RFR: 8345012: os::build_agent_function_name potentially wastes a byte when allocating the buffer [v2]

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 03:27:28 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is a minor issue noticed in the review of JEP 479. The calculations of the buffer length always do `+2` to allow for an optional underscore plus the terminator. A solution was suggested in that review (which I initially used) but I've instead opted for a solution where `name_len` always reflects the actual length of the lib name - otherwise we need to subtract the 1 again when doing the `strncat`. I also made the need for the underscore explicit. 
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>> As the same code is used in os_posix.cpp both versions were made consistent. The only difference between them is the Windows version has to check for a drive specifier. I toyed with combining them into a shared version with a Windows-specific chunk, but opted for the simpler change. I can revisit that if people have strong opinions.
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>> Testing
>> - tiers 1-4
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>> Thanks
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> David Holmes has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Fix bug re-checking minimum length

Also a general understanding question: do we even care about these savings? AFAIU, the improvements are miniscule (are they?), and we are risking a bit of regression by touching this code. It is a good hygienic exercise, for sure.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22404#issuecomment-2504632154