On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:19:50 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdo...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Currently XLC16 but looking to upgrade to XLC17 on the minimum supported >> level for it (So it wouldn't be SP7 at present). Thanks for the ping - we >> have no current plans to increase to SP7. > > Seems like we need to keep it. This is unfortunate. I wouldn't risk mixing > malloc and vec_malloc. Who knows what kind of problems this could cause? > What happens if we try to build this code on AIX 7.2 TL5 SP7? Will the > compiler complain because `malloc` is no longer defined? Should we check > `defined(malloc)` in addition? We already built this code since months on AIX 7.2 TL5 SP7, because we raised the OS. This code is needed on SP5 and does not hurt SP7. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18536#discussion_r1559441769
