RFR: JDK-8313616: support loading library members on AIX in os::dll_load

[Martin Doerr]

On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 14:03:48 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaesken at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp line 1125:
>> 
>>> 1123:   // RTLD_LAZY has currently the same behavior as RTLD_NOW
>>> 1124:   // The dl is loaded immediately with all its dependants.
>>> 1125:   int dflags = RTLD_LAZY;
>> 
>> Looks ok. Maybe it would be safer to use `RTLD_NOW` in case the implementation changes at some point of time.
>
> Hi martin, I spoke to our local AIX experts and they said better to use RTLD_LAZY because this is used more across platforms. Additionally it is very unlikely that in the near future, on AIX,  RTLD_LAZY and RTLD_NOW would differ.

Ok.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15204#discussion_r1288558153