On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:10:14 GMT, Tyler Steele <d...@openjdk.java.net> wrote:
>> As described in the linked issue, NullClassBytesTest fails due an >> OutOfMemoryError produced on AIX when the test calls defineClass with a byte >> array of size of 0. The native implementation of defineClass then calls >> malloc with a size of 0. On AIX malloc(0) returns NULL, while on other >> platforms it return a valid address. When NULL is produced by malloc for >> this reason, ClassLoader.c incorrectly interprets this as a failure due to a >> lack of memory. >> >> ~~This PR modifies ClassLoader.c to produce an OutOfMemoryError only when >> `errno == ENOMEM` and to produce a ClassFormatError with the message >> "ClassLoader internal allocation failure" in all other cases (in which >> malloc returns NULL).~~ [edit: The above no longer describes the PR's >> proposed fix. See discussion below] >> >> In addition, I performed some minor tidy-up work in ClassLoader.c by >> changing instances of `return 0` to `return NULL`, and `if (some_ptr == 0)` >> to `if (some_ptr == NULL)`. This was done to improve the clarity of the code >> in ClassLoader.c, but didn't feel worthy of opening a separate issue. >> >> ### Alternatives >> >> It would be possible to address this failure by modifying the test to accept >> the OutOfMemoryError on AIX. I thought it was a better solution to modify >> ClassLoader.c to produce an OutOfMemoryError only when the system is >> actually out of memory. >> >> ### Testing >> >> This change has been tested on AIX and Linux/x86. > > Tyler Steele has refreshed the contents of this pull request, and previous > commits have been removed. The incremental views will show differences > compared to the previous content of the PR. The pull request contains one new > commit since the last revision: > > Addresses failure in NullClassTest on AIX. > > - Changes malloc(0) call to malloc(1) on AIX. This is much better, thanks. Cheers, Thomas ------------- Marked as reviewed by stuefe (Reviewer). PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7829
