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

Yasumasa Suenaga yasuenag at gmail.com
Thu Apr 14 15:11:36 UTC 2016


Roger,
Thanks for your comment!

David,

>>> I'll wait to see what Kumar thinks about this. I don't like exposing a new JVM function this way.

I tried to call Thread#setName() after initializing VM (before calling main method),
I could set native thread name.
However, DestroyJavaVM() calls AttachCurrentThread(). So we can't set native thread name
for DestroyJavaVM.


Thanks,

Yasumasa


On 2016/04/14 23:24, Roger Riggs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Comments:
>
> jvm.h:  The function names are too similar but perform different functions:
>
> -JVM_SetNativeThreadName0 vs JVM_SetNativeThreadName
>
> -  The first function applies to the current thread, the second one a specific java thread.
>   It would seem useful for there to be a comment somewhere about what the new function does.
>
> windows/native/libjli/java_md.c: line 408 casts to (void*) instead of (SetNativeThreadName0_t)
>     as is done on unix and mac.
>
> - macosx/native/libjli/java_md_macosx.c:
>    - 737: looks wrong to overwriteifn->GetCreatedJavaVMs used at line 730
>    - 738  Incorrect indentation; if possible keep the cast on the same line as dlsym...
>
> $.02, Roger
>
>
> On 4/14/2016 9:32 AM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
>>> That is an interesting question which I haven't had time to check - sorry. If the main thread is considered a JNI-attached thread then my suggestion wont work. If it isn't then my suggestion should work (but it means we have an inconsistency in our treatment of JNI-attached threads :( )
>>
>> I ran following program on JDK 9 EA b112, and I confirmed native thread name (test) was set.
>> ---------
>> public class Sleep{
>>   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
>>     Thread.currentThread().setName("test");
>>     Thread.sleep(3600000);
>>   }
>> }
>> ---------
>>
>>
>>> I'll wait to see what Kumar thinks about this. I don't like exposing a new JVM function this way.
>>
>> I will update webrev after hearing Kumar's comment.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Yasumasa
>>
>>
>> On 2016/04/14 21:32, David Holmes wrote:
>>> On 14/04/2016 1:52 PM, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 2016/04/14 9:34, David Holmes wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> I'm waiting to review :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Personally I would have used a Java upcall to Thread.setName rather
>>>>> than exporting JVM_SetNativeThreadName. No hotspot changes needed in
>>>>> that case.
>>>>
>>>> As I wrote [1] in JBS, I changed to use Thread#setName() in Thread#init(),
>>>> but I could not change native thread name.
>>>
>>> At Thread.init time the thread is not alive, which is why the native name is not set.
>>>
>>>> I guess that caller of main() is JNI attached thread.
>>>
>>> That is an interesting question which I haven't had time to check - sorry. If the main thread is considered a JNI-attached thread then my suggestion wont work. If it isn't then my suggestion should work (but it means we have an inconsistency in our treatment of JNI-attached threads :( )
>>>
>>> I'll wait to see what Kumar thinks about this. I don't like exposing a new JVM function this way.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>> -----
>>>
>>>> Thus I think that we have to provide a function to set native thread name.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Yasumasa
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8152690?focusedCommentId=13926851&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-13926851
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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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