to the DNS server cause an UnknownHostException stating "unknown error" instead of "Name or service not known".

 

Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rpatil/8135259/webrev.00/

 

Fix: Using a function call directly "gai_strerror(gai_error)" instead of using the function pointer which was declared but not initialized. Apart from this I have removed few other unused variables and function pointers. Brief description of how this bug was introduced is added to the bug comment.

 

 

Regards,

Ramanand.