REF: 8159888: [JVMCI] the client VM build is broken when INCLUDE_JVMCI is defined

[Christian Thalinger]

Hmm.  I can’t remember why we decided to only support JVMCI in a tiered configuration but there was a reason…  Maybe it is Windows related?  Did you run a JPRT job with your changes?

> On Jun 29, 2016, at 2:23 AM, Doug Simon <doug.simon at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Even though client+JVMCI (i.e., !TIERED && COMPILER1 && INCLUDE_JVMCI) doesn’t appear to be a supported configuration, it should still be buildable and produce a working VM where a JVMCI compiler can be used in hosted mode. This bug addresses that.
> 
> I was able to build an exploded jdk but building an image failed in a way I cannot understand:
> 
> Building these configurations (matching CONF=release):
> * linux-x86_64-normal-client-release
> * linux-x86_64-normal-server-release
> Building target 'images' in configuration 'linux-x86_64-normal-client-release'
> Building JVM variant 'client' with features 'all-gcs cds compiler1 fprof jni-check jvmci jvmti management nmt services vm-structs'
> make[3]: *** [/home/dsimon/hs-comp/build/linux-x86_64-normal-client-release/support/classlist/classlist] Error 4
> make[2]: *** [generate-classlist] Error 1
> 
> ERROR: Build failed for target 'images' in configuration 'linux-x86_64-normal-client-release' (exit code 2)
> No indication of failed target found.
> Hint: Try searching the build log for '] Error'.
> Hint: If caused by a warning, try configure --disable-warnings-as-errors.
> 
> make[1]: *** [main] Error 1
> make: *** [images] Error 2
> 
> 
> Using the exploded jdk, I tested the changes on Graal. I had to manually edit build/linux-x86_64-normal-client-release/jdk/lib/amd64/jvm.cfg from:
> 
> -server KNOWN
> -client IGNORE
> 
> to:
> 
> -client KNOWN
> -server IGNORE
> 
> This file appears to be directly copied from jdk/src/java.base/unix/conf/amd64/jvm.cfg. If/when client builds on amd64 are supported, obviously the generation of jvm.cfg will have to be a little more dynamic.
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8159888
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dnsimon/8159888/
> 
> -Doug