On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 10:43:35 GMT, Suchismith Roy <s...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> Hotspot loads it like this: >> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/b9da14012da5f1f72d4f6e690c18a43e87523173/src/hotspot/os/aix/libperfstat_aix.cpp#L76 >> Are you sure it is supposed to be loaded without member specification? > >> Hotspot loads it like this: >> >> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/b9da14012da5f1f72d4f6e690c18a43e87523173/src/hotspot/os/aix/libperfstat_aix.cpp#L76 >> >> >> Are you sure it is supposed to be loaded without member specification? > > Yes i was able to do it without mentioning the shared object. libodm was > failing though. > > > Hello @suchismith1993, > > > > Usually there is not such pure .a files that comes packaged with the > > > > OS. They are provided by some applications. So i am not sure how i can > > > > make the tests consistent for such cases. > > > > Do you have any suggestions here ? > > > > > > > > > Within the JDK repo, some tests require test specific native libraries > > > (like in your case here). It appears that the JDK build infrastructure > > > has ability to compile native code (`foo.c` for example) into a native > > > library. However that build infrastructure doesn't appear to be flexible > > > enough to support the case where you would have to run AIX specific > > > commands to generate a `.a` file. So the approach of generating a test > > > specific `.a` file doesn't look promising right now (it could still be > > > possible, but I don't know how big a build change that would require). > > > So taking a step back - I see that > > > https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8313616 introduced the ability to > > > dealing with `.a` files on AIX from within the hotspot area. In that > > > commit https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/15204/files I see that there > > > are references to a couple of `.a` files - for example `libodm.a` and > > > `libperfstat.a`. Are those `.a` expected to be present on certain AIX > > > systems? Perhaps your new test could use either of those in the test? > > > There was also a mention of `libclang.a` on AIX, previously in this > > > discussion. Maybe that could be used in the test? > > > > > > I found libperfstat as the only example that is purely an archive files as > > part of AIX, after trying out multiple archives under /usr/lib. I am facing > > an issue to run the test ,but unable to set the library path to /usr/lib. I > > see the existing test case has libawt as part of jdk itself . Can i set > > -Djava.library.path while running jtreg test case ? > > -Djava.library.path=/home/hotspot/openjdk/jdk-suchi/jdk1/build/aix-ppc64-server-fastdebug/images/test/jdk/jtreg/native > I see from logs, this is the path being set to, Which is not the intended > path. Not sure how the other test is working. Ok i think i was able to resolve this. Need some guidance on where should i place the test file. Have made a very basic test to just load libperfstat.a ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17945#issuecomment-2036882540
