RFR: JDK-8319516 - Native library suffix impact on the library loading in AIX- Java Class Loader [v9]

[Martin Doerr]

On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 12:32:21 GMT, Suchismith Roy <sroy at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Allow support for both .a and .so files in AIX.
>> If .so file is not found, allow fallback to .a extension.
>> JBS Issue: [JDK-8319516](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8319516)
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> Suchismith Roy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   coding style

AFAICS, all .a libraries which are part of the AIX installation require a member specification in braces like `libodm.a(shr_64.o)` and can hence not be loaded by `System.loadLibrary`.
"libsysteminfo.a" is not available on typical AIX machines.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17945#issuecomment-2036686867