Integrated: 8273967: gtest os.dll_address_to_function_and_library_name_vm fails on macOS12

Daniel D.Daugherty dcubed at openjdk.java.net
Fri Nov 5 17:08:17 UTC 2021


On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 15:32:54 GMT, Daniel D. Daugherty <dcubed at openjdk.org> wrote:

> macOS12 has changed the dladdr() function to accept "-1" as a valid address and
> we have functions that use dladdr() to convert DLL addresses into function or
> library names. We also have a gtest that verifies that "-1" is not a valid value to use
> as a symbol address.
> 
> As you might imagine, existing code that uses `os::dll_address_to_function_name()`
> or `os::dll_address_to_library_name()` can get quite confused (and sometimes crash)
> if an `addr` parameter of `-1` was allowed to be used.
> 
> I've also made two cleanup changes as part of this fix:
> 
> 1) In `src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp` there is some macOS specific code that should
>    be properly `#ifdef`'ed. There is also some code that makes sense for ELF format
>    files, but not for Mach-O format files so that code needs to be excluded on macOS.
> 
> 2) In `src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp` I noticed a simple typo in a comment on an
>     `#endif` that I fixed. That typo does not appear anywhere else in the HotSpot code
>     base so I'd like to fix it with this bug ID since I'm in related areas.
> 
> This fix has been tested with Mach5 Tier[1-6].

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 92d21763
Author:    Daniel D. Daugherty <dcubed at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/92d2176362954a7093894057748056610eeafe4b
Stats:     46 lines in 4 files changed: 34 ins; 8 del; 4 mod

8273967: gtest os.dll_address_to_function_and_library_name_vm fails on macOS12

Reviewed-by: stuefe, gziemski

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6193


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