RFR: JDK-8152690: main thread does not have native thread name

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Thu Apr 14 00:34:23 UTC 2016


Hi,

On 14/04/2016 1:28 AM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for your comment.
>
> I exported new JVM function to set native thread name, and JLI uses it
> in new webrev.

First the launcher belongs to another team so core-libs will need to 
review and approve this (in particular Kumar) - now cc'd.

Personally I would have used a Java upcall to Thread.setName rather than 
exporting JVM_SetNativeThreadName. No hotspot changes needed in that case.

Thanks,
David

> Could you review again?
>
>    - hotspot:
>        http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ysuenaga/JDK-8152690/webrev.02/hotspot/
>
>    - jdk:
>        http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ysuenaga/JDK-8152690/webrev.02/jdk/
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yasumasa
>
>
> On 2016/04/13 22:00, David Holmes wrote:
>> I'll answer on this original thread as well ...
>>
>> Hi Yasumasa,
>>
>> Please see my updates to the bug (sorry have been on vacation). This
>> needs to be done in the launcher to be correct as we do not set the
>> name of threads that attach via JNI, which includes the "main" thread.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 31/03/2016 9:49 AM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
>>> Thanks Robbin,
>>>
>>> I'm waiting a sponsor and more reviewer :-)
>>>
>>> Yasumasa
>>> 2016/03/31 5:58 "Robbin Ehn" <robbin.ehn at oracle.com>:
>>>
>>>> FYI: I'm not a Reviewer.
>>>>
>>>> /Robbin
>>>>
>>>> On 03/30/2016 10:55 PM, Robbin Ehn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, looks good.
>>>>>
>>>>> /Robbin
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/30/2016 03:47 PM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I uploaded new webrev.
>>>>>> Could you review it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ysuenaga/JDK-8152690/webrev.01/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yasumasa
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2016/03/30 19:10, Robbin Ehn wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 03/30/2016 11:41 AM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Robbin,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2016/03/30 18:22 "Robbin Ehn" <robbin.ehn at oracle.com
>>>>>>>> <mailto:robbin.ehn at oracle.com>>:
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > Hi Yasumasa,
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > On 03/25/2016 12:48 AM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>   >> Hi Robbin,
>>>>>>>>   >> 2016/03/25 1:51 "Robbin Ehn" <robbin.ehn at oracle.com
>>>>>>>> <mailto:robbin.ehn at oracle.com>
>>>>>>>>   >> <mailto:robbin.ehn at oracle.com
>>>>>>>> <mailto:robbin.ehn at oracle.com>>>:
>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>   >>  >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > Hi Yasumasa,
>>>>>>>>   >>  >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > I'm not sure why you don't set it:
>>>>>>>>   >>  >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > diff -r ded6ef79c770 src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
>>>>>>>>   >>  > --- a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp   Thu Mar 24
>>>>>>>> 13:09:16 2016
>>>>>>>> +0000
>>>>>>>>   >>  > +++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp   Thu Mar 24
>>>>>>>> 17:40:09 2016
>>>>>>>> +0100
>>>>>>>>   >>  > @@ -3584,6 +3584,7 @@
>>>>>>>>   >>  >    JavaThread* main_thread = new JavaThread();
>>>>>>>>   >>  >    main_thread->set_thread_state(_thread_in_vm);
>>>>>>>>   >>  >    main_thread->initialize_thread_current();
>>>>>>>>   >>  > +  main_thread->set_native_thread_name("main");
>>>>>>>>   >>  >    // must do this before set_active_handles
>>>>>>>>   >>  >    main_thread->record_stack_base_and_size();
>>>>>>>>   >>  >
>>>>>>>> main_thread->set_active_handles(JNIHandleBlock::allocate_block());
>>>>>>>>   >>  >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > here instead? Am I missing something?
>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>   >> Native thread name is the same to thread name in Thread class.
>>>>>>>>   >> It is set in c'tor in Thread or setName().
>>>>>>>>   >> If you create new thread in Java app, native thread name
>>>>>>>> will be
>>>>>>>> set at
>>>>>>>>   >> startup. However, main thread is already starte in VM.
>>>>>>>>   >> Thread name for "main" is set in create_initial_thread().
>>>>>>>>   >> I think that the place of setting thrrad name should be the
>>>>>>>> same.
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > Yes, I see your point. But then something like this is
>>>>>>>> nicer, no?
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > --- a/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp   Tue Mar 29 09:43:05
>>>>>>>> 2016
>>>>>>>> +0200
>>>>>>>>   > +++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp   Wed Mar 30 10:51:12
>>>>>>>> 2016
>>>>>>>> +0200
>>>>>>>>   > @@ -981,6 +981,7 @@
