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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8210493
+ * @requires os.family == "linux"
+ * @run main PromiscuousIPv6
+ */
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.DatagramPacket;
+import java.net.DatagramSocket;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.MulticastSocket;
+import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
+
+import static java.lang.System.out;
+
+/*
+ * This test was created as a copy of the Promiscuous test and adapted for
+ * IPv6 node-local and link-local multicast addresses on Linux.
+ */
+public class PromiscuousIPv6 {
+
+    static final int TIMEOUT =  5 * 1000; // 5 secs
+    static int id = 1000;
+
+    static void receive(DatagramSocket mc, boolean datagramExpected, int id)
+            throws IOException
+    {
+        byte[] ba = new byte[100];
+        DatagramPacket p = new DatagramPacket(ba, ba.length);
+        try {
+            mc.receive(p);
+            int recvId = Integer.parseInt(
+                    new String(p.getData(), 0, p.getLength(), "UTF-8"));
+            if (datagramExpected) {
+                if (recvId != id)
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected id, got " + recvId
+                                                       + ", expected: " + id);
+                out.printf("Received message as expected, %s\n", p.getAddress());
+            } else {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected message received, "
+                                                   + p.getAddress());
+            }
+        } catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
+            if (datagramExpected)
+                throw new RuntimeException("Expected message not received, "
+                                                   + e.getMessage());
+            else
+                out.printf("Message not received, as expected\n");
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void test(InetAddress group1, InetAddress group2)
+            throws IOException
+    {
+        try (MulticastSocket mc1 = new MulticastSocket(new InetSocketAddress(group1, 0));
+             MulticastSocket mc2 = new MulticastSocket(new InetSocketAddress(group2, mc1.getLocalPort()));
+             DatagramSocket ds = new DatagramSocket()) {
+
+            final int port = mc1.getLocalPort();
+            out.printf("Using port: %d\n", port);
+
+            mc1.setSoTimeout(TIMEOUT);
+            mc2.setSoTimeout(TIMEOUT);
+            int nextId = id;
+            byte[] msg = Integer.toString(nextId).getBytes("UTF-8");
+            DatagramPacket p = new DatagramPacket(msg, msg.length);
+            p.setAddress(group1);
+            p.setPort(port);
+
+            mc1.joinGroup(group1);
+            out.printf("mc1 joined the MC group: %s\n", group1);
+            mc2.joinGroup(group2);
+            out.printf("mc2 joined the MC group: %s\n", group2);
+
+            out.printf("Sending datagram to: %s/%d\n", group1, port);
+            ds.send(p);
+
+            // the packet should be received by mc1 only
+            receive(mc1, true, nextId);
+            receive(mc2, false, 0);
+
+            nextId = ++id;
+            msg = Integer.toString(nextId).getBytes("UTF-8");
+            p = new DatagramPacket(msg, msg.length);
+            p.setAddress(group2);
+            p.setPort(port);
+
+            out.printf("Sending datagram to: %s/%d\n", group2, port);
+            ds.send(p);
+
+            // the packet should be received by mc2 only
+            receive(mc2, true, nextId);
+            receive(mc1, false, 0);
+
+            mc1.leaveGroup(group1);
+            mc2.leaveGroup(group2);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
+        InetAddress interfaceLocal1 = InetAddress.getByName("ff11::2.3.4.5");
+        InetAddress interfaceLocal2 = InetAddress.getByName("ff11::6.7.8.9");
+        test(interfaceLocal1, interfaceLocal2);
+
+        InetAddress linkLocal1 = InetAddress.getByName("ff12::2.3.4.5");
+        InetAddress linkLocal2 = InetAddress.getByName("ff12::6.7.8.9");
+        test(linkLocal1, linkLocal2);
+    }
+}