RFR (S): 8201326: Renaming ThreadLocalAllocationBuffer end to fast_path_end

Vladimir Kozlov vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com
Wed Apr 18 18:02:12 UTC 2018


Ganging up on us ;)

Yes, I missed original discussion about renaming on GC list.

 From my point of view next code looks better because it seems compare related values:

cmpptr(end, Address(thread, JavaThread::tlab_end_offset()));

But I would not strongly object renaming to move this JEP forward. Consider changes reviewed and approved by me.

Regards,
Vladimir

On 4/18/18 6:29 AM, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> The idea of splitting this change off from "8171119: Low-Overhead Heap Profiling"
> came up during the design review. It might have been me that suggested the split
> off or it was someone else. Sorry I don't remember.
> 
> In any case, the rename of "end" to "fast_path_end" is just a clarity change to
> the existing code and I think that change can easily stand on its own. That is
> particularly true if the accessors are renamed at the same time. I think having
> the accessor names match the field names is a pretty well known HotSpot rule
> so I'm not sure why we're talking about not renaming the accessors...
> 
> Personally, I prefer "_fast_path_end" over "_current_end".
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> On 4/18/18 4:04 AM, Stefan Johansson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 2018-04-18 02:02, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
>>>  > I think I like better not to add it. If no one is using it, there should be
>>>  > no reason to add it? By not adding it, it also makes any future wish to
>>>  > have it a nice indicator of: hey why do you want to see this? Same as
>>>  > hard_end btw which is not visible. Am I missing something?
>>>
>>> I say "may" ;)
>>> You don't need new function if there is no use.
>>>
>>>  >
>>>  > So to summarize, the current consensus:
>>>  >    - _end can be renamed either to _current_end or _fast_path_end; that is
>>>  > still up to a vote and choice :)
>>>
>>> Please, use _current_end. I was thinking about _sample_end but it does not reflect double usage.
>>
>> I'm not sure if you have seen the discussion about naming on hotspot-gc-dev, but I and others think that _current_end 
>> doesn't describe the usage at all. Naming it _fast_path_end would clearly state what it is, _sample_end or something 
>> similar also crossed my mind but I think the code reads a lot better in the compiler with the name fast_path_end.
>>
>>>
>>>  >    - the access method end() and tlab_end_offset() remain the same to not
>>>  > modify JIT/interpreter codes
>> I would find this very unfortunate, having accessors that don't match the members can easily lead to misunderstanding, 
>> especially if we have three different *_end members. Why do you think this is the best way forward?
>>
>> My first thought was also that it would be nice to avoid all the compiler changes, but then we would have to stick 
>> with _end being the sample/current/fast-path end and I'm not sure that is a better solution. I don't see the big 
>> problem with changing those accessors to what they really access and I think the compiler code reads good even after 
>> the change. For example:
>> cmpptr(end, Address(thread, JavaThread::tlab_fast_path_end_offset()));
>> jcc(Assembler::above, slow_case);
>>
>>>  >
>>>  > If all agree to this, then the consequences are:
>>>  >    - JDK-8201326 becomes useless
>>>  >    - The work for JEP-331 becomes smaller in terms of file changes
>>>  >    - I'll still be needing a decision on the renaming of the TLAB _end field
>>>  > (current suggestions are _current_end and _fast_path_end).
>>
>> We'll see where we end up. If JDK-8201326 ends up being a separate change I think it should be pushed at the same time 
>> as the rest of the JEP changes. To me it only makes sense to have it in the code base if we also have the rest of the 
>> changes.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stefan
>>
>>>
>>> Sounds good to me.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Vladimir
>>>
>>> On 4/17/18 4:51 PM, JC Beyler wrote:
>>>> Hi Vladimir and Dean,
>>>>
>>>> @Dean: seems that Vladimir is in agreement with you for renaming just the
>>>> field and not the method names so ack to your answer that came at the same
>>>> time :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, from the beginning such changes should be discussed on common
>>>>> hotspot-dev list since all
>>>>> Hotspot's parts are affected.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, being new to the scene, most of the conversation had been going on
>>>> in serviceability-dev.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Graal specific question could be send to hotspot-compiler-dev list with
>>>>> [Graal] in subject.
>>>>>
>>>>> I looked on JEP's changes
>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jcbeyler/8171119/webrev.02/ to understand how
>>>>> it works.
>>>>>
>>>>> Few questions about proposed JEP changes so I can understand it.
