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Date:      Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:31:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Nick Johnson <freebsd@spatula.net>
To:        freebsd-java@freebsd.org
Subject:   Simple, reliable test case for name resolution problem
Message-ID:  <20071029163446.L25435@turing>
In-Reply-To: <20071029152022.H25435@turing>
References:  <20071023195511.GA27666@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20071023170536.H25435@turing> <20071024210348.GA34044@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20071026205754.15950c80@tinca> <20071026121159.A25435@turing> <20071026134734.M25435@turing> <20071026162351.B25435@turing> <20071028130627.A25435@turing> <20071028141053.G25435@turing> <20071029152022.H25435@turing>

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The problem is in the number of open file descriptors.  Once it crosses 
1024, name resolution breaks.  This is showing up in Tomcat 6, because 
Tomcat 6 is leaking descriptors like a sieve.

Here's a simple test case that demonstrates the problem.  On my FreeBSD 
6.2 host it bombs every time.  On a Linux host, it throws an IOException 
opening files (too many open files).  On a Windows box it completes 
normally.

My uname and java -version, just for completeness:
FreeBSD turing.morons.org 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Sun Jan 21 16:53:54 PST 2007     
java version "1.5.0_13-p7"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_13-p7-root_26_oct_2007_14_03)

The same thing happens with the Diablo JDK.

Here's the code.  Save it as Test.java; javac Test.java; java Test

import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Test {
        public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

                ArrayList files = new ArrayList(1024);

                System.out.println("Opening lots of files");
                for(int i=0; i < 1024; i++) {
                        files.add(new FileInputStream("/dev/null"));
                }

                System.out.println("Trying to resolve freebsd.org");
                InetAddress.getByName("freebsd.org");   // throws exception!

        }
}


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