On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 07:42:49 GMT, Suchismith Roy <s...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp line 1166: >> >>> 1164: Search order: >>> 1165: libfilename-> load "libfilename.so" first,then load libfilename.a,on >>> failure. >>> 1166: In,OpenJ9,the libary with .so extension is loaded first and then .a >>> extension,on failure. >> >> Hi Suchi, I'm puzzled. Your comment implies for me, that load library gets a >> 'base' filename without 'lib' prefix and without extension (e.g. 'name'). >> Then the j9 code creates the filename 'libname.so' first and on failure >> 'libname.a' second. What about given libname.so explicitly (e.g. >> libname.so)? Does j9 really use 'libname.a' as a failure fallback in this >> case? > > The load library gets the entire library name, after construction from > dll_build_name. This is always a .so file name. When .so file name fails to > load, we fallback to .a filename. > Do i need to mention the filename as libfilename.so then ? Yes, I think this would make it clear. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16604#discussion_r1472683336
