[PATCH] Add a flag for overriding default JNI library search path

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Mon Nov 26 07:28:53 UTC 2018


Hi Jakub,

> For now, it is possible to override the path only on Linux, BSD and
> AIX. Other platforms don't have the DEFAULT_LIBPATH #define.

In that case this should be implemented and documented only for the 
platforms where it applies.

Solaris reads the default paths via a system API: dlinfo. Does such an 
API exist for other platforms?

Thanks,
David

On 26/11/2018 1:51 am, Jakub Vaněk wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> this patch provides a way how to override where Hotspot searches for
> libraries by default. This specifically affects JNI libraries
> 
> To achieve this, a new configure flag is added: --with-hotspot-libpath.
> When this option is specified, the path is passed to the os_*.cpp
> files, where it overrides the existing DEFAULT_LIBPATH string. I tried
> to follow the way FreeType and other flags are specified.
> 
> The goal of this patch is to eliminate Linux distribution-specific
> patches targetted at doing this. In particular, this patch was inspired
> by Debian/Ubuntu solution. For example, this is the libpath that is
> used on armel:
> /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/jni:/lib/arm-linux-gnueabi:/usr/lib/arm-
> linux-gnueabi:/usr/lib/jni:/lib:/usr/lib
> 
> For now, it is possible to override the path only on Linux, BSD and
> AIX. Other platforms don't have the DEFAULT_LIBPATH #define.
> 
> I tried building OpenJDK locally with the flag and it worked.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jakub
> 
> # HG changeset patch
> # User Jakub Vaněk <linuxtardis at gmail.com>
> # Date 1543089715 -3600
> #      Sat Nov 24 21:01:55 2018 +0100
> # Node ID 2fbd203937c0a42439a48c9c5b505f239a8832af
> # Parent  30a02b4e6c06e874ec8735dedb7e894844b1d627
> Add a flag for overriding default JNI library search path
> 
> diff --git a/doc/building.html b/doc/building.html
> --- a/doc/building.html
> +++ b/doc/building.html
> @@ -463,6 +463,7 @@
>   <li><code>--with-jvm-
> variants=<variant>[,<variant>...]</code> - Build the
> specified variant (or variants) of Hotspot. Valid variants are:
> <code>server</code>, <code>client</code>, <code>minimal</code>,
> <code>core</code>, <code>zero</code>, <code>custom</code>. Note that
> not all variants are possible to combine in a single build.</li>
>   <li><code>--with-jvm-
> features=<feature>[,<feature>...]</code> - Use the
> specified JVM features when building Hotspot. The list of features will
> be enabled on top of the default list. For the <code>custom</code> JVM
> variant, this default list is empty. A complete list of available JVM
> features can be found using <code>bash configure --help</code>.</li>
>   <li><code>--with-target-bits=<bits></code> - Create a target
> binary suitable for running on a <code><bits></code> platform.
> Use this to create 32-bit output on a 64-bit build platform, instead of
> doing a full cross-compile. (This is known as a <em>reduced</em>
> build.)</li>
> +<li><code>--with-hotspot-libpath=<path></code> - Override the
> default runtime library search path. Use this if you want to override
> where HotSpot searches for JNI libraries by default.</li>
>   </ul>
>   <h4 id="configure-arguments-for-native-compilation">Configure
> Arguments for Native Compilation</h4>
>   <ul>
> diff --git a/doc/building.md b/doc/building.md
> --- a/doc/building.md
> +++ b/doc/building.md
> @@ -661,6 +661,9 @@
>       on a `<bits>` platform. Use this to create 32-bit output on a 64-
> bit build
>       platform, instead of doing a full cross-compile. (This is known as
> a
>       *reduced* build.)
> +  * `--with-hotspot-libpath=<path>` - Override the default runtime
> library
> +    search path. Use this if you want to override where HotSpot
> searches
> +    for JNI libraries by default.
>   
>   #### Configure Arguments for Native Compilation
>   
> diff --git a/make/autoconf/configure.ac b/make/autoconf/configure.ac
> --- a/make/autoconf/configure.ac
> +++ b/make/autoconf/configure.ac
> @@ -225,6 +225,9 @@
>   
>   HOTSPOT_SETUP_JVM_FEATURES
>   
> +# handle custom hotspot library path path
> +HOTSPOT_CUSTOM_LIBPATH
> +
>   ######################################################################
> #########
>   #
>   # We need to do some final tweaking, when everything else is done.
> diff --git a/make/autoconf/hotspot.m4 b/make/autoconf/hotspot.m4
> --- a/make/autoconf/hotspot.m4
