[7u-dev] backport request: 6571600 JNI use results in UnsatisfiedLinkError looking for libmawt.so

[Rob McKenna]

Hi Buck,

Can you resend this request once it has been marked 7u60-critical-approved?

     -Rob

On 23/12/13 21:02, david buck wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This is a request to backport the flowing fix to JDK7.
>
> [ JDK-6571600 JNI use results in UnsatisfiedLinkError looking for 
> libmawt.so ]
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-657160
>
> The root cause of this issue is a name conflict with JNI_OnLoad 
> provided by awt_LoadLibrary.c and code loaded manually by the user 
> (usually their own JNI libraries). The fix is to use a different name 
> for calling dladdr that is much less likely to conflict with any names 
> used by customer code.
>
> The fix is exactly the same in JDK7 as it is in both JDK8 and JDK9. I 
> have of course tested the fix on JDK7 as well. The JDK9 fix can be 
> found here:
>
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/client/jdk/rev/35dfaa9954c2
>
> As the forest for JDK8u-dev is not up yet, I am submitting individual 
> requests to backport to both JDK8 and JDK7 in parallel.
>
> Cheers,
> -Buck