RFR(xs): 8171225: [aix] Build gtests on AIX 7.1 with xlC 12

[Thomas Stüfe]

Hi Erik,

thank you! I would have needed a sponsor for the hotspot change in any
case, would sponsor this too?

Thomas

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com>
wrote:

> Hello Thomas,
>
> Build changes look ok. Please note that the configure changes requires
> synchronized changes in Oracle closed configure so will need an Oracle
> sponsor to push. I assume this is intended for jdk9/hs. I will be happy to
> push it for you once the change has been cleared to go in.
>
> /Erik
>
>
> On 2016-12-15 07:43, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> please review this small change. It fixes the gtest build on AIX and
>> enables it by default.
>>
>> Note that even though this is a fix for AIX, a cast needed to be added to
>> shared test coding. This is because xlC struggles with certain template
>> expansions and I had to help it by providing an explicit cast.
>>
>> Because linker options were changed as well, this unfortunately this
>> spreads over two forest parts, so two webrevs were needed.
>>
>> Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8171225
>> Webrevs:
>> (hotspot)
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stuefe/webrevs/8171225-aix-build
>> -gtests/webrev.00/webrev/
>> (top level)
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stuefe/webrevs/8171225-aix-build
>> -gtests/toplevel-webrev.00/webrev/
>>
>> Note that the toplevel change contains the newly generated configure.sh. I
>> was not sure if that was needed, but it is included for convenience.
>>
>> Kind Regards, Thomas
>>
>
>