RFR [9] 8139297: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class jdk.internal.jimage.ImageNativeSubstrate

[Alan Bateman]

On 09/10/2015 19:59, Chris Hegarty wrote:
> This is a little temporary solution to get the jrt-fs up and running again
> with JDK 8, until JDK-8137017 [1] can be resolved.
>
> It is fair game for an unchecked Exception or Error thrown during
> class initialization to result in a NCDFE. The code in BasicImageReader
> should catch java.lang.LinkageError, rather than UnsatisfiedLinkError
> ( LinkageError is the supertype of NCDFE and UnsatisfiedLinkError ),
> so that it falls over the the Java implementation when libjimage is not
> in the runtime image.
>
> diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jimage/BasicImageReader.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jimage/BasicImageReader.java
> --- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jimage/BasicImageReader.java
> +++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/jimage/BasicImageReader.java
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
>   
>           try {
>               substrate = ImageNativeSubstrate.openImage(imagePath, byteOrder);
> -        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError ex) {
> +        } catch (LinkageError ex) {
>               substrate = ImageJavaSubstrate.openImage(imagePath, byteOrder);
>           }
>
I realize this is a temporary fix but what is the specific exception 
that is thrown here (just asking catching LinkageError could hide other 
issues here)? Do we have an issue submitted to fix the real issue here 
as it should never attempt to use the native implementation when on JDK 
8 or when targeting a different run-time image.

-Alan