>>>>>
>>>>> You introducing new TLAB end for sampling and adjust it so that
>>>>> allocations in JITed code and
>>>>> Interpreter it will trigger slow path allocation where you do sampling.
>>>>> Right?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes that is correct; if sampling is enabled of course. Btw, this is the current
>>>> webrev <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jcbeyler/8171119/heap_event.15/>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do all changes to _end, _actual_end and other TLAB fields happen during
>>>>> slow allocation?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, to that effect, with Robbin's help, we finalized deprecating the
>>>> FastTLabRefill via JDK-8194084
>>>> <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8194084>. Seems like I/we missed
>>>> that Graal does this as well. I filed GRAAL-64
>>>> <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/GRAAL-64> to not forget that Graal
>>>> would need to get that fixed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am concern about concurrent accesses to these fields from other threads
>>>>> if you have them (I don't
>>>>> see).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes that is why we deprecated the FastTlabRefill. Other threads should not
>>>> be changing the thread local data structure so I don't see an issue there.
>>>> The major issue was that the fast paths could change the tlab without going
>>>> via the slowpath.
>>>>
>>>> I had a fix to detect this issue but removed it once JDK-8194084 was done;
>>>> Graal was missed in that work so that is why if sampling were enabled with
>>>> Graal, there is a chance things would break currently. That will get fixed
>>>> via GRAAL-64 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/GRAAL-64> whether it is
>>>> rendering the code also obsolete and going to the slowpath or whether it is
>>>> adding my fix again to detect a fastpath TLAB reallocation happened.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Renaming. I am fine with renaming if it helps to understand code better. I
>>>>> agree with proposed
>>>>> changes to fields name:
>>>>>
>>>>> _current_end
>>>>> _allocation_end
>>>>>
>>>>> But, as Dean, I would suggest to keep names of access functions. This way
>>>>> we can say that allocation
>>>>> code in Interpreter and JITed code stay the same.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sounds good to me, then in that case, this webrev will disappear, which
>>>> also makes me happy, since it simplifies a lot of things (and reduces code
>>>> change).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You may need only new method to access _allocation_end in places which
>>>>> look for real end of TLAB.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think I like better not to add it. If no one is using it, there should be
>>>> no reason to add it? By not adding it, it also makes any future wish to
>>>> have it a nice indicator of: hey why do you want to see this? Same as
>>>> hard_end btw which is not visible. Am I missing something?
>>>>
>>>> So to summarize, the current consensus:
>>>>    - _end can be renamed either to _current_end or _fast_path_end; that is
>>>> still up to a vote and choice :)
>>>>    - the access method end() and tlab_end_offset() remain the same to not
>>>> modify JIT/interpreter codes
>>>>
>>>> If all agree to this, then the consequences are:
>>>>    - JDK-8201326 becomes useless
>>>>    - The work for JEP-331 becomes smaller in terms of file changes
>>>>    - I'll still be needing a decision on the renaming of the TLAB _end field
>>>> (current suggestions are _current_end and _fast_path_end).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>> Jc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Vladimir
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/16/18 4:42 PM, JC Beyler wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Dean,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think perhaps this is also an attempt to figure out the naming of all
>>>>>> this because naming (or renaming like here) is often the start of big
>>>>>> conversations :).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Originally, in the JEP-331 work, I had left the _end field as is and, by
>>>>>> doing so, this whole renaming webrev goes away. However, if we do that,
>>>>>> then the TLAB code contains:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _end: the fast path end, can be the allocation end or the to-be-sampled
>>>>> end
>>>>>> _allocation_end: the actual allocation end of the current TLAB
>>>>>> hard_end: _allocation_end + reserved space
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With an early iteration of a webrev for JEP-331, a conversation occurred
>>>>>> about whether or not that was clear or not and it was determined that
>>>>> this
>>>>>> renaming was more clear:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _current_end: the fast path end
>>>>>> _allocation_end: the actual allocation end of the current TLAB
>>>>>> reserved_end: _allocation_end + reserved space
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because I'm trying to reduce the footprint of files changed, I pulled out
>>>>>> the renaming changes into this webrev. While talking about it with the GC
>>>>>> team, the renaming suggested became:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _fast_path_end: the fast path end
>>>>>> _allocation_end: the actual allocation end of the current TLAB
>>>>>> hard_end: _allocation_end + reserved space
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, to be honest, any renaming or no renaming is fine by me. I like not
>>>>>> renaming the fields to not change the code of every backend and Graal; I
>>>>>> also like the fast_path_end rename due to it making the backend code easy
>>>>>> to read as mentioned in the GC mailing lis thread.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So there are two questions really:
>>>>>>      - Should we rename the _end field and thus provoke the changes in
>>>>> this
>>>>>> webrev?
