On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:07:18 GMT, Frederic Thevenet <ftheve...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> When building OpenJDK on Windows using "--with-native-debug-info=external", >> the resulting debug symbols are saved in files located in the same folder as >> the corresponding executable or library and named by swapping the extension >> ".exe" or ".dll" for a ".pdb" one (or "diz" if option >> "--with-native-debug-info=zipped" is used), which means that in the event of >> an exe and a dll file sharing the same target folder and file name (e.g. >> `bin\java.exe` and `bin\java.dll`), we have to choose whether symbols in >> `bin\java.pdb` will refer to the exe or the dll; we can't have both. >> >> This PR addresses this issue by adopting a different naming strategy for the >> resulting symbol files where we keep the full name of every file - including >> its `dll` or `exe` extension) and then add the appropriate `.pdb`, `.map` or >> `.diz` extension . >> >> For instance, `jvm.dll` symbols are no longer called `jvm.pdb` but instead >> `jvm.dll.pdb`. Similarly, it is now `jvm.dll.diz` when using zipped symbols, >> and "jvm.dll.stripped.pdb" for stripped symbols (i.e. when >> "--with-external-symbols-in-bundles=public" is used). >> >> The PR also removes the existing filtering for java.pdb, jimage.pdb and >> jpackage.pdb used to guaranty the dll symbols were bundled over the ones >> from the exe, since we no longer need that. > > Frederic Thevenet has updated the pull request with a new target base due to > a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes > brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains four additional > commits since the last revision: > > - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into JDK-8317510 > - Added a test to verify that symbols are available > - Fixed further places where win symbol files names expected the old > convention. > - 8317510: Change Windows debug symbol files naming to avoid loosing info > when an executable and a library share the same name Aw, I wanted to sponsor this one in particular :( Oh well, it's great that it's integrated now! ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16039#issuecomment-1780397050
