RFR(S): 8022071 Some vm/jvmti tests fail because cannot attach to the Java virtual machine

Erik Joelsson erik.joelsson at oracle.com
Mon Aug 19 08:17:15 UTC 2013


I'm OK with this change.

/Erik

On 2013-08-16 18:51, Staffan Larsen wrote:
> This failure happens when compiling with the VS 2012 compiler. The attach code relies on the order of two methods in the compiled binary and VS 2012 changed that order. The solution used is the linker flag /ORDER [1] which allows us to specify the order in which methods are laid out in the binary image. Since the flag only operates on non-static methods, the methods have been made non-static and also changed name so that they will not clash with other methods.
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> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sla/8022071/webrev.01/
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> The change has been tested with both VS 2010 and VS 2012.
>
> Thanks,
> /Staffan
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>
> [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/00kh39zz.aspx



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