a cryptic error on using Java agents in build 144

[Roman Shevchenko]

Nope (sorry, should have mentioned this).

On Mi, Nov 16, 2016 at 6:43 , Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> 
wrote:
> On 16/11/2016 17:36, Roman Shevchenko wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> in jdk9+144, a program launched in a module path mode with a fairly 
>> simple
>> Java agent attached fails with a pretty cryptic error message:
>> 
>>      Unexpected error (113) returned by AddToSystemClassLoaderSearch
>>      Unable to add /home/sher/Tools/idea/lib/idea_rt.jar to system 
>> class
>> path - the system class loader does not define the
>> appendToClassPathForInstrumentation method or the method failed
>>      FATAL ERROR in native method: processing of -javaagent failed
>> 
>> The same agent works just fine in a class path mode; in jdk9+142 it 
>> worked
>> in both modes.
>> Please advice.
>> 
> I think I can explain this but first, are you running with a custom 
> system class loader (-Djava.system.class.loader)?
> 
> -Alan.