[core-libs] RFR (L): 8010319: Implementation of JEP 181: Nest-Based Access Control

Karen Kinnear karen.kinnear at oracle.com
Wed Jun 20 21:42:16 UTC 2018


Looks good.

Can you send the updates to the valhalla spec experts please? We told them this was coming, and minor changes for
clarification.

thanks,
Karen

> On Jun 19, 2018, at 12:41 AM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Discussions on the CSR request have led to further changes to the documentation involving nests and the new nest-related method. There are no semantic changes here just clearer explanations.
> 
> Incremental webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.corelibs.v7-incr/
> 
> (don't worry if you don't see a v6, it didn't really exist).
> 
> Full webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.full.v7/
> 
> Specdiffs updated in place at: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/specs/
> 
> Summary of changes:
> 
> - The definition of a nest etc is moved to the class-level javadoc of java.lang.Class, along with some other edits provided by Alex Buckley to pave the way for future updates
> - The nest-related methods are written in a more clear and consistent way
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> -----
> 
> On 12/06/2018 3:16 PM, David Holmes wrote:
>> Here is one further minor update from the CSR discussions:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.corelibs.v5-incr/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java.cdiff.html Thanks,
>> David
>> On 25/05/2018 3:52 PM, David Holmes wrote:
>>> Here are the further minor updates so far in response to all the review comments.
>>> 
>>> Incremental corelibs webrev:
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.corelibs.v3-incr/ 
>>> 
>>> Full corelibs webrev:
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.corelibs.v3/
>>> 
>>> Change summary:
>>> 
>>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/reflect/Reflection.java
>>> - remove inaccurate pseudo-assertion comment
>>> 
>>> test/jdk/java/lang/reflect/Nestmates/SampleNest.java
>>> - code cleanup: <> operator
>>> 
>>> test/jdk/java/lang/reflect/Nestmates/TestReflectionAPI.java
>>> - code cleanup: streamify duplicate removals
>>> 
>>> test/jdk/java/lang/invoke/PrivateInterfaceCall.java
>>> - use consistent @bug number
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>> 
>>> On 22/05/2018 8:15 PM, David Holmes wrote:
>>>> Here are the updates so far in response to all the review comments.
>>>> 
>>>> Incremental webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.corelibs.v2-incr/ 
>>>> 
>>>> Full webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.corelibs.v2/
>>>> 
>>>> Change summary:
>>>> 
>>>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Class.java
>>>> - getNesthost:
>>>>    - change "any error" -> "any linkage error" as runtime errors will propagate. [This needs ratifying by EG]
>>>>    - add clarification that primitive and array classes are not explicitly members of any nest and so form singleton nests
>>>>    - add clarification that all nestmates are in the same package
>>>>    - re-word @return text to exclude the "royal 'we'"
>>>> - fix javadoc cross references
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> Moved reflection API tests from test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Nestmates/reflectionAPI/ to test/jdk/java/lang/reflect/Nestmates/
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> java/lang/reflect/Nestmates/TestReflectionAPI.java
>>>> 
>>>> Run tests twice to show that failure reasons remain the same.
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> test/jdk/jdk/lambda/vm/InterfaceAccessFlagsTest.java
>>>> 
>>>> Disable test via annotation rather than commenting out.
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/reflect/Reflection.java
>>>> 
>>>> - Fix indent for nestmate access check.
>>>> - Remove unnecessary local variable
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> src/java.base/share/classes/sun/invoke/util/VerifyAccess.java
>>>> 
>>>> - Replace myassert with proper assert
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> David
>>>> 
>>>> On 15/05/2018 10:52 AM, David Holmes wrote:
>>>>> This review is being spread across four groups: langtools, core-libs, hotspot and serviceability. This is the specific review thread for core-libs - webrev:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.corelibs.v1/
>>>>> 
>>>>> See below for full details - including annotated full webrev guiding the review.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The intent is to have JEP-181 targeted and integrated by the end of this month.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> David
>>>>> -----
>>>>> 
