Request to review fix in IPv6 JTreg tests (java/net/ipv6tests/)

[Pavel Tisnovsky]

Michael McMahon wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
> 
>  From what I can see this code is invoked from the method
> getFirstLocalIPv6Address() which would expect to get a link local address,
> but the nature of the new test is to reject link local addressses.

In fact the method getFirstLocalIPv6Address() returns the first 
non-loopback address regardless of its type. Am I right that link-local 
(not site-local) addresses can't be used for regular datagram sending 
and/or receiving?. From what I know datagrams sent to this address 
aren't forwarded...

> 
> Thanks,
> Michael.
> 
> Pavel Tisnovsky wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> could you please review the small change in IPv6 regression tests 
>> helper class test/java/net/ipv6tests/Tests.java?
>>
>> Webrev containing this change is available at:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ptisnovs/IPv6tests/
>>
>> The changed condition ensures that the test UdpTest.java does not use 
>> link-local special IPv6 addresses (i.e. addresses that starts with FE8 
>> - FEB) to perform datagram manipulation.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Pavel Tisnovsky
>