JDK-8216532 : tools/launcher/Test7029048.java fails (Solaris)
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: tools
  • Sub-Component: launcher
  • Affected Version: 12,13
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: solaris
  • CPU: sparc_64
  • Submitted: 2019-01-11
  • Updated: 2021-08-09
  • Resolved: 2019-01-17
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11.0.13-oracleFixed 12 b29Fixed 13Fixed
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8217340 - Compilation failed: tools/launcher/Test7029048.java
Relates :  
JDK-7029048 - (launcher) fence the launcher against LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Relates :  
JDK-8217216 - Launcher does not defend itself against LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 (Solaris)
Relates :  
JDK-8210669 - Some launcher tests assume a pre-JDK 9 run-time image layout
Description
FAIL: test7029048, Case 3: LD_LIBRARY_PATH should be set
 expected 4 but got 3
Comments
Fix Request (11u) This improves the test reliability and matches `11.0.13-oracle`. Patch applies to 11u cleanly, passes tools/launcher tests.
09-08-2021
Webrev: https://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/rev/8216532/ The fix for JDK-8210669 enabled some tests to run that had not been running, and perhaps had never run. Amongst these tests was tools/launcher/Test7029048.java, which is meant to ensure that the Java launcher defends itself against interfering settings of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, as implemented in the fix for JDK-7029048. It took me quite a while to understand exactly what this test was doing, but in the end the root cause was that the test could not distinguish between an LD_LIBRARY_PATH value that���s empty from one that contains just a single path. This is important on Solaris, where the test also checks that setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 does not interfere with the launcher. In this context the environment variable can contain either no path or just one path, depending upon which case is being tested. I fixed this accounting problem and, while I was at it, made a few other changes to clarify the test for future maintainers. In a cruel twist of fate, it turns out that the behavior implemented for 7029048, and verified by this test, is incorrect. On Solaris, if you set LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 then that completely overrides any setting of LD_LIBRARY_PATH. The launcher tries to defend itself against a setting of LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 by setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but that will have no effect -- it should really set LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64. I���ve filed JDK-8217216 to record this.
17-01-2019
Adding maintainer-pain label since this failure has been seen in every tier 4 run since jdk13-jdk.108 in January 10.
16-01-2019
Tier 4 failure in all CI's - bumped to P3. Should be fixed or excluded.
13-01-2019
There were four new changes in the CI job. JDK-8210669 seems like the one most likely to have caused this.
11-01-2019