On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:23:00 GMT, Joachim Kern <[email protected]> wrote:
> After [JDK-8354686](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8354686) the ubsan > vptr checks still did not work. We finally found out, that they only work, if > all linkage units are linked with the C++ compiler frontend as linker, > especially the main executables (java, javac, ...) which are linked with the > C compiler frontend. > So for a ubsan enabled build on AIX we let everything link with the C++ > compiler frontend. > Background: The C++ compiler frontend inherently adds special static > libraries which the C compiler does not. This results in missing symbols when > trying to start a program and its shared libraries, when they were linked in > mixed mode. This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: f0e1078c Author: Joachim Kern <[email protected]> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/f0e1078c7175b3f930502a6079feff86aa53b669 Stats: 9 lines in 3 files changed: 5 ins; 0 del; 4 mod 8368250: [AIX] now ubsan vptr check is also possible (follow up of JDK-8354686) Reviewed-by: erikj, stuefe, mbaesken ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27468
