Code Review 7024560: InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName() returns localhost for hostnames of length HOST_NAME_MAX

[Chris Hegarty]

On 03/ 9/11 05:07 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> Chris Hegarty wrote:
>> :
>> I tested on a few different Linux machines and instrumented the error
>> handling code, it is definitely failing with ENAMETOOLONG.
> Okay, must be a glibc thing. The changes you have look okay to me but
> would be nice to ensure that the hostname is null-terminated (for
> platforms that don't fail with ENAMETOOLONG).

Yes, Solaris is also not clear on null termination either. Best to 
ensure the hostname is null-terminated.

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-Chris.

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> -Alan