All the tests are passing for openjdk-src builds, but the non-src
openjdk build is crashing and there's trouble loading time zone info
from the embedded java.home directory.
This allows OpenJDK to access time zone data which is normally found
under java.home, but which we must embed in the executable itself to
create a self-contained build. The VM intercepts various file
operations, looking for paths which start with a prefix specified by
the avian.embed.prefix property and redirecting those operations to an
embedded JAR.
For example, if avian.embed.prefix is "/avian-embedded", and code
calls File.exists() with a path of
"/avian-embedded/javahomeJar/foo.txt", the VM looks for a function
named javahomeJar via dlsym, calls the function to find the memory
region containing the embeded JAR, and finally consults the JAR to see
if the file "foo.txt" exists.
sun.misc.Unsafe.getUnsafe expects a null result if the class loader is
the boot classloader and will throw a SecurityException otherwise
(whereas it should really be checking both for null and comparing
against the system classloader). However, just returning null
whenever the loader is the boot loader can cause trouble for embedded
apps which put everything in the boot loader, including application
resources.
Therefore, we only return null if it's the boot loader and we're being
called from Unsafe.getUnsafe.
As described in readme.txt, a standalone OpenJDK build embeds all
libraries, classes, and other files needed at runtime in the resulting
binary, eliminating dependencies on external resources.
Consider the following makefile construct:
target: dep0
target: dep1 dep2
command -o $(@) $(^)
With some versions of make, $(^) will expand to "dep1 dep2", but on
others it will expand to "dep0 dep1 dep2". The commit ensures that we
no longer rely on the former behavior (nor the latter, for that matter).
Due to a silly cut-and-paste error, we were incorrectly passing the
stdout and stderr file descriptors back from native code to Java,
which prevented reading the output of the child process.
Rather than try to support mixing Avian's core classes with those of
an external class library -- which necessitates adding a lot of stub
methods which throw UnsupportedOperationExceptions, among other
comprimises -- we're looking to support such external class libraries
in their unmodified forms. The latter strategy has already proven
successful with OpenJDK's class library. Thus, this commit removes
the stub methods, etc., which not only cleans up the code but avoids
misleading application developers as to what classes and methods
Avian's built-in class library supports.
We now consult the JAVA_HOME environment variable to determine where
to find the system library JARs and SOs. Ultimately, we'll want to
support self-contained build, but this allows Avian to behave like a
conventional libjvm.so.
