RFR: 8213445: jcmd VM.symboltable and VM.stringtable -verbose output contains no shared symbols or strings [v2]

[Ioi Lam]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 16:32:55 GMT, Calvin Cheung <ccheung at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Yes. Otherwise, I saw the following failures in the tests under cds/appcds/jcmd
> 
> ```
> <prefix path>/testoutput/test-support/jtreg_open_test_hotspot_jtreg_hotspot_tier2_runtime/classes/2/runtime/cds/appcds/jcmd/JCmdTestFileSafety.d/jdk/test/lib/apps/LingeredApp.class : no such file or directory
> <prefix path>/testoutput/test-support/jtreg_open_test_hotspot_jtreg_hotspot_tier2_runtime/classes/2/runtime/cds/appcds/jcmd/JCmdTestFileSafety.d/jdk/test/lib/apps/LingeredApp$1.class : no such file or directory
> java.lang.RuntimeException: jar operation failed
> 	at JarBuilder.createJar(JarBuilder.java:216)
> 	at JarBuilder.createSimpleJar(JarBuilder.java:180)
> 	at JarBuilder.build(JarBuilder.java:90)
> 	at JCmdTestDumpBase.buildJars(JCmdTestDumpBase.java:91)
> 	at JCmdTestFileSafety.test(JCmdTestFileSafety.java:75)
> 	at JCmdTestDumpBase.runTest(JCmdTestDumpBase.java:61)
> 	at JCmdTestFileSafety.main(JCmdTestFileSafety.java:145)
> 	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104)
> 	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:578)
> 	at com.sun.javatest.regtest.agent.MainWrapper$MainThread.run(MainWrapper.java:127)
> 	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:828)
> ```
> 
> Not sure why my new DynamicSharedSymbols.java seems to trigger the above failure.

The problem is caused by [CODETOOLS-7902847](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/CODETOOLS-7902847)

Have you tried using `@build` instead of `@compile`? That way you don't need to specify the file location.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8234