RFR: JDK-8077377 - java/net/MulticastSocket/SetOutgoingIf.java fails intermittently with NullPointerException

[Alan Bateman]

On 26/05/2015 20:34, Mark Sheppard wrote:
> Hi
>    please oblige and review the following change
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~msheppar/8077377/webrev/
>
> to address the issue
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8077377
>
> it is possible that "stray" packets can be received in this 
> MulticastSocket test, and
> this results in a NPE from the NetworkInterface lookup based on the 
> received address.
> Change adds a test that the "from" NetworkInterface is not null.
If I read this correctly then it just ignores the packet when it comes 
from a non-local interface (or interference from something else on the 
network).

Should the commented out throwing on RuntimeException be removed while 
you are there?

-Alan.