RFR: 8308144: HttpClient - uncontrolled memory consumption in SSLFlowDelegate.Reader

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Thu, 25 May 2023 20:17:39 GMT, zhurs <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> When using HttpClient to make requests to HTTPS resources, there is an issue where the entire file is being downloaded into memory without the ability to limit the buffer size.
> If the SSLEngine cannot decode the entire buffer due to the algorithm's blocking nature, it returns a decoded chunk of data and BUFFER_UNDERFLOW status, which leads to SSLFlowDelegate.Reader requesting more data despite the output queue being full.

This has now been addressed through https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/16704

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14159#issuecomment-1820304388