On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:06:54 GMT, Suchismith Roy <s...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp line 1176: >> >>> 1174: strncpy(file_path,filename, buffer_length + 1); >>> 1175: char* const pointer_to_dot = strrchr(file_path, '.'); >>> 1176: assert(pointer_to_dot != nullptr, "Attempting to load a shared >>> object without extension? %s", filename); >> >> This should not only be an assertion. I think the check could be used >> instead of the strcmp below. > > I didn't follow that. You mean i need to keep a check if it is null and print > it out ? An assertion is only used for debug builds. Such an error should be handled in product builds as well. I think an attempt to load an invalid library should simply fail. You may add logging if needed. @tstuefe: Do you agree or have another proposal to handle such errors? ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16604#discussion_r1473772905