On Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:10:12 GMT, Daniel Jeliński <djelin...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review this patch that makes java.dll load shell32.dll earlier. 
>> Delay-loading requires some additional code (delayimp.lib), and offers no 
>> benefits since we always load shell32 during JVM startup.
>> 
>> Other than removing the delayload clause, the patch also cleans up the 
>> `getHomeFromShell32` method:
>> - the WinXP code path is removed. The documentation states that [the older 
>> function just calls the new one with translated 
>> parameters](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/shlobj_core/nf-shlobj_core-shgetfolderpatha).
>> - `CoTaskMemFree` is now called if `SHGetKnownFolderPath` fails. This is 
>> suggested by the documentation, but probably never needed in practice.
>> 
>> This change shouldn't have any observable effect on behavior on any of the 
>> supported operating systems. It reduced the size of java.dll by 2KB on my 
>> machine.
>> No new tests. Existing tier1-2 tests continue to pass.
>
> Daniel Jeliński has updated the pull request incrementally with one 
> additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Remove unused define

Looks Great!

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Marked as reviewed by jwaters (Committer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15789#pullrequestreview-1634546076

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