RFR: 8348828: Windows dll loading now resolves symlinks

[Benjamin Peterson]

On Wed, 7 May 2025 23:02:41 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > > > At this point, the path to load will be `$PWD\rando` due to symlink resolution.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Which is in fact correct, no?
> > 
> > 
> > Correct in that that's the library that should be loaded. `LoadLibrary` doesn't want to cooperate, though.
> 
> So is it correct to say that the link resolution appears correct but `LoadLibrary`'s quirks cause the intended behavior to fail?

Yes. The `getCanonicalPath` canonicalization indeed produces the file pointed to by the symlink. However, in the context of `NativeLibraries`, doing path canonicalization is at best unnecessary and at worst yields the linked bug.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24694#issuecomment-2860678324