RFR: 8329653: JLILaunchTest fails on AIX after JDK-8329131

[Matthias Baesken]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:45:07 GMT, Joachim Kern <jkern at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Since ~ end of March, after [JDK-8329131](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8329131), tools/launcher/JliLaunchTest.java fails on AIX. Failure is :
> 
>  stdout: [];
>  stderr: [Error: could not find libjava.so
> Error: Could not find Java SE Runtime Environment.
> ]
>  exitValue = 2
> 
> java.lang.RuntimeException: Expected to get exit value of [0], exit value is: [2]
> at jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer.shouldHaveExitValue(OutputAnalyzer.java:521)
> at JliLaunchTest.main(JliLaunchTest.java:58)
> at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
> at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
> at com.sun.javatest.regtest.agent.MainActionHelper$AgentVMRunnable.run(MainActionHelper.java:333)
> at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1575)
> 
> Maybe we need to do further adjustments to BUILD_JDK_JTREG_EXECUTABLES_LIBS_exeJliLaunchTest / BUILD_JDK_JTREG_EXECUTABLES_LDFLAGS_exeJliLaunchTest on AIX ?
> Or somehow adjust the coding that attempts to find parts of "JRE" (libjava.so) ? The libjli.so is gone on AIX after [JDK-8329131](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8329131), and with this also the image discovery based on GetApplicationHomeFromDll which uses libjli.so .
> 
> Without libjli.so we have to analyze the LD-LIBRARY_PATH / LIBPATH envvar. There is no other methos available on AIX, because it lacks the $ORIGIN feature of the rpath.

The naming GetApplicationHomeFromLD_LIBRARY_PATH looks a bit unconventional ; maybe adjust this ?
Regarding if  the code should be added for all platforms or just AIX, let's hear what Alan and others have to say.

On AIX we have the bad situation that  GetApplicationHomeFromDll  stopped working after JDK-8329131.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19000#issuecomment-2092530647