RFR: 8331541: [i386] linking with libjvm.so fails after JDK-8283326

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On Thu, 2 May 2024 08:23:38 GMT, Vladimir Petko <vpetko at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> The     `.type _SafeFetch32_impl, at function` symbol declaration contains a spurious underscore causing an undefined symbol in libjvm.so.
> 
> I am not sure about change in default flags. I have removed the flag that allows linking with undefined symbols
> because having the flag on might cause bugs like this one or https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8329983 as the build succeeds even if some symbols are not defined.
> Openjdk builds successfully without it on amd64, i386, armhf, arm64, s390, ppc64el and riscv64 with this change[1]. riscv64 build was done locally inside vm:
> 
> Finished building target 'images' in configuration 'linux-riscv64-server-release'
> ubuntu at ubuntu:~/jdk$ 
> 
> Unfortunately I do not know why it was introduced, so I might be missing something.
> I am happy to drop it from this one or move it to a separate issue/pr.
>  
> [1] https://launchpad.net/~vpa1977/+archive/ubuntu/october-21/+sourcepub/16076564/+listing-archive-extra

I created https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8331921 to track setting up proper assembly functions consistently.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19048#issuecomment-2100375665