RFR: JDK-8259897: gtest os.dll_address_to_function_and_library_name_vm fails on AIX

Thomas Stuefe stuefe at openjdk.java.net
Thu Jan 21 10:33:56 UTC 2021


On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:15:57 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is trivial. The test tries to come up with a pointer slightly outside a function but still inside a library, and then to resolve it to a valid library name. This is shaky. On AIX, the pointer had been a function descriptor, stored separately from the code sections, so this won't work.
>> 
>> I removed this part of the test, since this is shaky and relies on UB.
>
> Looks reasonable.

Thank you Martin.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2156


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