RFR: 8185862: AWT Assertion Failure in ::GetDIBits(hBMDC, hBM, 0, 1, 0, gpBitmapInfo, 0) 'awt_Win32GraphicsDevice.cpp', at line 185 [v9]

[Alexey Ivanov]

On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 07:50:08 GMT, Christoph Langer <clanger at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The assertions reported in the bug were observed spuriously and here and there broke tests in some Windows configurations.
>> For instance [JDK-8266129](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8266129), [JDK-8269529](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8269529) or [JDK-8323664](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8323664) came up due to this.
>> 
>> The problem is that in Windows environments without a valid display, e.g. started by system services or via PowerShell Remoting, one sees a Monitor with name 'Windisc' in `EnumDisplayMonitors`.
>> However, it seems to be some kind of a pseudo device where you can not get a DC via `CreateDC`. This behavior/monitor type doesn't seem to be well documented, though.
>> 
>> I hereby modify the device initialization code to only count/detect monitors where CreateDC returns non-NULL in Devices.cpp. I also add some more checking/error handling to AwtWin32GraphicsDevice::Initialize() for correctness.
>> 
>> Furthermore, I re-enable the test `javax/swing/reliability/HangDuringStaticInitialization.java` for Windows Debug VMs, which reverts the fix from JDK-8269529 that should not be necessary any more.
>
> Christoph Langer has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains 14 additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - declare variable hasDisplays final
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8185862
>  - load awt.dll before display check
>  - Change implementation of headless determination on Windows
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8185862
>  - Reflect display detection in java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment::isHeadless()
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8185862
>  - Get rid of global variables and restore old handling wrt calling ::GetDIBits
>  - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8185862
>  - Little cleanup
>  - ... and 4 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/dcf260b9...002fba2d

src/java.desktop/windows/native/libawt/windows/awt_Win32GraphicsDevice.cpp line 182:

> 180:     gpBitmapInfo->bmiHeader.biBitCount = 0;
> 181:     HDC hBMDC = this->GetDC();
> 182:     VERIFY(hBMDC != NULL);

You may want to leave `VERIFY(hBMDC != NULL)`… just in case.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17614#discussion_r1516489473