RFR: 8029630: Print thread id hex representation in error messages.

[David Holmes]

Hi Max,

On 14/04/2015 6:25 AM, Max Ockner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Modified this again. I defined TID_FORMAT to make it a better semantic
> match.

Not sure that actually improves anything. There is no "tid" type. 
Primarily what we have is a function returning intx and we want to print 
it as hex. I still think INTPTR_FORMAT suffices. Otherwise 
INTX_HEX_FORMAT is you really want to introduce something new - but I 
don't suggest doing that.

> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mockner/8029630.8/

I still see vmError.cpp using PTR_FORMAT ??

Sorry.

David

> Tested with jprt
>
> Thanks,
> Max
>
> On 4/9/2015 9:48 PM, David Holmes wrote:
>> Hi Max,
>>
>> On 10/04/2015 5:11 AM, Max Ockner wrote:
>>> Hi again,
>>> After working past some build issues, I have a new webrev.  I've changed
>>> %x to PTR_FORMAT, and I've removed the modification to thread.cpp
>>>
>>> New webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mockner/8029630.4/
>>
>> I think INTPTR_FORMAT would be more of a semantic match as the thread
>> id is not a pointer type.
>>
>> David
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Max
>>>
>>> On 4/6/2015 9:10 PM, David Holmes wrote:
>>>> Hi Max,
>>>>
>>>> On 3/04/2015 5:38 AM, Max Ockner wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> Please review this change:
>>>>>
>>>>> Bug:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8029630
>>>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mockner/8029630.2/
>>>>> Summary: Existing error messages for vm crashes print the decimal
>>>>> representation of the current thread id. The message format has been
>>>>> changed to print the hex value of the thread id.
>>>>
>>>> src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
>>>>
>>>> The change is incorrect and unnecessary. 'this' is a pointer type so
>>>> INTPTR_FORMAT seems correct (though it may need p2i(this)?) while %x
>>>> assumes 'this' is always 32-bit. Further INTPTR_FORMAT is already hex
>>>> not decimal.
>>>>
>>>> src/share/vm/utilities/vmError.cpp
>>>>
>>>> As Thomas pointed out%x assumes 32-bit and so is incorrect for intx
>>>> type. As intx is a typedef for intptr_t then INTPTR_FORMAT should be
>>>> usable here as well.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>>> Tested with jtreg runtime to make sure nothing was broken. I tested
>>>>> the
>>>>> new functionality separately. I crashed the vm and examined the
>>>>> debugger
>>>>> output to make sure the hexadecimal thread id printed in the error
>>>>> message matched one of the threads listed by the debugger.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Max
>>>
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