RFR(S) 8193318: ELF decoder should be able to use external debug info file

[Zhengyu Gu]

Hi Andrew,

On 03/01/2018 04:03 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 23/02/18 17:01, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
>> *) I am wondering if we can merge the existing implementation in
>> src/jdk.hotspot.agent/linux/native/libsaproc/symtab.c and this mirror implementation in
>> src/hotspot/os/linux/decoder_linux.cpp? Notably, moving gnu_debuglink_crc32 to some shared file
>> would trim down the change.
>>
>> Andrew Haley knows this better, as he is the author of the related change.
> 
> It would be nice not to have to repeat all this stuff.
> 
Agree. However, I am not aware a way to share code between agent and 
hotspot.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

-Zhengyu