RFR: JDK-8303973: Library detection in runtime/ErrorHandling/TestDwarf.java fails on ppc64le RHEL8.5 for libpthread-2.28.so

Mon Mar 13 13:02:29 UTC 2023

On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:37:27 GMT, Matthias Baesken <mbaesken at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The test fails with
> 
> [dwarf] ##### Find filename and line number for offset 0x000096a8 in library /lib64/glibc-hwcaps/power9/libpthread-2.28.so #####
> [dwarf] Failed to load DWARF file for library /lib64/glibc-hwcaps/power9/libpthread-2.28.so or find DWARF sections directly inside it.
> 
> and in stderr
> 
> java.lang.RuntimeException: Must find library in "C [libpthread-2.28.so+0x96a8] start_thread+0xf8": expected true, was false
> 
> Looks like the '-' in the lib-name libpthread-2.28.so is currently not allowed in the pattern of the test. This is similar to [JDK-8293201](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8293201) .

I don't have a strong opinion there - I guess both is acceptable.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12998