hythr library problem in short... hythr library from classlib can not work with DRL VM. hythr library from DRL VM can not work with IBM VME (crash). Since hythr library is placed in bin directory we can not use both Harmony VMs at the same time.
This problem is active and known for a long period of time. Last thread on this issue is here: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/harmony-dev/200611.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] During the weekend I had some free time and decided to look why J9 can not work with hythr from DRL VM. The investigation shown that the problem is in additional assert in hythread_detach method (comparing to classlib implementation) and easy fix lets all the class library tests to pass with J9 and hythr from DRL VM both on Windows and Linux. Here is an easy fix: --- vm/thread/src/thread_native_basic.c (revision 481203) +++ vm/thread/src/thread_native_basic.c (working copy) @@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ // Acquire global TM lock to prevent concurrent acccess to thread list IDATA status; - assert(thread == tm_self_tls); + if (thread != tm_self_tls) + return; + status = hythread_global_lock(NULL); assert (status == TM_ERROR_NONE); The only problem with this fix (that's why it is still uncommited): one of the VM tests fails in interpreter mode on Windows. So it needs more investigation. So the question is... If it's well known problem. And there was few attempts to fix it... Did I miss something with this easy fix? SY, Alexey
