On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:25:41 GMT, Daniel Jeliński <[email protected]> wrote:
> Remove an old hack that prevented binding to 127.x.x.255 addresses on Linux. > The hack was intended to work around a bug in the JCK that assumed that > 127.x.x.255 addresses are used for broadcasting and must not be bindable. > > Added 2 new tests that fail on Linux without the fix, pass with the fix. > Tier1, tier2, JCK java.net and java.nio tests continue to pass. > > --------- > - [x] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the [OpenJDK > Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). test/jdk/java/nio/channels/DatagramChannel/BindLoopback.java line 51: > 49: } > 50: try (DatagramChannel channel = > DatagramChannel.open(StandardProtocolFamily.INET)) { > 51: channel.bind(new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.255", 0)); The test binds to a very specific loopback address. So I think we need to find a better name for the test, or beef it up to test a number of different loopback addresses (both IPv4 and IPv6) ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/33378#discussion_r4282426749