>>>>>>      - If we do want to change the field, should/could it go in an initial
>>>>>> webrev or should it go in the JEP-331 webrev whenever/ifever it goes in?
>>>>>> And if we do wait, could we at least converge on a renaming now so that
>>>>>> this does not become a point of contention for that webrev's review?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I read your answer correctly:
>>>>>>        - You are saying that we should keep the _end field altogether; or
>>>>> at
>>>>>> least only rename the field not the methods to access it, thus reducing
>>>>> the
>>>>>> change scope.
>>>>>>        - You are also saying to wait for the JEP-331 webrev's final
>>>>> iteration
>>>>>> and integrate it in one step
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have I understood your answer correctly?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Again, I am fine with renaming to whatever or not renaming at all. I just
>>>>>> am trying to get forward progress here :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>> Jc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 3:29 PM <dean.long at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi JC.  Others might disagree, but I would vote "no" on doing this
>>>>>>> renaming now, before the JEP, and even in the context of the JEP, I
>>>>>>> don't think renaming the field requires renaming all the uses.  The
>>>>>>> compiler code is only interested in the fast path, so it's implicitly
>>>>>>> understood.  Also, if there is a fast_path_end(), then isn't it logical
>>>>>>> to have fast_path_start() paired with it?  ("start" is already
>>>>>>> overloaded, but nobody is suggesting adding
>>>>>>> allocation_start()/current_start()/hard_start() are they?).  My opinion
>>>>>>> is that it's fine the way it is.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> dl
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 4/16/18 1:43 PM, JC Beyler wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've left the mail thread from the hotspot-gc-dev below for tracking
>>>>>>>> purposes but will start a new request here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - I'm trying to push a renaming of a TLAB field to make my work for
>>>>>>> JEP-331
>>>>>>>> <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/331> easier
>>>>>>>>       - There is an understanding that if JEP-331 does not make it, this
>>>>>>> might
>>>>>>>> be useless and I'll revert if that is what the community wants; however
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> new name seems better anyway so perhaps not?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - The webrev renames a field used across the various back-ends and
>>>>> Graal
>>>>>>>>       - The webrev is here:
>>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jcbeyler/8201326/webrev.04/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Could I please get some feedback on this?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks all for your help,
>>>>>>>> Jc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:37 AM Stefan Johansson <
>>>>>>>> stefan.johansson at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi JC,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't have a name, but I've looked at bit more at the failures and I
>>>>>>>>> think they are unrelated and one of the local compiler engineers
>>>>> agree.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I also ran some local testing and was not able to get any error with
>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>> latest changes, but verified that it doens't work without the graal
>>>>>>>>> parts. So they seem good. It might still be good to switch this over
>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> the general hotspot-dev list to let someone with Graal knowledge to
>>>>> look
>>>>>>>>> at the change and make sure everything is correct.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Stefan
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2018-04-12 17:26, JC Beyler wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Stefan,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for testing :). I've renamed the bug title in the JBS and will
>>>>>>>>>> emit a new webrev shortly. Do you have the name of a compiler
>>>>> engineer
>>>>>>>>>> in mind or should I perhaps now move this conversation to the general
>>>>>>>>>> hotspot-dev mailing list and ask there?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The alternative is to add the compiler-mailing list to this email
>>>>>>> thread
>>>>>>>>>> and ask there before sending to the general list. What do you think
>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> best?
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for all your help,
>>>>>>>>>> Jc
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 2:09 AM Stefan Johansson
>>>>>>>>>> <stefan.johansson at oracle.com <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com>>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>        On 2018-04-11 17:48, JC Beyler wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>         > Hi Stefan,
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         > Sorry about that, I must have missed adding the files or
>>>>>>>>>>        something. Here
>>>>>>>>>>         > is a webrev that added the changes for the SA file:
>>>>>>>>>>         > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jcbeyler/8201326/webrev.03/
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>        No problem, this looks good. I kicked of a run in our test
>>>>> system
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>        get
>>>>>>>>>>        some more coverage and have tried to include some Graal
>>>>> testing.
