RFR: 8350869: os::stat doesn't follow symlinks on Windows [v6]
David Holmes
dholmes at openjdk.org
Thu May 22 07:50:58 UTC 2025
On Wed, 21 May 2025 14:04:14 GMT, Anton Artemov <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This PR addresses an issue on Windows, where a class file could not be loaded by a symbolic link.
>>
>> I added a check if a wide path is a symbolic link (soft one) and a method for dereferencing. Both os::stat() and os::open() on Windows now can handle such links.
>>
>> Tested in tiers 1-3. A separate test added.
>
> Anton Artemov has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>
> 8350869: Fixed comments. Added skip exception to the test when symlinks are not supported.
Updates look fine. Thanks
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Marked as reviewed by dholmes (Reviewer).
PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25233#pullrequestreview-2860155925
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