> +++ b/make/autoconf/hotspot.m4
> @@ -615,3 +615,23 @@
>   
>     AC_SUBST(BUILD_GTEST)
>   ])
> +
> +######################################################################
> #########
> +# Set up custom hotspot library path
> +#
> +AC_DEFUN_ONCE([HOTSPOT_CUSTOM_LIBPATH],
> +[
> +  AC_ARG_WITH([hotspot-libpath], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-hotspot-
> libpath],
> +      [Override the default runtime library search path.])])
> +
> +  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for custom hotspot library path])
> +  if test "x${with_hotspot_libpath}" = "x"; then
> +    AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
> +    HOTSPOT_OVERRIDE_LIBPATH=""
> +  else
> +    AC_MSG_RESULT(${with_hotspot_libpath})
> +    HOTSPOT_OVERRIDE_LIBPATH=${with_hotspot_libpath}
> +  fi
> +  AC_SUBST(HOTSPOT_OVERRIDE_LIBPATH)
> +])
> +
> diff --git a/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in b/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
> --- a/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
> +++ b/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
> @@ -274,6 +274,9 @@
>   # Control wether Hotspot builds gtest tests
>   BUILD_GTEST := @BUILD_GTEST@
>   
> +# Allow overriding the default hotspot library path
> +HOTSPOT_OVERRIDE_LIBPATH := @HOTSPOT_OVERRIDE_LIBPATH@
> +
>   # Control use of precompiled header in hotspot libjvm build
>   USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER := @USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER@
>   
> diff --git a/make/hotspot/lib/JvmFlags.gmk
> b/make/hotspot/lib/JvmFlags.gmk
> --- a/make/hotspot/lib/JvmFlags.gmk
> +++ b/make/hotspot/lib/JvmFlags.gmk
> @@ -95,3 +95,7 @@
>   ifeq ($(USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER), false)
>     JVM_CFLAGS += -DDONT_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER
>   endif
> +
> +ifneq ($(HOTSPOT_OVERRIDE_LIBPATH), )
> +  JVM_CFLAGS += -DOVERRIDE_LIBPATH='"$(HOTSPOT_OVERRIDE_LIBPATH)"'
> +endif
> diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
> b/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
> --- a/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
> +++ b/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
> @@ -541,7 +541,11 @@
>   
>   void os::init_system_properties_values() {
>   
> -#define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/lib:/usr/lib"
> +#ifndef OVERRIDE_LIBPATH
> +  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/lib:/usr/lib"
> +#else
> +  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH OVERRIDE_LIBPATH
> +#endif
>   #define EXTENSIONS_DIR  "/lib/ext"
>   
>     // Buffer that fits several sprintfs.
> diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
> b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
> --- a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
> +++ b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
> @@ -316,7 +316,11 @@
>     //        ...
>     //        7: The default directories, normally /lib and /usr/lib.
>   #ifndef DEFAULT_LIBPATH
> -  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/lib:/usr/lib"
> +  #ifndef OVERRIDE_LIBPATH
> +    #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/lib:/usr/lib"
> +  #else
> +    #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH OVERRIDE_LIBPATH
> +  #endif
>   #endif
>   
>   // Base path of extensions installed on the system.
> diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
> b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
> --- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
> +++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
> @@ -323,10 +323,14 @@
>     //        1: ...
>     //        ...
>     //        7: The default directories, normally /lib and /usr/lib.
> -#if defined(AMD64) || (defined(_LP64) && defined(SPARC)) ||
> defined(PPC64) || defined(S390)
> -  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib"
> +#ifndef OVERRIDE_LIBPATH
> +  #if defined(AMD64) || (defined(_LP64) && defined(SPARC)) ||
> defined(PPC64) || defined(S390)
> +    #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib"
> +  #else
> +    #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/lib:/usr/lib"
> +  #endif
>   #else
> -  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH "/lib:/usr/lib"
> +  #define DEFAULT_LIBPATH OVERRIDE_LIBPATH
>   #endif
>   
>   // Base path of extensions installed on the system.
> 
> 
> 



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