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

[Ramanand Patil]

Hi all,

Please help me in getting this review done.

Regards,
Ramanand.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ramanand Patil 
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 10:46 PM
To: core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: RFR: JDK-8135259: InetAddress.getAllByName only reports "unknown error" instead of actual cause

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.