Code Review fix for 8005044 remove crufty '_g' support from HS runtime code

Daniel D. Daugherty daniel.daugherty at oracle.com
Wed Dec 19 18:59:00 UTC 2012


Resending...adding back the other aliases...


Bug filed:

     JDK-8005262possible gamma launcher issues
https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8005262

Dan


On 12/19/12 11:18 AM, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
> On 12/19/2012 12:39 PM, harold seigel wrote:
>> >> I say file the bug merely to document the issue and get this code 
>> checked in
>> I agree.
>
> Harold, Thank you for looking at this change closely.
> Dan, please file a bug about the fake path and include this writeup 
> below, because I think I hit this bug with testing CDS with the gamma 
> launcher and it might explain it.
> Thanks,
> Coleen
>
>>
>> Harold
>>
>> On 12/19/2012 12:11 PM, Ron Durbin wrote:
>>>
>>> Harold
>>>
>>> I would say first off this is not a bug that has manifested itself yet.
>>>
>>> So it is low priority.
>>>
>>> That being said this exposure is not introduced or made more risky 
>>> by my changes.
>>>
>>> This is the only issue that we have against this code review and it 
>>> does not belong to the changes being reviewed=.
>>>
>>> I say file the bug merely to document the issue and get this code 
>>> checked in.
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>> *From:*Daniel D. Daugherty
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:30 AM
>>> *To:* hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net; build-dev; 
>>> serviceability-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>> *Subject:* Re: Code Review fix for 8005044 remove crufty '_g' 
>>> support from HS runtime code
>>>
>>> Adding the other aliases back in...
>>>
>>> Harold,
>>>
>>> This question:
>>>
>>> > Another nit: Is it worth checking that all of
>>> > "/hotspot/libjvm.so" could get copied to buf? (i.e.:  that
>>> > buflen-len > strlen("/hotspot/libjvm.so")
>>>
>>> is straight forward and the short answer is: yes, that
>>> code makes assumptions that "/hotspot/libjvm.so" will
>>> fit into 'buf'. It should not do that.
>>>
>>> It is Ron's call as to whether he wants to fix this existing
>>> bug as part of this work. It is easy enough to fix the obvious
>>> part of the bug, but... as is normal with HotSpot, there
>>> is more going on here than meets the eye...
>>>
>>> The slightly longer answer is that it probably doesn't
>>> matter because the path being created here is a fake.
>>> As long as the "/hotspot/l" part gets copied, then the
>>> callers of os::jvm_path() will be able to handle the
>>> fakery.
>>>
>>> Of course, there is an even longer answer. Read on if
>>> you want gory details (and a history lesson).
>>>
>>> This gamma launcher stuff is giving me an absolute headache.
>>> Unfortunately, there is a lot of history involved here...
>>>
>>> Here are the variations:
>>>
>>> src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp:
>>>
>>>    1715   if (Arguments::created_by_gamma_launcher()) {
>>>    1716     // Support for the gamma launcher. Typical value for buf is
>>>    1717     // "<JAVA_HOME>/jre/lib/<arch>/<vmtype>/libjvm". If 
>>> "/jre/lib/" appears at
>>>    1718     // the right place in the string, then assume we are 
>>> installed in a JDK and
>>>    1719     // we're done.  Otherwise, check for a JAVA_HOME 
>>> environment variable and
>>>    1720     // construct a path to the JVM being overridden.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>    1762         // If the path exists within JAVA_HOME, add the JVM 
>>> library name
>>>    1763         // to complete the path to JVM being overridden.  
>>> Otherwise fallback
>>>    1764         // to the path to the current library.
>>>    1765         if (0 == access(buf, F_OK)) {
>>>    1766           // Use current module name "libjvm"
>>>    1767           len = strlen(buf);
>>>    1768           snprintf(buf + len, buflen-len, "/libjvm%s", 
>>> JNI_LIB_SUFFIX);
>>>    1769         } else {
>>>    1770           // Fall back to path of current library
>>>    1771           rp = realpath(dli_fname, buf);
>>>    1772           if (rp == NULL)
>>>    1773             return;
>>>    1774         }
>>>
>>> src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp:
>>>
>>>    2206   if (Arguments::created_by_gamma_launcher()) {
>>>    2207     // Support for the gamma launcher. Typical value for buf is
>>>    2208     // "<JAVA_HOME>/jre/lib/<arch>/<vmtype>/libjvm.so". If 
>>> "/jre/lib/" appears at
>>>    2209     // the right place in the string, then assume we are 
>>> installed in a JDK and
>>>    2210     // we're done.  Otherwise, check for a JAVA_HOME 
>>> environment variable and fix
>>>    2211     // up the path so it looks like libjvm.so is installed 
>>> there (append a
>>>    2212     // fake suffix hotspot/libjvm.so).