>>>>>>> I'll
>>>>>>>>>>        let you know the results once they are done.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>        Please also update the bug title both in JBS and the changeset.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>        Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>        Stefan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>         > I changed the method name, which propagated a change to:
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> src/jdk.hotspot.agent/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/oops/ObjectHeap.java
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         > I tried testing your test file. It exists in my branch (if
>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>        same) under:
>>>>>>>>>>         > hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/sa/ClhsdbJhisto.java
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         > and interestingly (which generally means I did something
>>>>>>> wrong),
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>         > passed before/after the change so I could not verify that
>>>>> this
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>        a test
>>>>>>>>>>         > showing that all is well in the world on my side. Any ideas
>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>        what I
>>>>>>>>>>         > did wrong?
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         > I did again test it for hotspot/jtreg/compiler/aot/ and
>>>>>>>>>>         > hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/jvmti and it passes those.
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         > Thanks for all your help,
>>>>>>>>>>         > Jc
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         > On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 7:44 AM Stefan Johansson
>>>>>>>>>>         > <stefan.johansson at oracle.com <mailto:
>>>>>>> stefan.johansson at oracle.com>
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         >     Hi JC,
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         >     On 2018-04-11 00:56, JC Beyler wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > Small update:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > Here is the fixed webrev for the '{' that were out of
>>>>>>>>>>        alignment.
>>>>>>>>>>         >     This
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > passed release build JTREG
>>>>>>>>>>        for hotspot/jtreg/compiler/jvmti (just
>>>>>>>>>>         >     to run
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > something as a smoke screen)
>>>>>>>>>>        and hotspot/jtreg/compiler/aot/ (to
>>>>>>>>>>         >     test
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > Graal).
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jcbeyler/8201326/webrev.02/
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >     I think this looks better, I agree that leaving _end is
>>>>>>>>>>        tempting to
>>>>>>>>>>         >     avoid a lot of change, but I think this will be better
>>>>> in
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>        long run.
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         >     I still miss the changes to make the SA work. To see a
>>>>>>>>>>        problem you
>>>>>>>>>>         >     can run:
>>>>>>>>>>         >     make CONF=fast run-test
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>> TEST=open/test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/ClhsdbJhisto.java
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         >     Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>         >     Stefan
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > Let me know what you think,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > Jc
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 3:21 PM JC Beyler
>>>>>>>>>>        <jcbeyler at google.com <mailto:jcbeyler at google.com>
>>>>>>>>>>         >     <mailto:jcbeyler at google.com <mailto:jcbeyler at google.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > <mailto:jcbeyler at google.com <mailto:
>>>>> jcbeyler at google.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:jcbeyler at google.com <mailto:jcbeyler at google.com>>>>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     Hi Karen and Stefan,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     @Stefan: Naming is hard :)
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     @Karen: thanks for the Graal comment, I fixed it
>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>        the new
>>>>>>>>>>         >     webrev,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     let me know what you think :)
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     I think the naming convention suggested in this
>>>>>>> webrev
>>>>>>>>>>        came from
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     conversations in for JEP-331 and I am actually
>>>>>>>>> relatively
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > indifferent to the final result (as long as we
>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>        some form of
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     forward progress :)). To be honest, I'd also be
>>>>>>> happy
>>>>>>>>>>        to just
>>>>>>>>>>         >     leave
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     _end as is for all architectures and Graal and
>>>>> have
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> new
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > _allocation_end. However, during initial reviews
>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>        JEP-331
>>>>>>>>>>         >     it was
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     deemed complicated to understand:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     _end -> the _end or sampling end
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     _allocation_end -> end pointer for the last
>>>>> possible
>>>>>>>>>>        allocation
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     hard_end -> allocation end + reserved space
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     That is how this naming came up and why hard_end
>>>>>>> went
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>         > "reserved_end".
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     I'm really indifferent, so I offer as a perusal:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jcbeyler/8201326/webrev.01/
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     I noticed a few problems of alignement of '{' so
>>>>>>> I'll
>>>>>>>>>>        go fix
>>>>>>>>>>         >     that.
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     Basically this webrev does the following:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     - Uses fast_path_end instead of end
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     - Reverts hard_end back to where it was
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     - Adds the changes to Graal; there is a bunch of
>>>>>>>>>>        changes in Graal
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     because Graal still contains a bit of code doing
>>>>>>>>>>        fasttlabrefills.
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     Let me know what you think!
