RFR: JDK-8319516 - Native library suffix impact on the library loading in AIX- Java Class Loader [v11]

[Suchismith Roy]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 16:18:11 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Suchismith Roy has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
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>>  - spaces
>>  - nits and move file to aix directory
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> test/jdk/java/lang/RuntimeTests/loadLibrary/aix/LoadAIXLibraryFromArchiveObject.java line 33:
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>> 31: public class LoadAIXLibraryFromArchiveObject {
>> 32:     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
>> 33:         String libraryName = "perfstat";
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> I suggest to check if `/usr/lib/libperstat.a` is present and `/usr/lib/libperfstat.so` is not present; otherwise, the test should throw RuntimeException.

I understand. But isn't the presence of .so also a legit test case ? I mean loadLibrary is not expected to fail if that happens. The failure is expected when .so is not present and .a is also not present . Shouldn't we check for non existence of both ?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17945#discussion_r1554048115