>>>>>>>>   >  // Creates the initial Thread
>>>>>>>>   >  static oop create_initial_thread(Handle thread_group,
>>>>>>>> JavaThread*
>>>>>>>> thread,
>>>>>>>>   >                                   TRAPS) {
>>>>>>>>   > +  static const char* initial_thread_name = "main";
>>>>>>>>   >    Klass* k =
>>>>>>>> SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail(vmSymbols::java_lang_Thread(),
>>>>>>>> true,
>>>>>>>> CHECK_NULL);
>>>>>>>>   >    instanceKlassHandle klass (THREAD, k);
>>>>>>>>   >    instanceHandle thread_oop =
>>>>>>>> klass->allocate_instance_handle(CHECK_NULL);
>>>>>>>>   > @@ -988,8 +989,10 @@
>>>>>>>>   >    java_lang_Thread::set_thread(thread_oop(), thread);
>>>>>>>>   >    java_lang_Thread::set_priority(thread_oop(), NormPriority);
>>>>>>>>   >    thread->set_threadObj(thread_oop());
>>>>>>>>   > -
>>>>>>>>   > -  Handle string = java_lang_String::create_from_str("main",
>>>>>>>> CHECK_NULL);
>>>>>>>>   > +
>>>>>>>>   > +  thread->set_native_thread_name(initial_thread_name);
>>>>>>>>   > +
>>>>>>>>   > +  Handle string =
>>>>>>>> java_lang_String::create_from_str(initial_thread_name, CHECK_NULL);
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   >    JavaValue result(T_VOID);
>>>>>>>>   >    JavaCalls::call_special(&result, thread_oop,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Okay, I will upload new webrev later.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   >>  > The launcher seem to name itself 'java' and naming this
>>>>>>>> thread
>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>   >>  > 'main' is confusing to me.
>>>>>>>>   >>  >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > E.g. so main thread of the process (and thus the
>>>>>>>> process) is
>>>>>>>> 'java' but
>>>>>>>>   >>  > first JavaThread is 'main'.
>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>   >> The native main thread in the process is not JavaThread. It is
>>>>>>>> waiting
>>>>>>>>   >> for ending of Java main thread with pthread_join().
>>>>>>>>   >> set_native_thread_name() is for JavaThread. So I think that
>>>>>>>> we do
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>   >> need to call it for native main thread.
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > Not sure if we can change it anyhow, since we want java and
>>>>>>>> native
>>>>>>>> name to be the same and java thread name might have some
>>>>>>>> dependents.
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > The name is visible in e.g. /proc.
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > $ ps H -C java -o 'pid tid comm' | head -4
>>>>>>>>   >   PID   TID COMMAND
>>>>>>>>   >  6423  6423 java
>>>>>>>>   >  6423  6424 main
>>>>>>>>   >  6423  6425 GC Thread#0
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > It would be nice with something like 'Java Main Thread'.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I do not think so.
>>>>>>>> Native main thread might not be a Java launcher - e.g. Apache
>>>>>>>> commons-daemon, JNI application, etc.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you want to change native main thread name, I think that we
>>>>>>>> have to
>>>>>>>> change Java launcher code.
>>>>>>>> Should I include it in new webrev?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /Robbin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yasumasa
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   > Thanks
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   > /Robbin
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   >
>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>   >> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>   >> Yasumasa
>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>   >>  > Thanks!
>>>>>>>>   >>  >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > /Robbin
>>>>>>>>   >>  >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > On 03/24/2016 03:26 PM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > Hi all,
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > HotSpot for Linux will set thread name via
>>>>>>>> pthread_setname_np().
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > However, main thread does not have it.
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > All JavaThread have native name, and main thread is
>>>>>>>> JavaThread.
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > For consistency, main thread should have native thread
>>>>>>>> name.
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > I uploaded a webrev. Could you review it?
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ysuenaga/JDK-8152690/webrev.00/
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > I cannot access JPRT.
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > So I need a sponsor.
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > Thanks,
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>>   >>  > > Yasumasa
>>>>>>>>   >>  > >
>>>>>>>>   >>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>



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