RFR (M): JDK-8200298 Unify all unix versions of libjsig/jsig.c
Magnus Ihse Bursie
magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com
Tue Mar 27 09:42:31 UTC 2018
When I was about to update jsig.c, I noticed that the four copies for
aix, linux, macosx and solaris were basically the same, with only small
differences. Some of the differences were not even well motivated, but
were likely the result of this code duplication causing the code to diverge.
A better solution is to unify them all into a single unix version, with
the few platform-specific changes handled on a per-platform basis.
I've made the following notable changes:
* I have removed the version check for Solaris. All other platforms seem
to do fine without it, and in general, we don't mistrust other JDK
libraries. An alternative is to add this version check to all other
platforms instead. If you think this is the correct course of action,
let me know and I'll fix it.
* Solaris used to have a dynamically allocated sact, instead of a
statically allocated array as all other platforms have. It's not likely
to be large, and the size is known at compile time, so there seems to be
no good reason for this.
* Linux and macosx used a uint32_t/uint64_t instead of sigset_t for
jvmsigs, as aix and solaris do. This is a less robust solution, and the
added checks show that it has failed in the past. Now all platforms use
sigset_t/sigismember().
Also worth noting:
* Solaris is not using pthreads, but it's own thread library, which
accounts for most of the #ifdef SOLARIS.
* In general, if an implementation was needed on one platform, but has
no effect or is harmless on others, I've kept it on all platforms
instead of sprinkling the code with #ifdefs.
To facilitate code review, here is a specially crafted webrev that shows
the differences compared to each of the individual, original per-OS
versions of jsig.c:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8200298-unify-libjsig/webrev.01
Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8200298
WebRev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8200298-unify-libjsig/webrev.03
/Magnus
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