On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 23:11:34 GMT, Mandy Chung <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Improvements to support OS specific customization for JDK internal use:
>> - To select values and code; allowing elimination of unused code and values
>> - Optionally evaluated by build processes, compilation, or archiving (i.e.
>> CDS)
>> - Simple API to replace adhoc comparisons with `os.name`
>> - Clear and consistent use across build, runtime, and JDK modules
>>
>> The PR includes updates within java.base to use the new API.
>
> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/misc/OperatingSystem.java line 98:
>
>> 96: @ForceInline
>> 97: public static boolean isLinux() {
>> 98: return OperatingSystemProps.TARGET_OS_IS_LINUX;
>
> Suggestion:
>
> return OperatingSystemProps.CURRENT_OS_ORDINAL == Linux.ordinal();
>
>
> This will also simplify the template file as `TARGET_OS_IS_XXX` constants are
> not needed.
>
> Also suggest to rename `TARGET_OS_ORDINAL` to `CURRENT_OS_ORDINAL` since it
> represents the current OS (vs the build target).
That would not yield a compile time constant.
The TARGET_IS_XXX values must evaluate to compile time constants as evaluated
by javac.
> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/misc/OperatingSystemProps.java.template
> line 29:
>
>> 27: * @see OperatingSystem
>> 28: */
>> 29: class OperatingSystemProps {
>
> Have you considered to include OS architecture here for future use? So this
> file be `PlatformProps.java.template` instead.
>
> `jdk.tools.jlink.internal.Platform` needs to get the runtime OS and
> architecture.
I plan to come back to os.arch, it has a similar but not identical requirements.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12931