>>>>> The nestmates project (JEP-181) introduces new classfile attributes to identify classes and interfaces in the same nest, so that the VM can perform access control based on those attributes and so allow direct private access between nestmates without requiring javac to generate synthetic accessor methods. These access control changes also extend to core reflection and the MethodHandle.Lookup contexts.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Direct private calls between nestmates requires a more general calling context than is permitted by invokespecial, and so the JVMS is updated to allow, and javac updated to use, invokevirtual and invokeinterface for private class and interface method calls respectively. These changed semantics also extend to MethodHandle findXXX operations.
>>>>> 
>>>>> At this time we are only concerned with static nest definitions, which map to a top-level class/interface as the nest-host and all its nested types as nest-members.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please see the JEP for further details.
>>>>> 
>>>>> JEP: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8046171
>>>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8010319
>>>>> CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8197445
>>>>> 
>>>>> All of the specification changes have been previously been worked out by the Valhalla Project Expert Group, and the implementation reviewed by the various contributors and discussed on the valhalla-dev mailing list.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Acknowledgments and contributions: Alex Buckley, Maurizio Cimadamore, Mandy Chung, Tobias Hartmann, Vladimir Ivanov, Karen Kinnear, Vladimir Kozlov, John Rose, Dan Smith, Serguei Spitsyn, Kumar Srinivasan
>>>>> 
>>>>> Master webrev of all changes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.full.v1/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Annotated master webrev index:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/jep181-webrev.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> Performance: this is expected to be performance neutral in a general sense. Benchmarking and performance runs are about to start.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Testing Discussion:
>>>>> ------------------
>>>>> 
>>>>> The testing for nestmates can be broken into four main groups:
>>>>> 
>>>>> -  New tests specifically related to nestmates and currently in the runtime/Nestmates directory
>>>>> 
>>>>> - New tests to complement existing tests by adding in testcases not previously expressible.
>>>>>    -  For example java/lang/invoke/SpecialInterfaceCall.java tests use of invokespecial for private interface methods and performing receiver typechecks, so we add java/lang/invoke/PrivateInterfaceCall.java to do similar tests for invokeinterface.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -  New JVM TI tests to verify the spec changes related to nest attributes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -  Existing tests significantly affected by the nestmates changes, primarily:
>>>>>     -  runtime/SelectionResolution
>>>>> 
>>>>>     In most cases the nestmate changes makes certain invocations that were illegal, legal (e.g. not requiring invokespecial to invoke private interface methods; allowing access to private members via reflection/Methodhandles that were previously not allowed).
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Existing tests incidentally affected by the nestmate changes
>>>>> 
>>>>>    This includes tests of things utilising class redefinition/retransformation to alter nested types but which unintentionally alter nest relationships (which is not permitted).
>>>>> 
>>>>> There are still a number of tests problem-listed with issues filed against them to have them adapted to work with nestmates. Some of these are intended to be addressed in the short-term, while some (such as the runtime/SelectionResolution test changes) may not eventuate.
>>>>> 
>>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8203033
>>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8199450
>>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8196855
>>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8194857
>>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8187655
>>>>> 
>>>>> There is also further test work still to be completed (the JNI and JDI invocation tests):
>>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8191117
>>>>> which will continue in parallel with the main RFR.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Pre-integration Testing:
>>>>>   - General:
>>>>>      - Mach5: hs/jdk tier1,2
>>>>>      - Mach5: hs-nightly (tiers 1 -3)
>>>>>   - Targetted
>>>>>     - nashorn (for asm changes)
>>>>>     - hotspot: runtime/*
>>>>>                serviceability/*
>>>>>                compiler/*
>>>>>                vmTestbase/*
>>>>>     - jdk: java/lang/invoke/*
>>>>>            java/lang/reflect/*
>>>>>            java/lang/instrument/*
>>>>>            java/lang/Class/*
>>>>>            java/lang/management/*
>>>>>    - langtools: tools/javac
>>>>>                 tools/javap
>>>>> 



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