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>    2243         if (0 == access(buf, F_OK)) {
>>>    2244           // Use current module name "libjvm.so"
>>>    2245           len = strlen(buf);
>>>    2246           snprintf(buf + len, buflen-len, "/hotspot/libjvm.so");
>>>    2247         } else {
>>>    2248           // Go back to path of .so
>>>    2249           rp = realpath(dli_fname, buf);
>>>    2250           if (rp == NULL)
>>>    2251             return;
>>>    2252         }
>>>
>>> src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp:
>>>
>>>    2496   if (Arguments::created_by_gamma_launcher()) {
>>>    2497     // Support for the gamma launcher. Typical value for buf is
>>>    2498     // "<JAVA_HOME>/jre/lib/<arch>/<vmtype>/libjvm.so". If 
>>> "/jre/lib/" appears at
>>>    2499     // the right place in the string, then assume we are 
>>> installed in a JDK and
>>>    2500     // we're done.  Otherwise, check for a JAVA_HOME 
>>> environment variable and fix
>>>    2501     // up the path so it looks like libjvm.so is installed 
>>> there (append a
>>>    2502     // fake suffix hotspot/libjvm.so).
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>    2539         if (0 == access(buf, F_OK)) {
>>>    2540           // Use current module name "libjvm.so"
>>>    2541           len = strlen(buf);
>>>    2542           snprintf(buf + len, buflen-len, "/hotspot/libjvm.so");
>>>    2543         } else {
>>>    2544           // Go back to path of .so
>>>    2545           realpath((char *)dlinfo.dli_fname, buf);
>>>    2546         }
>>>
>>> src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp:
>>>
>>>    1732   buf[0] = '\0';
>>>    1733   if (Arguments::created_by_gamma_launcher()) {
>>>    1734      // Support for the gamma launcher. Check for an
>>>    1735      // JAVA_HOME environment variable
>>>    1736      // and fix up the path so it looks like
>>>    1737      // libjvm.so is installed there (append a fake suffix
>>>    1738      // hotspot/libjvm.so).
>>>    1739      char* java_home_var = ::getenv("JAVA_HOME");
>>>    1740      if (java_home_var != NULL && java_home_var[0] != 0) {
>>>    1741
>>>    1742         strncpy(buf, java_home_var, buflen);
>>>    1743
>>>    1744         // determine if this is a legacy image or modules image
>>>    1745         // modules image doesn't have "jre" subdirectory
>>>    1746         size_t len = strlen(buf);
>>>    1747         char* jrebin_p = buf + len;
>>>    1748         jio_snprintf(jrebin_p, buflen-len, "\\jre\\bin\\ 
>>> <file:///%5C%5Cjre%5Cbin%5C>");
>>>    1749         if (0 != _access(buf, 0)) {
>>>    1750           jio_snprintf(jrebin_p, buflen-len, "\\bin\\ 
>>> <file:///%5C%5Cbin%5C>");
>>>    1751         }
>>>    1752         len = strlen(buf);
>>>    1753         jio_snprintf(buf + len, buflen-len, "hotspot\\jvm.dll");
>>>    1754      }
>>>    1755   }
>>>
>>>
>>> Linux, Solaris and Windows all recognize that if they
>>> get to the point where they are appending a "hotspot/..."
>>> path to the jvm_path value, then they are making a fake
>>> path. Why are they making a fake path? Well, the gamma
>>> launcher lets someone use a libjvm.so/jvm.dll that is
>>> not located in the usual place in a JDK. And, you get
>>> to use that libjvm.so/jvm.dll WITH THAT JDK. Sounds
>>> pretty cool and it is pretty cool... until you realize
>>> that there is code in the VM that tries to find other
>>> libraries _relative_ to the libjvm.so/jvm.dll that is
>>> running. Ouch! So enter the above code blocks that fake
>>> a path to the libjvm.so/jvm.dll so that callers to
>>> os::jvm_path() don't get confused.
>>>
>>> To make matters more convoluted... yes, I know this is
>>> convoluted enough... The os_bsd.cpp doesn't seem to
>>> realize that it is creating a fake path here. At one
>>> point, the os_bsd.cpp code was a copy of os_linux.cpp
>>> code, but it was obviously tweaked. It will take more
>>> investigation to figure out the right course of action
>>> for os_bsd.cpp
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/19/12 7:51 AM, harold seigel wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Ron,
>>>
>>> I'm ok with using snprinft().
>>>
>>> Another nit: Is it worth checking that all of "/hotspot/libjvm.so" 
>>> could get copied to buf?  (i.e.: that buflen-len > 
>>> strlen("/hotspot/libjvm.so")
>>>
>>> Thanks, Harold
>>>
>>> On 12/19/2012 9:17 AM, Ron Durbin wrote:
>>>
>>> Harold,
>>>
>>> Did you have any more points or counter points to make on the use of 
>>> snprintf and strncpy ?
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>> *From:*Ron Durbin
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 18, 2012 4:50 PM
>>> *To:* Daniel Daugherty; hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net 
>>> <mailto:hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net>; build-dev; 
