RFR: JDK-8317799 : AIX PPC64: FFI symbol lookup doesn't find symbols [v2]

[Martin Doerr]

On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:21:40 GMT, suchismith1993 <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The math library in AIX specifically, is a static archive. Doing a -lm wont suffice, because when the symbols are looked up using dlsym or accessing native code through Java, it will lead to failures.
>> Hence we had to come up with a list of symbols to allow math library symbols to be accesible.
>> Also, there are parts of libc library that are static too, and hence those symbols also are present in this list.
>> Without this change, the StdLibTest and multiple other tests which make native function calls using FFI, fail with NoSuchElementException.
>> 
>> 
>> 1. Adding required compiler flags.
>> 2. Adding required symbols.
>> 
>> 
>> JBS-ISSUE : [JDK-8317799](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8317799)
>
> suchismith1993 has updated the pull request incrementally with 172 additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Provide support for math library in inline way.
>  - Symbol Resolution fix for Panama changes.
>    1. Adding required compiler flags.
>    2. Adding required symbols.
>  - 8320348: test/jdk/java/io/File/GetAbsolutePath.windowsDriveRelative fails if working directory is not on drive C
>    
>    Reviewed-by: alanb, mbaesken
>  - 8320372: test/jdk/sun/security/x509/DNSName/LeadingPeriod.java validity check failed
>    
>    Reviewed-by: alanb
>  - 8320234: Merge doclint.Env.AccessKind with tool.AccessKind
>    
>    Reviewed-by: jjg
>  - 8319817: Charset constructor should make defensive copy of aliases
>    
>    Reviewed-by: rriggs, alanb, bpb, iris, jpai
>  - 8320147: Remove DumpSharedSpaces
>    
>    Reviewed-by: ccheung, matsaave
>  - 8319973: AArch64: Save and restore FPCR in the call stub
>    
>    Reviewed-by: adinn, stuefe
>  - 8320410: Reflow markdown in building.md
>    
>    Reviewed-by: erikj
>  - 8319928: Exceptions thrown by cleanup actions should be handled correctly
>    
>    Reviewed-by: jvernee
>  - ... and 162 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/c340abf0...9c77fa98

It's messed up, now. Can you revert the last step?

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Changes requested by mdoerr (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16414#pullrequestreview-1741741189