RFR: JDK-8320383: refresh libraries cache on AIX in VMError::report

Mon Nov 20 12:49:30 UTC 2023

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:14:29 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaesken at openjdk.org> wrote:

> VMError::report outputs information about loaded shared libraries; but this info could be outdated on AIX because the libraries cache is currently not refreshed before printing.
> This is similar to [JDK-8318587](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8318587) .
> The refresh in VMError::report could be omitted in some situations where the refresh call is considered problematic.

Why not just do this in the AIX specific `os::print_dll_info`?

Otherwise, I'd be in favor of finding a reasonable OS abstraction for this.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16730#issuecomment-1819001496