>>> serviceability-dev at openjdk.java.net 
>>> <mailto:serviceability-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>>> *Subject:* RE: Code Review fix for 8005044 remove crufty '_g' 
>>> support from HS runtime code
>>>
>>> Thanks for the quick reviews by all.
>>>
>>> I will agree with Dan on this one, sprint will stay.
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
>>> *From:*Daniel D. Daugherty
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 18, 2012 4:03 PM
>>> *To:* hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net 
>>> <mailto:hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net>; build-dev; 
>>> serviceability-dev at openjdk.java.net 
>>> <mailto:serviceability-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>>> *Subject:* Re: Code Review fix for 8005044 remove crufty '_g' 
>>> support from HS runtime code
>>>
>>> Sorry, I lost my manners somewhere... :-(
>>>
>>> Thanks for the fast review!
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> On 12/18/12 3:57 PM, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:
>>>
>>>     Adding back in the other aliases...
>>>
>>>     Harold,
>>>
>>>     The equivalent of:
>>>
>>>         snprintf(buf, n, str);
>>>
>>>     is:
>>>
>>>         strncpy(buf, str, n - 1);
>>>         buf[n - 1] = '\0';
>>>
>>>     because snprintf() will only write out (n - 1) bytes from
>>>     'str' to 'buf' and then write a NUL in the last slot.
>>>     strncpy() copies up to 'n' bytes from 'str' to 'buf'.
>>>     strncpy() will not copy past a NUL character in 'str', but
>>>     it will also not NUL terminate 'buf' if a NUL is not found
>>>     in 'str' before the limit 'n' is reached.
>>>
>>>     Dan
>>>
>>>     On 12/18/12 2:48 PM, harold seigel wrote:
>>>
>>>         Hi Ron,
>>>
>>>         I think these calls to snprintf() in os_solaris.cpp and the
>>>         other os_....cpp files could be replaced with calls to
>>>         strncpy().  It might be a little simpler.
>>>
>>>         Otherwise, it looks good.
>>>
>>>         Thanks, Harold
>>>
>>>         2539 if (0 == access(buf, F_OK)) {
>>>         2540 // Use current module name "libjvm.so"
>>>         2541 len = strlen(buf);
>>>         2542 *snprintf(buf + len, buflen-len, "/hotspot/libjvm.so");*
>>>         2543 } else {
>>>         2544 // Go back to path of .so
>>>         2545 realpath((char *)dlinfo.dli_fname, buf); 2546 }
>>>
>>>         On 12/18/2012 3:46 PM, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:
>>>
>>>         Greetings,
>>>
>>>         I'm sponsoring this code review request from Ron Durbin.
>>>         This change
>>>         is targeted at JDK8/HSX-25 in the RT_Baseline repo.
>>>
>>>         Dan
>>>
>>>         Sending again with correct subject line, bug URLs and webrev
>>>         URL.
>>>
>>>
>>>         Intro:
>>>
>>>         This set of changes removes the runtime support for
>>>         generation of debug versions that follow _g semantics.
>>>
>>>         Defect:
>>>         JDK-8005044 remove crufty '_g' support from HS runtime code
>>>         http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8005044
>>>         https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8005044
>>>
>>>
>>>         Webrev
>>>         http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dcubed/for_rdurbin/8005044-webrev/0
>>>         <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Edcubed/for_rdurbin/8005044-webrev/0>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         Details:
>>>         Files have been modified to remove all reference and support
>>>         for  debug versions that follow _g semantics.
>>>
>>>         Testing:
>>>
>>>         Passed JPRT last night:
>>>
>>>         Additional Testing In process: (suggested by Dan):
>>>
>>>         src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
>>>             - test with shared archive creation and use; see the e-mail
>>>               from Coleen
>>>
>>>         src/share/tools/ProjectCreator/ProjectCreator.java
>>>             - just a usage message; visual inspection of the code
>>>
>>>         src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp
>>>             - comments only; no testing needed
>>>
>>>         src/os/{bsd,linux,solaris}/vm/os_{bsd,linux,solaris}.cpp
>>>             - the only code changes come into play when the "gamma"
>>>               launcher is used
>>>             - and when JAVA_HOME refers to a valid JDK, the function
>>>               fakes up a JVM path so that callers using the JVM path
>>>               to find other things in the JDK will work.
>>>             - I can't find any way that the actual JVM path value
>>>               that is returned is exposed
>>>             - I don't see a way to test this other than have a debug
>>>               printf() or manual code inspection.
>>>
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