On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:18:21 GMT, Alan Bateman <al...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/Socket.java line 1133:
>>
>>> 1131: return parent.getSoTimeout();
>>> 1132: } catch (Throwable t) {
>>> 1133: // ignored - avoiding exceptions in jfr event data
>>> gathering
>>
>> This should be SocketException, not Throwable. That said, I think it would
>> be useful to know why the SocketReadEvent includes the timeout. Is this used
>> to see If read durations are close to the timeout? I assume once this code
>> is fixed to deal with the exceptional case that the need to include the
>> timeout for the success case will mostly go away.
>
> Were you able to find out what the timeout is used for?
No. I think it's a relic from the distant past though. I think the timeout
field should be removed. It's not used on SocketChannel at all, and it doesn't
seem useful on Socket.
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14342#discussion_r1319152153
