Why is fork1() exported from hotspot? (original) (raw)
Lindenmaier, Goetz goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com
Wed Oct 21 08:57:34 UTC 2015
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Hi,
the comment was added in 2011 by "6588413: Use -fvisibility=hidden for gcc compiles" http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/hs-rt/hotspot/rev/d70fe6ab4436 while the export & function already existed.
Unfortunately, this change doesn't unveil who is using the symbol.
Best regards, Goetz.
-----Original Message----- From: hotspot-runtime-dev [mailto:hotspot-runtime-dev-_ _bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Christian Thalinger Sent: Mittwoch, 21. Oktober 2015 01:56 To: Thomas Stüfe Cc: hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net Subject: Re: Why is fork1() exported from hotspot?
> On Oct 19, 2015, at 9:14 PM, Thomas Stüfe <thomas.stuefe at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > on Linux we define and export "fork1()" - a stub for fork() - and "fork1" > also appears in linker mapfiles for bsd and AIX. The latter, I am sure, is > just a copy-paste-effect. > > Why do we need to define and export fork1() for non-solaris platforms? We > only ever use it on Solaris. > > The comment in oslinux.cpp is not really enlightening: > "// Something to do with the numa-aware allocator needs these symbols” Can you see what changeset added this comment or was it before Mercurial? > > Does anyone know why this is needed? > > Regards, Thomas
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