RFR: 8340383: VM issues warning failure to find kernel32.dll on Windows nanoserver [v2]

[George Adams]

On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:57:10 GMT, Martijn Verburg <karianna at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> George Adams has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   refactor to extract nanoserver detection
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> src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp line 4112:
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>> 4110:   strncat(kernel32_path, "\\kernel32.dll", MAX_PATH - ret);
>> 4111:   // On Windows Nanoserver the kernel32.dll is located in the forwarders subdirectory
>> 4112:   if (!os::file_exists(kernel32_path)) {
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> Should this detection logic be extracted for other scenarios wher we need to special case nano?

I've found a registry key that we can reliably use to detect Windows Nanoserver

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21070#discussion_r1768479557