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OpenJ9 Debug Images

Posted on January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 by pshipton

Most OpenJ9 platforms create debug images as part of the build, automatically on jenkins or when running make all. These are overlays to the JDK which add additional debug information for native debuggers, such as gdb or windbg, to help developers diagnose problems. Looking at a build for the xLinux platform in Jenkins, you can…

OpenJ9 shared classes with Eclipse Equinox 4.9+

Posted on October 30, 2018July 23, 2019 by pshipton

The blog post Eclipse OpenJ9 performance; a bake-off on Windows mentions the Class Data Sharing (CDS) adapter required to enable OpenJ9 shared classes support for the OSGi Equinox framework. Since Eclipse Equinox 4.9 2018-09, the CDS adapter is included with Equinox builds. When running with an Eclipse OpenJ9 JVM, to enable shared classes support for the…