RFR: 8256461: AbstractFileSystemProvider.getSunPathForSocketCall for empty Path returns '.' [v2]

[Daniel Fuchs]

On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:52:20 GMT, Michael McMahon <michaelm at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Could I get the following change reviewed please? 
>> 
>> The problem results from AbstractFileSystemProvider.getSunPathForSocketCall  returning a path of '.' when given an empty path argument. The socket API needs an empty path byte[] in this situation. It causes a BindException which is actually correct, but the error message is confusing because "." always exists and the error message is saying 'path already exists' when the actual error is that server socket channels cannot be bound to the empty path.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Michael.
>
> Michael McMahon has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   update after Alan and Daniel's comments Tues 17th

Marked as reviewed by dfuchs (Reviewer).

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1258