[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8320005: Allow loading of shared objects with .a extension on AIX [v4]

[Suchismith Roy]

> Hi all,
> 
> This pull request contains a backport of commit [e85355ad](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/e85355ada4ac1061c49ee9f1247d37a437c7b5ab) from the [openjdk/jdk](https://git.openjdk.org/jdk) repository.
> 
> The commit being backported was authored by Suchismith Roy on 27 Feb 2024 and was reviewed by Amit Kumar, Thomas Stuefe, Joachim Kern and Martin Doerr.
> 
> Thanks!

Suchismith Roy has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains three additional commits since the last revision:

 - rename method
 - Same logic different file
 - Backport e85355ada4ac1061c49ee9f1247d37a437c7b5ab

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/473/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/473/files/beb289f4..79f53bbb

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk8u-dev&pr=473&range=03
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk8u-dev&pr=473&range=02-03

  Stats: 2246 lines in 17 files changed: 2226 ins; 5 del; 15 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/473.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev.git pull/473/head:pull/473

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/473