Jimmy, Jing Lv wrote: > Hi, > > On writing tests for java.lang.instrument, I find it nice Harmony > launcher can accept parameter "-javaagent" currently. Look deep into the > launcher code, I find the parameter was really parsed by VM itself > currently. > And if I use J9VM, it can accept such parameter but ask for > "instrument.dll". As we know, Harmony naming convention use "hyXXX.dll" > as dll-file name.
Time to fix that. > So vm fails to load lib here. However if I copy the > file "hyinstrument.dll" to "instrument.dll", J9VM load it happily and > pass my test on Instrument. Yay! > I do not know what does DRLVM or other VMs do here (I'd like to hear > if jvmti has been implemented in DRLVM). I have zero interest in perpetuating the "hy" abhorrence. > > So Instrument testcases can not be put to svn until this problem is > solved (or it'll break build!). I guess there are two ways here: > 1. to work around, add a line in build.xml, copy the file to > "instrument.dll", and wait for VM to get updated. Or we change filename > in build system forever? Yay! > 2. I wonder if we can modify in launcher, parse the parameter and > pass the dll filename to VM? That's a very good idea - then you can "A/B" test with known good instrumentation. geir --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
