RFR (S): JDK-8150201 Restore missing -g flags to files with OPT_CFLAGS/per-file
Erik Joelsson
erik.joelsson at oracle.com
Fri Feb 19 09:03:37 UTC 2016
Looks ok to me. Thanks for fixing this.
/Erik
On 2016-02-19 00:16, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> There seems to be a bit of confusion as to OPT_CFLAGS meant "CFLAGS
> for optimization" or "CFLAGS for optimized/product build". Some usages
> seems to suggest the first interpretation, while other usages seems to
> have made the second (where OPT_CFLAGS align with
> DEBUG_CFLAGS/FASTDEBUG_CFLAGS).
>
> The first interpretation seems to have been used for the code that
> make it possible to override OPT_CFLAGS on a per-file basis by setting
> e.g. OPT_CFLAGS/foo.o is set. In this case, the general value of
> OPT_CFLAGS is discarded, including any -O flags.
>
> However, the second interpretation seems to have been used for FDS,
> where -g (or -g0 -xs on solaris) are added to OPT_CFLAGS.
>
> The end result is that whenever the OPT_CFLAGS/foo.o mechanism is
> used, the FDS -g flag is lost. :-(
>
> This patch is a minimal fix to restore the -g flag to these files.
>
> A more general approach to fix this was originally suggested as part
> of JDK-8142909, but was deemed inadequate. After some discussion, the
> entire problem with the missing -g flags was dropped from that bug.
> However, one of the key points in the discussion was that an explicit
> add of -g would be a better solution, which is what I have adopted
> here (short of a major rewrite of the flag handling in the old build
> system, which is not going to happen). I have also made a more
> thorough check this time to really catch all such issues (at least for
> default Oracle builds).
>
> The main reason for bringing this change in now is to make it possible
> to compare the build results between the upcoming new hotspot build,
> and the old. Since the new build always adds -g to all files (if we
> need debug symbols, that is), there will be huge discrepances between
> the two build system in the affected files.
>
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8150201
> WebRev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8150201-restore-missing-g-flag/webrev.01
>
> /Magnus
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