On Thu, 4 Nov 2021 05:12:32 GMT, Thomas Stuefe <stu...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> It's actually fairly common to have Mac-specific stuff in the BSD files. The >> macOS >> port was built on top of the BSD port and the BSD port was built by copying >> a LOT >> of code from Linux into BSD specific files with modifications as needed. >> >> If I pushed this change down into MachDecoder, then I would have to lose the >> `ShouldNotReachHere()` call in order to not assert in non-release bits. I >> don't >> think I want to do that since this may not be the only place that calls the >> 6-arg version of decode(). > >> It's actually fairly common to have Mac-specific stuff in the BSD files. The >> macOS port was built on top of the BSD port and the BSD port was built by >> copying a LOT of code from Linux into BSD specific files with modifications >> as needed. > > I always wondered whether anyone actually builds the BSDs in head. I assume > Oracle does not, right? I know there are downstream porters somewhere but > only for old releases, or? > >> >> If I pushed this change down into MachDecoder, then I would have to lose the >> `ShouldNotReachHere()` call in order to not assert in non-release bits. I >> don't think I want to do that since this may not be the only place that >> calls the 6-arg version of decode(). > > Fair enough, thanks for the clarification. Oracle does not build BSD in head. At one point, Dmitry Samersoff used to build BSD in his lab, but I don't know if he still does that. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6193
