On Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:51:29 GMT, Mandy Chung <mch...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> On, macOS 11.x, system libraries are loaded from dynamic linker cache. The > libraries are no longer present on the filesystem. > `NativeLibraries::loadLibrary` checks for the file existence before calling > `JVM_LoadLibrary`. Such check no longer applies on Big Sur. This proposes > that on macOS >= 11, it will skip the file existence check and attempt to > load a library for each path from java.library.path and system library path. src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/loader/NativeLibraries.java line 166: > 164: return null; > 165: } > 166: return file.getCanonicalPath(); I think a `!file.exists()` check would still be needed here to handle the case when `loadLibraryOnlyIfPresent` is `false`, isn't it? ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6127