RFR (XS) 8219583: Windows build failure after JDK-8214777 (Avoid some GCC 8.X strncpy() errors in HotSpot)

Aleksey Shipilev shade at redhat.com
Fri Feb 22 20:44:34 UTC 2019


On 2/22/19 9:42 PM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> On 2/22/19 8:56 PM, Kim Barrett wrote:
>>> New code introduced in JDK-8214777 calls to "naked" snprintf, which fails to compile in my Windows
>>> configs. It seems to be the omen to replace these with the usual jio_snprintf calls. There is also
>>> os::snprintf we can use instead, but shared runtime code really likes jio_snprintf, and it will
>>> delegate as needed.
>>
>> Please use os::snprintf: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8198918
> 
> Even if the same file (and other files in those components) use jio_snprintf, right? I did the first
> patch with os::snprintf, but reverted it on stylistic grounds. No validation with -Wformat sounds
> ominous, though.

Remembered that I still have os::snprintf version handy:
  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~shade/8219583/webrev.01/

-Aleksey



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