7161881: (dc) DatagramChannel.bind(null) fails if IPv4 socket and running with preferIPv6Addresses=true

Rob McKenna rob.mckenna at oracle.com
Wed Jun 6 13:47:04 PDT 2012


Hi folks,

Small bug with in DatagramChannel where 
Java.net.preferIPv6Addresses=true is causing bind(null) to use an ipv6 
address even though we're connected to an ipv4 socket.

Additional context:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/nio-dev/2012-April/001632.html

Webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~robm/7161881/webrev.01/

     -Rob


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