RFR: 8189618: [aix] No jre image is created during images step - was : RE: AIX build not generating a jre image

Erik Joelsson erik.joelsson at oracle.com
Thu Oct 26 07:36:39 UTC 2017


Looks good.

/Erik


On 2017-10-26 09:05, Baesken, Matthias wrote:
> Hello , could you please review and push  this small change fixing the  aix jre generation in jdk10 :
>
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mbaesken/webrevs/8189618/
>
>
> (and later on it would be good to get it into jdk9 as well because the same issue exists there too)
>
> Thanks and best regards, Matthias
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Magnus Ihse Bursie [mailto:magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com]
>> Sent: Mittwoch, 25. Oktober 2017 16:46
>> To: Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com>; Baesken, Matthias
>> <matthias.baesken at sap.com>; Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com>
>> Cc: build-dev (build-dev at openjdk.java.net) <build-dev at openjdk.java.net>;
>> ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net
>> Subject: Re: AIX build not generating a jre image
>>
>> On 2017-10-25 15:21, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>>> Ah, good find. I would argue that the correct fix is:
>>>
>>> jdk: $(TOOL_JDK_TARGETS) $(JDK_TARGETS)
>>> jre: $(TOOL_JRE_TARGETS) $(JRE_TARGETS)
>> Yeah, good find Matthias!
>>
>> I agree with Erik's suggested fix. This is a bit of "how has this ever
>> worked?!?". It turns out that our closed extensions are unconditionally
>> adding targets to JRE_TARGETS, so we never noticed that it could happen
>> that JRE_TARGETS are empty, and the building of the JRE image does not
>> work. This will happen on Windows as well as AIX.
>>
>> /Magnus
>>
>>> /Erik
>>>
>>> On 2017-10-25 14:57, Baesken, Matthias wrote:
>>>> Hi Magnus, thanks for your advice.
>>>> Adding a bit of tracing  to  Images.gmk  indeed helps to clarify the
>>>> issue  .
>>>> Output of      $(info this is the jre location:
>>>> $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/$(JIMAGE_TARGET_FILE))    looks nice and as
>> expected
>>>> on AIX .
>>>> However it turns out the   $(JRE_TARGETS)   was empty  on AIX ,
>>>> this leads to an empty dependency
>>>>
>>>> jre: $(JRE_TARGETS)
>>>>
>>>> on AIX in  Images.gmk ,  and this leads to “Nothing to be done for …. “.
>>>> Background is that  aix was not considered   in the platform
>>>> dependent  parts of  make/Images.gmk  where  JRE_TARGETS is filled
>>>> for linux, macosx, solaris.
>>>> I added  aix there and  the jre  shows up in the images.
>>>> Here is my diff  (openjdk9) ,  still with tracing output AND with
>>>> the  added aix .
>>>> Now  JRE_TARGETS  is not empty anymore which leads to successful
>>>> generation of the JRE.
>>>>
>>>> Tracing output seen in the makefile
>>>> + echo JRE_TARGETS are:
>> /mygenerationdir/images/jre/man/man1/java.1   ….
