RFR [XS] : 8210961: [aix] enhance list of environment variables reported in error log file on AIX

[Thomas Stüfe]

Hi Matthias,

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 8:54 AM, Baesken, Matthias
<matthias.baesken at sap.com> wrote:
> Hi Volker, sure  the LDR_PRELOAD might not be so important any more these days .
> However it might be  fine to have it included in the list of environment variables for the sake of completeness ( in it is maybe of interest in cases where we start
>    other  (32bit) binaries  from java ).
>

You mean, starting 32bit AIX binaries from our 64bit jvm? Is this even
possible?

Best Regards, Thomas

> Best regards, Matthias
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Volker Simonis <volker.simonis at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Donnerstag, 20. September 2018 17:41
>> To: Baesken, Matthias <matthias.baesken at sap.com>
>> Cc: HotSpot Open Source Developers <hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>> Subject: Re: RFR [XS] : 8210961: [aix] enhance list of environment variables
>> reported in error log file on AIX
>>
>> Hi Matthias,
>>
>> looks good!
>>
>> Do we really need LDR_PRELOAD? The documentation you've linked
>> mentions that it is only used for 32-bit process which we don't
>> support anyway.
>>
>> I think it may be better to leave it out completely, otherwise people
>> may get confused if they see that LDR_PRELOAD was defined.
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Volker
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:13 PM Baesken, Matthias
>> <matthias.baesken at sap.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,  Please review this small  enhancement.
>> >
>> > It adds  these  AIX-related  environment variables to the already existing list
>> of environment variables that should be reported in error log file (hs_err file)
>> :
>> >
>> > LIBPATH  :   environment variable to locate shared libraries  ,  see
>> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSYKE2_7.1.0/com.ib
>> m.java.aix.71.doc/user/setlpath.html
>> >
>> > LDR_PRELOAD / LDR_PRELOAD64  :  similar to LD_PRELOAD on Linux , see
>> https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/ssw_aix_72/com.ibm.
>> aix.performance/preloading_shared_libraries.htm
>> >
>> >
>> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mbaesken/webrevs/8210961/
>> >
>> > bug :  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210961
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks, Matthias