Hi, we support aix 6.1 / xlc12 with openjdk 9.
Best regards, Goetz. > -----Original Message----- > From: Volker Simonis [mailto:volker.simo...@gmail.com] > Sent: Freitag, 23. Dezember 2016 11:46 > To: Langer, Christoph <christoph.lan...@sap.com> > Cc: core-libs-dev@openjdk.java.net; nio-...@openjdk.java.net; ppc-aix-port- > d...@openjdk.java.net; Brian Burkhalter <brian.burkhal...@oracle.com>; > Roger Riggs <roger.ri...@oracle.com>; Lindenmaier, Goetz > <goetz.lindenma...@sap.com> > Subject: Re: RFR(S): 8171906: Changes for 8148023 break AIX build > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Langer, Christoph > <christoph.lan...@sap.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > after the fix for 8148023 was pushed, the AIX build is broken. Please review > > a fix for this: > > > > > > > > Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8171906 > > > > Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~clanger/webrevs/8171906.0/ > > > > > > > > The build breaks because NAME_MAX is not defined on AIX (just like Solaris, > > I guess) and we have to define it in UnixFileSystem_md.c. > > > > > > > > When working on this fix, I spotted some compiler warnings indicating that > > if one is working with the APIs readdir64 and friends on AIX, one has to use > > the type DIR64 instead of DIR and to open/close with opendir64/closedir64. I > > guess that’s specific to AIX, see IBM’s documentation [1]. > > > > Furthermore, although fdopendir64 is not mentioned there but just fdopendir, > > both APIs exist from AIX 7.1 onwards (look at <sys/dir.h> on an AIX 7.1). So > > I added some defines for AIX to redirect the API calls. > > > > Not sure if we've already agreed to only support AIX 7.1 and higher with Java > 9. > If yes, the change is fine, otherwise we may check the result of > dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "fdopendir64") and fallback to dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, > "fdopendir") if the former is NULL. > > Regards, > Volker > > > > > > > Thanks and best regards > > > > Christoph > > > > > > > > [1] > > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_71/com.ibm.aix.baset > rf1/opendir.htm > > > >
