On Thu, 16 May 2024 12:23:44 GMT, Maurizio Cimadamore <mcimadam...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This PR implements [JEP 472](https://openjdk.org/jeps/472), by restricting >> the use of JNI in the following ways: >> >> * `System::load` and `System::loadLibrary` are now restricted methods >> * `Runtime::load` and `Runtime::loadLibrary` are now restricted methods >> * binding a JNI `native` method declaration to a native implementation is >> now considered a restricted operation >> >> This PR slightly changes the way in which the JDK deals with restricted >> methods, even for FFM API calls. In Java 22, the single >> `--enable-native-access` was used both to specify a set of modules for which >> native access should be allowed *and* to specify whether illegal native >> access (that is, native access occurring from a module not specified by >> `--enable-native-access`) should be treated as an error or a warning. More >> specifically, an error is only issued if the `--enable-native-access flag` >> is used at least once. >> >> Here, a new flag is introduced, namely >> `illegal-native-access=allow/warn/deny`, which is used to specify what >> should happen when access to a restricted method and/or functionality is >> found outside the set of modules specified with `--enable-native-access`. >> The default policy is `warn`, but users can select `allow` to suppress the >> warnings, or `deny` to cause `IllegalCallerException` to be thrown. This >> aligns the treatment of restricted methods with other mechanisms, such as >> `--illegal-access` and the more recent `--sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access`. >> >> Some changes were required in the package-info javadoc for >> `java.lang.foreign`, to reflect the changes in the command line flags >> described above. > > Maurizio Cimadamore has updated the pull request incrementally with one > additional commit since the last revision: > > Add note on --illegal-native-access default value in the launcher help src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/access/JavaLangAccess.java line 288: > 286: * throw exception depending on the configuration. > 287: */ > 288: void ensureNativeAccess(Module m, Class<?> owner, String methodName, > Class<?> currentClass, boolean jni); It might be helpful to future maintainers if we put `@param` descriptions for these parameters. I had to re-read Module.enableNativeAccess to remember the difference between the owner class and the current class. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/19213#discussion_r1604644767
