IV11338: JAVA.NIO.CHANNELS.SPI.SELECTORPROVIDER PARAMETER NOT WORKING

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: Problems exists on AIX platform. If we run the
  code without java.nio.channels.spi.SelectorProvider parameter
  then it works fine but if we turn it on then we don't get any
  results although there's no error.
  .
  Stack Trace: N/A
  .
  

Local fix

• Do not use the
  "Djava.nio.channels.spi.SelectorProvider=sun.nio.ch.PollSelector
  Provider" option.
  

Problem summary

• The issue was discovered by TADDM team. Below is the desc of the
  issue:
  'Problems exists only on AIX platform. NIO test fails when
  java.nio.channels.spi.SelectorProvider parameter is used.else it
  works fine.
  This is part of our ping sensor. It does not use ICMP echo
  request. It opens a socket to specified port and check the
  status. '
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  7.0.0 SR1
  .
  The nio select-poll functionality is broken in AIX. This is due
  to a missing patch in JDK 7 and is now fixed.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JAVA CLASS LIBS

• Fixed component ID

  620700130

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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