>>>>
>>>> Diff with tracing :
>>>>
>>>> diff -r a08cbfc0e4ec make/Images.gmk
>>>> --- a/make/Images.gmk   Thu Aug 03 18:56:56 2017 +0000
>>>> +++ b/make/Images.gmk   Wed Oct 25 14:41:06 2017 +0200
>>>> @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
>>>>    $(eval $(call ReadImportMetaData))
>>>> +# helpful tracing
>>>> +$(info this is the jre location:
>>>> $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/$(JIMAGE_TARGET_FILE))
>>>> +
>>>> +
>>>> JRE_MODULES += $(filter $(ALL_MODULES), $(BOOT_MODULES) \
>>>>        $(PLATFORM_MODULES) $(JRE_TOOL_MODULES))
>>>> JDK_MODULES += $(ALL_MODULES)
>>>> @@ -295,7 +299,7 @@
>>>>            $(addprefix $(JDK_IMAGE_DIR)/man/ja_JP.PCK/man1/,
>>>> $(JDK_MAN_PAGES))
>>>>      endif
>>>> -  ifneq ($(findstring $(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS), linux macosx), )
>>>> +  ifneq ($(findstring $(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS), aix linux macosx), )
>>>>        JRE_MAN_PAGE_LIST = $(addprefix $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/man/man1/,
>>>> $(JRE_MAN_PAGES)) \
>>>>            $(addprefix $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/man/ja_JP.UTF-8/man1/,
>>>> $(JRE_MAN_PAGES)) \
>>>>            $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/man/ja
>>>> @@ -436,6 +440,8 @@
>>>>    jdk: $(JDK_TARGETS)
>>>> jre: $(JRE_TARGETS)
>>>> +       echo JRE_TARGETS are: $(JRE_TARGETS) ,  TOOL_JRE_TARGETS are:
>>>> $(TOOL_JRE_TARGETS)
>>>> +
>>>> symbols: $(SYMBOLS_TARGETS)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best regards, Matthias
>>>>
>>>> From: Magnus Ihse Bursie [mailto:magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com]
>>>> Sent: Mittwoch, 25. Oktober 2017 10:24
>>>> To: Baesken, Matthias <matthias.baesken at sap.com>; Thomas Stüfe
>>>> <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: build-dev (build-dev at openjdk.java.net)
>>>> <build-dev at openjdk.java.net>; ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>>> Subject: Re: AIX build not generating a jre image
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2017-10-24 16:44, Baesken, Matthias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     *   Do you get to this stage at all? I.e, can you see "Createing
>>>> jre jimage" in the output?
>>>>
>>>> Hi Magnus, when comparing the linux and aix logs  of our openjdk9
>>>> builds  ,   I see for Linux at some point :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> gmake[3]: Entering directory ` . . . /nightly/jdk9/make'
>>>>
>>>> /bin/echo Creating jre jimage
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> While on AIX it says :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> make[3]: Entering directory ` . . . /nightly/jdk9/make'
>>>>
>>>> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `jre'.
>>>>
>>>> make[3]: Leaving directory ` . . . /nightly/jdk9/make'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> this Looks wrong to me !
>>>> That means that $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/$(JIMAGE_TARGET_FILE) is
>> considered
>>>> up to date by make. This is wrong if that file does not exist. Are
>>>> you *sure* you do not have a jre built?
>>>> Verify the contents of these variables. Perhaps add a
>>>> $(info this is the jre location:
>> $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/$(JIMAGE_TARGET_FILE))
>>>> at the top of Images.gmk,
>>>> and check the location that is printed.
>>>>
>>>> /Magnus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (  the   . . .   in the output has been removed by me it points to
>>>> the build dir).
>>>>
>>>> Best regards, Matthias
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: ppc-aix-port-dev
>>>> [mailto:ppc-aix-port-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of
>>>> Magnus Ihse Bursie
>>>> Sent: Dienstag, 24. Oktober 2017 15:47
>>>> To: Thomas Stüfe
>>>> <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com><mailto:thomas.stuefe at gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: build-dev
>>>> (build-dev at openjdk.java.net<mailto:build-dev at openjdk.java.net>)
>>>> <build-dev at openjdk.java.net><mailto:build-dev at openjdk.java.net>;
>>>> ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net<mailto:ppc-aix-port-
>> dev at openjdk.java.net>
>>>> Subject: Re: AIX build not generating a jre image
>>>>
>>>> On 2017-10-23 10:16, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
>>>> Hi Magnus,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie
>>>>
>> <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com<mailto:magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2017-10-18 16:14, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Volker Simonis
>>>> <volker.simonis at gmail.com<mailto:volker.simonis at gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Goetz,
>>>>
>>>> How do our nightly builds look like? Do they create the JRE image?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Volker
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Goetz is in a meeting.
>>>>
>>>> None of our AIX builds creates a JRE image. Works on other platforms.
>>>> Looks
>>>> like a bug.
>>>>
>>>> I tried to build jre explicitly (make jre-image); build finishes
>>>> sucessfully but still no jre.
>>>> Since I don't have access to any AIX machines, it's difficult to for
>>>> me to do much about this. Let me know if you need assistance in
>>>> tracking this down.
