RFR [9]: 8034174 Remove use of JVM_* functions from java.net code

[Michael McMahon]

On 23/02/14 08:55, Chris Hegarty wrote:
> On 22 Feb 2014, at 17:23, Dmitry Samersoff <dmitry.samersoff at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>>
>> Didn't look to windows part. Unix part looks good for me. See also below.
>>
>> I'm a bit concerned because of mixing NET_* abstractions and direct call
>> to OS functions. It might be better to create NET_socket etc.
> Me too. It is already a mess. System calls should be used directly, unless there is a reason not to do so.
>
>> We use NET_GetSockOpt/NET_SetSockOpt in one places and plain os
>> functions in other ones it have to be unified.
> If there is no reason to call the NET_ variant, then the system call should be used.

Seems like the big #ifdef in net_util_md.h on this is more or less 
redundant now
since the #define of NET_xxx to JVM_xxx was its only purpose.

I wonder would it also be useful to expand the comment just above those 
definitions
that currently just relates to AIX and say which other operating systems 
it applies to
and if we could identify which system calls it affects, and which mean 
the NET_xx
functions must be used. Or maybe this is going beyond what you wanted to 
do here?

Michael