[ping] Re: RFR 8146015: JMXInterfaceBindingTest is failing intermittently for IPv6 addresses

[Jaroslav Bachorik]

Gentle reminder ...

On 23.12.2015 11:26, Jaroslav Bachorik wrote:
> Please, review the following test change
>
> Issue : https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8146015
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jbachorik/8146015/webrev.00
>
> The test fails for IPv6 addresses since the RMI expects an IPv6 address
> to be properly wrapped in '[]'. In addition to that the logic for
> selecting IP addresses to bind is flawed - it does not check for IP
> addresses of multiple adapters but for multiple IP addresses assigned to
> 'localhost'. In combination with IPv4 & IPv6 this will cause the test to
> attempt binding to IPv4 and IPv6 address of the same adapter
> simultaneously and the test will fail.
>
> The fix adds the requested wrapping for IPv6 addresses and adjusts the
> IP selection logic to iterate over distinct adapters first and prevent
> IPv4 and IPv6 address of the same adapter being treated as two addresses
> (for the purposes of the test).
>
> Thanks,
>
> -JB-