diff -r 49642d463211 -r c5955f4b7c84 hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Sat Oct 18 11:37:11 2014 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Wed Oct 22 02:31:25 2014 -0700
@@ -5211,15 +5211,6 @@
   return 1;
 }
 
-int os::socket_available(int fd, jint *pbytes) {
-  // Linux doc says EINTR not returned, unlike Solaris
-  int ret = ::ioctl(fd, FIONREAD, pbytes);
-
-  //%% note ioctl can return 0 when successful, JVM_SocketAvailable
-  // is expected to return 0 on failure and 1 on success to the jdk.
-  return (ret < 0) ? 0 : 1;
-}
-
 // Map a block of memory.
 char* os::pd_map_memory(int fd, const char* file_name, size_t file_offset,
                         char *addr, size_t bytes, bool read_only,