RFR: 8267353: java/net/SctpSanity.java fails due to Protocol not supported

[Jie Fu]

On Thu, 27 May 2021 00:41:25 GMT, Jie Fu <jiefu at openjdk.org> wrote:

>>> if sctp is configured on a linux system would there exist a /proc/net/sctp and have an entry in /proc/net/protocols ?
>> 
>> No /proc/net/sctp and no entry in /proc/net/protocols.
>> But I don't think it's the reason since it passed on another machine without /proc/net/sctp and the entry too.
>> Thanks.
>
>> > if sctp is configured on a linux system would there exist a /proc/net/sctp and have an entry in /proc/net/protocols ?
>> 
>> No /proc/net/sctp and no entry in /proc/net/protocols.
>> But I don't think it's the reason since it passed on another machine without /proc/net/sctp and the entry too.
>> Thanks.
> 
> After `sudo yum install lksctp-tools`, which would install libsctp.so.1, both the machines fail now.
> So @ChrisHegarty is right: the machine in question has the libsctp.so.1 library, but the kernel module is not loaded.
> Thanks.

> @DamonFool I would much prefer to keep the test as it is and fix the underlying bug, but this may be more than you want to do? If so, I'll get this done myself.

Please feel free to do so.
I'll close this pr soon.
Thanks.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/4199