RFR: JDK-8317799 : AIX PPC64: FFI symbol lookup doesn't find symbols

Fri Nov 10 07:59:59 UTC 2023

On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 21:11:32 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

> First and foremost, the `make/data/hotspot-symbols` directory is, as the name says, for hotspot symbols. These are not hotspot symbols. If you really do need the file, then it needs to reside in a proper location.
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> Secondly: do you really need this file? It looks just like an enumeration of (a subset of?) standard library functions. This looks like a completely incorrect solution to the problem. How did you arrive at this list? What if in the future new functions are added to the standard library?

Which directory do you suggest to put the exports list in ? Do we create a new directory or use any existing directory.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16414#issuecomment-1805254422