>>>>
>>>> Some suggestions:
>>>> run "make LOG=info,cmdlines" to track the progress of the build.
>>>>
>>>> If you get lost in the log files, try running "make jre-image" and
>>>> then "rm build/$BUILD/images/jre", and then "make LOG=info,cmdlines
>>>> jre-image" to see only the output for the jre-image target.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the hints! I'll try that. I played around last week with
>>>> make -d --print-data-base but got lost in the information.
>>>>
>>>> Last week I burned some time on this problem without much success. I
>>>> got stuck understanding the rule in Images.gmk:
>>>>
>>>> $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/$(JIMAGE_TARGET_FILE): $(JMODS) \
>>>>       $(call DependOnVariable, JRE_MODULES_LIST) $(BASE_RELEASE_FILE)
>>>> $(ECHO) Creating jre jimage
>>>> $(RM) -r $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)
>>>>      $(JLINK_JRE_EXTRA_OPTS) \
>>>> $(JLINK_TOOL) --add-modules $(JRE_MODULES_LIST) \
>>>>      --output $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)
>>>> $(TOUCH) $@
>>>>
>>>> and its brethren.
>>>>
>>>> It seems this rule just does not get executed for jre-image. So,
>>>> trying to understand this (I am no makefile expert):
>>>>
>>>> $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/$(JIMAGE_TARGET_FILE) is one file from the target
>>>> dir, in this case jre/java, whose non-existence or out-of-dateness
>>>> triggers the rule
>>>>
>>>> Dependencies:
>>>>    - $(JMODS) is <outputdir>/jmods, which gets built and does exist
>>>>    - $(call DependOnVariable, JRE_MODULES_LIST)
>>>> This is just a macro that creates a dependency on the contents of the
>>>> variable JRE_MODULES_LIST.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> $(BASE_RELEASE_FILE) is a text file which, if it exists and it
>>>> contains the value of $JRE_MODULES_LIST, will result false (not out
>>>> of date), otherwise it will update the file with the value of
>>>> $JRE_MODULES_LIST and return true, triggering the target, yes? If I
>>>> got this right, why do we use the same output file for all targets
>>>> (jre, jdk) etc?
>>>> No, this is a separate dependency. It's the file named "release" in
>>>> the image that is to be included. If it has changed we need to
>>>> trigger a new image.
>>>>
>>>> Do you get to this stage at all? I.e, can you see "Createing jre
>>>> jimage" in the output? If not, there's a problem before we even get
>>>> to this rule. Otherwise, the jlink command is likely broken. Try
>>>> copy-pasting the full jlink command and running it from the shell
>>>> directly to see what happens.
>>>>
>>>> /Magnus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ..Thomas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> /Magnus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I created https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8189618 to track
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>> ..Thomas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lindenmaier, Goetz
>>>> <goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com<mailto:goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com>>
>> schrieb
>>>> am Mi. 18. Okt.
>>>> 2017
>>>> um 14:56:
>>>> Hi Steve,
>>>>
>>>> I think this is an error.
>>>> We never decided not to generate a jre image as far as I know.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>      Goetz.
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ppc-aix-port-dev
>>>> [mailto:ppc-aix-port-dev-<mailto:ppc-aix-port-dev->
>>>> bounces at openjdk.java.net<mailto:bounces at openjdk.java.net>] On
>> Behalf
>>>> Of Steve Groeger
>>>> Sent: Mittwoch, 18. Oktober 2017 14:34
>>>> To:
>>>> ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net<mailto:ppc-aix-port-
>> dev at openjdk.java.net>
>>>> Subject: AIX build not generating a jre image
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> When building OpenJDK9 on AIX should the build generate a JRE image ie
>>>> build/aix-ppc64-normal-server-release/images/jre/bin as well as a JDK
>>>> image
>>>> ie build/aix-ppc64-normal-server-release/images/jdk/bin?  When I try
>>>> building on my AIX system it is only generating a JDK image. Is this a
>>>> issue or is
>>>> it working correctly?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Steve Groeger
>>>> Java Runtimes Development
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