JVMInit function call - where is it located the source?

[Andrew Haley]

On 08/21/2018 05:21 PM, mr rupplin wrote:
> Inside java.c there is a JLI_Launch which purports to be the launching or entry point for the JVM.  The last line shows:
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> return JVMInit(&ifn, threadStackSize, argc, argv, mode, what, ret);
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> This is given apparently as a function call that will return an int.  However the include file java.h shows no source for this function.

>  Where is it located?

Couldn't you just look?

src/java.base/unix/native/libjli/java_md_solinux.c:79

> And finally where is the javac.c source file? I'm sure it's been here and now its lost. - ok

It's part of the Java launcher, jexec.c. The easiest way to discover
this stuff is to run javac in a real C++ debugger.

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Andrew Haley
Java Platform Lead Engineer
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