[Bug classpath/27459] New: Socket inherits timeout setting from ServerSocket.accept

[edwin dot steiner at gmx dot net]

I tracked down a problem where JOnAS on classpath/cacao dropped
a database connection for no good reason. The cause was that the
ServerSocket used for "accept" has a one-second timeout set, and
the accepted Sockets inherit it.

This inheritance of options is documented for the accept(2)
system call, but I don't think it is intended behaviour on
the java.net.Socket level. I did not find any reference to
that in the ServerSocket documentation.

The database in question was HSQLDB 1.8.0. An additional

    socket.setSoTimeout(0)

on the accepted socket solved the problem, but I dont think that
is required of Java apps, or is it?


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           Summary: Socket inherits timeout setting from ServerSocket.accept
           Product: classpath
           Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: classpath
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: edwin dot steiner at gmx dot net
 GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
  GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27459