JDK 9 RFR of 8171452: (ch) linux io_util_md: Operation not supported exception after 8168628

[Alan Bateman]

On 03/01/2017 19:11, Brian Burkhalter wrote:
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> On Jan 3, 2017, at 12:51 AM, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com 
> <mailto:Alan.Bateman at oracle.com>> wrote:
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>> Falling back when the error is ENOSYS or EOPNOTSUPP seems right, I 
>> don't see a reasonable to fallback for other errors. As to whether 
>> it's worth handling ENOSYS then I'm not sure, it would likely be very 
>> old kernels as Martin noted in his reply.
>
> Is this a +1 on the patch as-is or should I add ENOSYS?
>
The patch is okay as is, and no objection to also checking for ENOSYS if 
you want.

-Alan
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