RFR: 8262011: [JVMCI] allow printing to tty from unattached libgraal thread

[Tom Rodriguez]

On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:10:17 GMT, Doug Simon <dnsimon at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Currently, `HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.writeDebugOutput` does nothing if the current thread is not attached to HotSpot (i.e., `Thread::current_or_null() == NULL`). This means crucial debug info can be lost. For reference, an unattached libgraal thread is a thread started from within libgraal that has not yet attached itself to the VM (e.g., before [this line](https://github.com/oracle/graal/blob/e4b9ab931940e1946f96f2015b937ba100384573/compiler/src/org.graalvm.compiler.core/src/org/graalvm/compiler/core/GraalServiceThread.java#L42)) or has already detached itself (e.g., after [this line](https://github.com/oracle/graal/blob/e4b9ab931940e1946f96f2015b937ba100384573/compiler/src/org.graalvm.compiler.core/src/org/graalvm/compiler/core/GraalServiceThread.java#L46)).
> 
> The reason for the current behavior is that `HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.writeDebugOutput` passes a Java byte array to C++ code and the C++ code calls back into Java to decode the byte array into a native buffer. These call backs require the current thread to be attached to the VM.
> 
> This PR moves the Java-to-native-buffer decoding into Java and thus avoids the requirement for the current thread to be attached to the VM.
> 
> Tested in libgraal by patching Graal as follows:
> diff --git a/compiler/src/org.graalvm.compiler.core/src/org/graalvm/compiler/core/GraalServiceThread.java b/compiler/src/org.graalvm.compiler.core/src/org/graalvm/compiler/core/GraalServiceThread.java
> index 36064767c95..352395dd59b 100644
> --- a/compiler/src/org.graalvm.compiler.core/src/org/graalvm/compiler/core/GraalServiceThread.java
> +++ b/compiler/src/org.graalvm.compiler.core/src/org/graalvm/compiler/core/GraalServiceThread.java
> @@ -43,7 +43,14 @@ public class GraalServiceThread extends Thread {
>          try {
>              runnable.run();
>          } finally {
> +            String debug = System.getenv("GraalServiceThread.debug");
>              afterRun();
> +            if ("true".equals(debug)) {
> +                throw new InternalError("THROWN AFTER DETACHING");
> +            }
>          }
>      }
> 
> Running without the changes in this PR:
>> env GraalServiceThread.debug=true java -jar dacapo.jar avrora
> ===== DaCapo 9.12 avrora starting =====
> ===== DaCapo 9.12 avrora PASSED in 4270 msec =====
> 
> Running with the changes in this PR:
>> env GraalServiceThread.debug=true java -jar dacapo.jar avrora
> ===== DaCapo 9.12 avrora starting =====
> Exception in thread "LibGraalHotSpotGraalManagement-init" java.lang.InternalError: THROWN AFTER DETACHING
> 	at org.graalvm.compiler.core.GraalServiceThread.run(GraalServiceThread.java:52)
> 	at com.oracle.svm.core.thread.JavaThreads.threadStartRoutine(JavaThreads.java:519)
> 	at com.oracle.svm.core.posix.thread.PosixJavaThreads.pthreadStartRoutine(PosixJavaThreads.java:192)
> ===== DaCapo 9.12 avrora PASSED in 4688 msec =====

Looks good.

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Marked as reviewed by never (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2640