[foreign-memaccess+abi] RFR: 8303835: Remove uncaught exception handler linker option

[David Holmes]

On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 20:41:06 GMT, Jorn Vernee <jvernee at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Remove the uncaught exception handler linker option for now. It does not seem polished enough, and using the thread's uncaught exception handler seems problematic as well.

Thumbs up on not using the thread's uncaughtExceptionHandler :)

src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/abi/SharedUtils.java line 315:

> 313:         if (t != null) {
> 314:             t.printStackTrace();
> 315:             System.err.println("Unrecoverable uncaught exception encountered. The VM will now exit");

Suggestion:

try {
  t.printSackTrace();
  System.err...
} finally {
  JLA.exit(1);
}

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/panama-foreign/pull/813