RFR: JDK-8319516 - Native library suffix impact on the library loading in AIX- Java Class Loader [v10]

[Mandy Chung]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 08:08:27 GMT, Suchismith Roy <sroy at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The test should verify if `/usr/lib/libperstat.a` is present and also `/usr/lib/libperfstat.so` is not present.
>> 
>> Do you expect all AIX machines do not have `/usr/lib/libperfstat.so`?
>
> Yes it is expected.  the hotspot code has harcoded it to .a file.

In this case, the test can verify if `/usr/lib/libperstat.a` is present and `/usr/lib/libperfstat.so` is not present; otherwise, the test should throw `RuntimeException`.   This also serves a good documentation purpose showing what this test expects.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17945#discussion_r1553961921