On Tue, 11 May 2021 19:36:12 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aiva...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> I will create a separate bug to track this - i do not know if library >> loading gets cached on some level and what impact on performance will we >> have if we release it every call. But i will check it out separately. > > Sure! I just wanted to bring it up. I could've submitted the bug myself… yet > I decided to ask at first. > As far as I can see `JDK_LoadSystemLibrary` has no caching, it just loads the > library. If any icons are accessed `shell32.dll` will already be loaded. > Probably, we never fully release it from COM. So in this case, loading and > freeing will just increase and decrease the counters. Even if it's never > really unloaded, we should release the resources that's not needed any more. For documentation purposes, [JDK-8266948](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8266948): ShellFolder2::getIconResource does not release the library loaded. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2875
