Java fails to start when classes.tar is not loaded via the vfs tar plugin

[Sebastian Sumpf]

Hi Pirmin,

On 11/21/19 12:28 PM, Duss Pirmin wrote:
> Hello Sebastian
> On 21.11.19 10:53, Sebastian Sumpf wrote:
>>
>> I have tried to reproduce your issue by applying your commit and testing
>> it on base-hw in Qemu (pbxa9). This worked so far. The
>> 'NoClassDefFoundError' usually occurs if something goes wrong during
>> class compilation or dependency loading, or something is corrupt. If
>> Java could not find a class it would throw a 'ClassNotFoundException'.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sebastian
> 
> 
> I'm not sure, if I interpret your response correctly. Does the modified
> run script succeed on your setup (base-hw on ARM)?

Yes.

> I have tried it on PC (linux, base-hw and base-nova) and it fails on all
> kernels for me.
> I'm using the same classes.tar. If the file is directly configured in
> the <vfs> node of JAVA, execution succeeds. But if the tar is included
> in the VFS-server and JAVA "mounts" the file system from it, the error
> occurs.
> If I set the -verbose argument for JAVA, I see, that about 140 classes
> are loaded successfully before the error occurs.

I would suggest to test your scenario again with the upcoming Genode
release 19.11, (or current master) since a lot has been changed in the
VFS and libc implementations. If this does not help we will have to find
a way to reproduce your issue.

Cheers,

Sebastian


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