On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:53:06 GMT, Joachim Kern <jk...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> On AIX, repeated calls to dlopen referring to the same shared library may >> result in different, unique dl handles to be returned from libc. In that it >> differs from typical libc implementations that cache dl handles. >> >> This causes problems in the JVM with code that assumes equality of handles. >> One such problem is in the JVMTI agent handler. That problem was fixed with >> a local fix to said handler >> ([JDK-8315706](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8315706)). However, this >> fix causes follow-up problems since it assumes that the file name passed to >> `os::dll_load()` is the file that has been opened. It prevents efficient, >> os_aix.cpp-local workarounds for other AIX issues like the *.so/*.a duality. >> See [JDK-8320005](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8320005). As such, it >> is a hack that causes other, more uglier hacks to follow (see discussion of >> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/16604). >> >> We propose a different, cleaner way of handling this: >> >> - Handle this entirely inside the AIX versions of os::dll_load and >> os::dll_unload. >> - Cache dl handles; repeated opening of a library should return the cached >> handle. >> - Increase handle-local ref counter on open, Decrease it on close >> - Make sure calls to os::dll_load are matched to os::dll_unload (See >> [JDK-8320830](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8320830)). >> >> This way we mimic dl handle equality as it is implemented on other >> platforms, and this works for all callers of os::dll_load. > > Joachim Kern has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > improve error handling still ok, small nit inside src/hotspot/os/aix/porting_aix.cpp line 1033: > 1031: // filled by os::dll_load(). This way we mimic dl handle equality for a > library > 1032: // opened a second time, as it is implemented on other platforms. > 1033: void* Aix_dlopen(const char* filename, int Flags, const char** > error_report) { add assert for error_report != nullptr ------------- Marked as reviewed by stuefe (Reviewer). PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16920#pullrequestreview-1792301031 PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16920#discussion_r1433606032
