docs: protected VirtualConnection processWork(TCPBaseRequestContext req, int options) {
          if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) {
              Tr.entry(tc, "processWork");
          }
  
          TCPConnLink conn = req.getTCPConnLink();
          VirtualConnection vc = null;
  
          if (options != 1) {
              // initialize the action to false, set to true if we do the allocate
              if (req.isRequestTypeRead()) {
                  ((TCPReadRequestContextImpl) req).setJITAllocateAction(false);
              }
          }
  
          if (attemptIO(req, false)) {
              vc = conn.getVirtualConnection();
          }
  
          if (TraceComponent.isAnyTracingEnabled() && tc.isEntryEnabled()) {
              Tr.exit(tc, "processWork");
          }
          return vc;
      }