RFR: 7904115: Fix for AIX test case failures due to incorrect alignment for double and pointer [v4]

[Jorn Vernee]

On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:27:56 GMT, Varada M <varadam at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Total of 10 test failures observed on AIX:
>> jtreg/generator/nestedTypes/TestNestedTypesUnsupported.java 
>> jtreg/generator/test8246400/LibTest8246400Test.java 
>> jtreg/generator/test8258605/LibTest8258605Test.java 
>> jtreg/generator/test8261511/Test8261511.java 
>> jtreg/generator/testStruct/LibStructTest.java 
>> testng/org/openjdk/jextract/test/toolprovider/ConstantsTest.java 
>> testng/org/openjdk/jextract/test/toolprovider/IncompleteArrayTest.java 
>> testng/org/openjdk/jextract/test/toolprovider/Test8240811.java 
>> testng/org/openjdk/jextract/test/toolprovider/TestClassGeneration.java 
>> testng/org/openjdk/jextract/test/toolprovider/nestedAnonOffset/TestNestedAnonOffset.java
>> 
>> This PR fixes AIX specific layout generation issues related to incorrect alignment double and pointer types.
>> 1. Structs containing double fields fail with:
>>     i. Unsupported layout: 4%D8
>>     ii. Invalid alignment constraint for member layout
>>     double in AIX structs has size 8 but alignment 4 (except as first field). AIX specific handling for C_DOUBLE computes the     correct alignment.
>> 
>> 2. Clang was detected as 32-bit due to missing -m64 during macro extraction, causing inconsistent macros. This caused jextract to interpret pointer constants incorrectly, leading to failures like:
>> expected [-1] but found [4294967295]
>> 
>> 3. TestNestedAnonOffset.java test failed on AIX because it also expects more padding similar to platforms like windows and linux
>> 
>> 
>> After the patch jtreg tests passes successfully.
>> 
>> JBS: [CODETOOLS-7904115](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/CODETOOLS-7904115)
>
> Varada M has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   added field alignment and natural alignment argument

test/jtreg/generator/testStruct/LibStructTest.java line 46:

> 44: public class LibStructTest {
> 45: 
> 46:     public static final boolean IS_AIX = System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("AIX");

Same here.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jextract/pull/296#discussion_r2614819021