RFR: 8347408: Create an internal method handle adapter for system calls with errno [v8]

Maurizio Cimadamore mcimadamore at openjdk.org
Thu May 8 09:02:02 UTC 2025


On Thu, 8 May 2025 07:54:17 GMT, Per Minborg <pminborg at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> As we advance, converting older JDK code to use the relatively new FFM API requires system calls that can provide `errno` and the likes to explicitly allocate a MemorySegment to capture potential error states. This can lead to negative performance implications if not designed carefully and also introduces unnecessary code complexity.
>> 
>> Hence, this PR proposes adding a JDK internal method handle adapter that can be used to handle system calls with `errno`, `GetLastError`, and `WSAGetLastError`.
>> 
>> It relies on an efficient carrier-thread-local cache of memory regions to allide allocations.
>
> Per Minborg has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Remove class

src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/CaptureStateUtil.java line 244:

> 242:     }
> 243: 
> 244:     private static MethodHandle makeBasicHandle(BasicKey basicKey) {

more than a "basic handle" this seems more a "return filter"

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25043#discussion_r2079227117


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