RFR: JDK-8319516 AIX System::loadLibrary needs support to load a shared library from an archive object [v13]

[Martin Doerr]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 18:14:36 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)
>
> Suchismith Roy has updated the pull request incrementally with three additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - update tests
>  - update tests
>  - update tests

src/java.base/aix/classes/jdk/internal/loader/ClassLoaderHelper.java line 40:

> 38:     * This method returns false so that loading of shared library continues if
> 39:     * libname.so is not present.
> 40:     */

The '*' should be in the same column. Please compare to ClassLoaderHelper.java for other OSs.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17945#discussion_r1555591088