RFR: 8373120: Virtual thread stuck in BLOCKED state

Patricio Chilano Mateo pchilanomate at openjdk.org
Thu Jan 15 18:29:04 UTC 2026


Please review the following patch. This fixes a bug in how we handle state changes for the timed `Object.wait` case in `afterYield`, which can leave a virtual thread stuck in the `BLOCKED` state. It can be triggered by two consecutive calls to timed `Object.wait`, if the first call receives a notification and the second call relies on the timeout task to wake up the thread. I added the full sequence of events that leads to the vthread getting stuck in JBS.

The fix is to check for `notified` and attempt to change the state to `BLOCKED` inside the synchronized block. This guarantees that we don't change the state of an already new timed `Object.wait` call.

The PR includes a new test which reproduces the issue when run several times in mach5. It's a hybrid of my original repro test and another one created by @AlanBateman.

Thanks,
Patricio

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Commit messages:
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Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29255/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=29255&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8373120
  Stats: 147 lines in 2 files changed: 136 ins; 8 del; 3 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29255.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/29255/head:pull/29255

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29255


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