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     Jc
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >     On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 6:56 AM Karen Kinnear
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > <karen.kinnear at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>>        <mailto:karen.kinnear at oracle.com> <mailto:
>>>>>>> karen.kinnear at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:karen.kinnear at oracle.com>>
>>>>>>>>>>         > <mailto:karen.kinnear at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>>        <mailto:karen.kinnear at oracle.com> <mailto:
>>>>>>> karen.kinnear at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:karen.kinnear at oracle.com>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>         >     wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         Hi JC,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         A comment about Graal. The impact on Graal
>>>>> for
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>>         >     particular
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         change would be to break it - so you’ll need
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         to complete the Graal changes for this
>>>>> renaming.
>>>>>>>>>>        That isn’t
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         optional or something that could be a
>>>>>>> follow-on. It
>>>>>>>>>>         > >         is not ok to break a feature, even an
>>>>>>> experimental
>>>>>>>>>>        one.
>>>>>>>>>>         >     We will
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         discuss in the other thread potential
>>>>> phasing of
>>>>>>>>>>        adding
>>>>>>>>>>         >     sampling.
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         I did not do a thorough search -you can do
>>>>> that
>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>>>        I did find
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > src/jdk.internal.vm.compiler/share/classes/
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            public final int threadTlabOffset =
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > getFieldOffset("Thread::_tlab",
>>>>> Integer.class,
>>>>>>>>>>         > >         "ThreadLocalAllocBuffer");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            private final int
>>>>>>>>>>        threadLocalAllocBufferStartOffset =
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>   getFieldOffset("ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::_start",
>>>>>>>>>>         > Integer.class,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         "HeapWord*");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            private final int
>>>>>>>>> threadLocalAllocBufferEndOffset =
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>   getFieldOffset("ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::_end",
>>>>>>>>>>        Integer.class,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         "HeapWord*");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            private final int
>>>>>>>>> threadLocalAllocBufferTopOffset =
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>   getFieldOffset("ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::_top",
>>>>>>>>>>        Integer.class,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         "HeapWord*");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            private final int
>>>>>>>>>>        threadLocalAllocBufferPfTopOffset =
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>    getFieldOffset("ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::_pf_top",
>>>>>>>>>>         > Integer.class,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         "HeapWord*");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            private final int
>>>>>>>>>>         > threadLocalAllocBufferSlowAllocationsOffset
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         =
>>>>>>>>>> getFieldOffset("ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::_slow_allocations",
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         Integer.class, "unsigned");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            private final int
>>>>>>>>>>         > threadLocalAllocBufferFastRefillWasteOffset
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         =
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>> getFieldOffset("ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::_fast_refill_waste",
>>>>>>>>>>         > >         Integer.class, "unsigned");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            private final int
>>>>>>>>>>         > threadLocalAllocBufferNumberOfRefillsOffset
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         =
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>> getFieldOffset("ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::_number_of_refills",
>>>>>>>>>>         > >         Integer.class, "unsigned");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            private final int
>>>>>>>>>>         >      > threadLocalAllocBufferRefillWasteLimitOffset
>>>>> =
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>> getFieldOffset("ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::_refill_waste_limit",
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         Integer.class, "size_t");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            private final int
>>>>>>>>>>         > threadLocalAllocBufferDesiredSizeOffset =
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>> getFieldOffset("ThreadLocalAllocBuffer::_desired_size",
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         Integer.class, "size_t");
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot/src/org/graalvm/compiler/hotspot/GraalHotSpotVMConfig.java:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >            public final int tlabAlignmentReserve =
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> getFieldValue("CompilerToVM::Data::ThreadLocalAllocBuffer_alignment_reserve",
>>>>>>>>>>         > >         Integer.class, "size_t”);
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         hope this helps,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >         Karen
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         On Apr 10, 2018, at 7:04 AM, Stefan
>>>>> Johansson
>>>>>>>>>>         > >>         <stefan.johansson at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>>        <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com>
>>>>>>>>>>         > <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com>>
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >> <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>>        <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com>
>>>>>>>>>>         > <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:stefan.johansson at oracle.com>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         Hi JC,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         I realize that the names have been discussed
>>>>>>>>>>        before but I'm
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         leaning towards suggesting something new. We
>>>>>>>>>>        discussed this
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         briefly here in the office and others might
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>        different
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         opinions. One point that came up is that if
>>>>> we
>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>>>>>        this
>>>>>>>>>>         >     change
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         and change all usages of
>>>>>>>>>>        JavaThread::tlab_end_offset() it
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         would be good to make sure the new name is
>>>>>>> good.
