RFR: 8351309: test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/posixSig/TestPosixSig.java fails on static-jdk

[Thomas Stuefe]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:22:23 GMT, Jiangli Zhou <jiangli at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I meant more like "not supported". You are correct that it is technically possible.
> 
> How useful is signal chaining even these days?
> 

It is a niche solution to a complex problem (using signals in third-party native libraries which do their signal setup after hotspot signal setup has happened, preventing the library from messing up the hotspot signal mechanism). It is certainly used and needs to continue existing.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/23924#issuecomment-2705990399