>>>>>>>>>>        To us
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         _current_end is not very descriptive, but
>>>>>>> naming
>>>>>>>>>>        is hard and
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         the best we could come up with is
>>>>>>> _fast_path_end
>>>>>>>>>>        which would
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         give the code:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>          cmpptr(end, Address(thread,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >> JavaThread::tlab_fast_path_end_offset()));
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >> jcc(Assembler::above, slow_case);
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         I think this reads pretty good and is fairly
>>>>>>>>>>        clear. If we do
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         this rename I think you can re-use _end in
>>>>>>> JEP-331
>>>>>>>>>>         >     instead of
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         calling it _allocation_end. But that is a
>>>>> later
>>>>>>>>>>        review :)
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         Also, is there a good reason for renaming
>>>>>>>>>>        hard_end() to
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         reserved_end()?
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         One additional thing, you need to update
>>>>> the SA
>>>>>>>>>>        to reflect
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         this change. I think the only place you
>>>>> need to
>>>>>>>>>>        fix is in:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> src/jdk.hotspot.agent/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/runtime/ThreadLocalAllocBuffer.java
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         Stefan
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>         On 2018-04-09 19:24, JC Beyler wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         Small pre-amble to this request:
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         In my work to try to get a heap sampler in
>>>>>>>>>>        OpenJDK (via JEP
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         331
>>>>>>>>>>         > <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8171119>),
>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>>>>         > >>>         trying to reduce the footprint of my
>>>>> change so
>>>>>>>>>>        that the
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         integration can be easier. I was told that
>>>>>>>>>>        generally a JEP
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         webrev should be feature complete and go in
>>>>>>>>> at-once.
>>>>>>>>>>         >     However,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         with the change touching quite a bit of
>>>>>>> various
>>>>>>>>> code
>>>>>>>>>>         >     pieces,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         I was trying to figure out what could be
>>>>>>>>>>        separated as not
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         "part of the feature".
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         I asked around and said that perhaps a
>>>>>>> solution
>>>>>>>>>>        would be to
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         cut up the renaming of TLAB's end field
>>>>> that I
>>>>>>>>>>        do in that
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         webrev. Because I'm renaming a field in
>>>>> TLAB
>>>>>>>>> used by
>>>>>>>>>>         >     various
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         backends for that work, I have to update
>>>>> every
>>>>>>>>>>        architecture
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         dependent code to reflect it.
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         I entirely understand that perhaps this is
>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>        in the
>>>>>>>>>>         >     habits
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         and very potentially might not be the way
>>>>>>> things
>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>         > >>>         generally done. If so, I apologize and let
>>>>> me
>>>>>>>>>>        know if you
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         would not want this to go in separately :)
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         Final note: there is still a chance JEP-331
>>>>>>> does
>>>>>>>>>>        not go in.
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         If it does not, we can leave the new name
>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>        place or I'll
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         happily revert it. I can even create an
>>>>> issue
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>        track this
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         if that makes it easier for all.
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         End of the pre-amble.
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         The 33-line change webrev in question is
>>>>> here:
>>>>>>>>>>         > >>>
>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jcbeyler/8201326/webrev.00/
>>>>>>>>>>         > >>>         I fixed all the architectures and JVMCI and
>>>>>>> ran
>>>>>>>>>>        a few
>>>>>>>>>>         >     sanity
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         tests to ensure I had not missed anything.
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         Thanks for your help and I hope this is not
>>>>>>> too
>>>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>>>>>         >     trouble,
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         Jc
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         Ps: there is a graal change that needs to
>>>>>>> happen
>>>>>>>>>>        but I was
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         not sure who/where
>>>>> <https://teams.googleplex.com/u/where>
>>>>>>> <https://teams.googleplex.com/u/where>
>>>>>>>>> <https://teams.googleplex.com/u/where>
>>>>>>>>>> <https://teams.googleplex.com/u/where>
>>>>>>>>>>         > <https://teams.googleplex.com/u/where>
>>>>>>>>>>         > <https://teams.googleplex.com/u/where> to
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         ask about it. I was told it could happen
>>>>> in a
>>>>>>>>>>        separate
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         webrev. Can anyone point me to the right
>>>>>>>>> direction?
>>>>>>>>>>         >     Should it
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >>>         just be hotspot-compiler-dev?
>>>>>>>>>>         >      >
>>>>>>>>>>         >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
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