RFR(S) 8204267 - Generate comments in -XX:+PrintInterpreter to link to source code

Ioi Lam ioi.lam at oracle.com
Wed Jul 11 22:48:10 UTC 2018



On 7/11/18 3:46 PM, Ioi Lam wrote:
> Hi Coleen,
>
>
> Thanks for the review. I have updated the patch according to your 
> comments. Here's the diff from the last webrev:
>
>

Sorry the correct URL is

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/jdk12/8204267-print-interpreter-comments.v002.delta/

>
> On 7/11/18 10:44 AM, coleen.phillimore at oracle.com wrote:
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/jdk12/8204267-print-interpreter-comments.v001/src/hotspot/share/compiler/disassembler.cpp.udiff.html 
>>
>>
>> + Link *link = new (ResourceObj::C_HEAP, mtInternal) Link(file, line);
>>
>>
>> Can you use mtCode here?  Why not make Link inherit from 
>> CHeapObj<mtCode> then just say new?
>>
> Fixed.
>
>> + if (_cached_src_lines != NULL) {
>> + for (int i=0; i<_cached_src_lines->length(); i++) {
>> + os::free((void*)_cached_src_lines->at(i));
>> + }
>> + _cached_src_lines->clear();
>> + } else {
>> + _cached_src_lines = new (ResourceObj::C_HEAP, 
>> mtInternal)GrowableArray<const char*>(0, true);
>> + }
>>
>>
>> Growable Array has a delete operator that will clear_and_deallocate 
>> all the elements and the array itself (which I don't think this does).
>
> We have this function:
>
> template<class E> void GrowableArray<E>::clear_and_deallocate() {
>     assert(on_C_heap(),
>            "clear_and_deallocate should only be called when on C heap");
>     clear();
>     if (_data != NULL) {
>       for (int i = 0; i < _max; i++) _data[i].~E();
>       free_C_heap(_data);
>       _data = NULL;
>     }
> }
>
> My <E> type is currently <const char*>. To take advantage of 
> clear_and_deallocate I have to wrap the const char* into something 
> like this
>
> struct {
>    const char* _line;
>    LineInfo(const char* l) : _line(l) {}
>    ~LineInfo() {os::free(_line);}
> } LineInfo;
>
> but this adds a tone of boiler plate code and still won't work, 
> because GrowableArray<E>::grow will call ~E(), which messes things up.
>
> So I'll just keep the existing code and won't bother.
>
>>   But it looks like you're reusing _cached_src_lines for later 
>> iterations.  It's an odd usage.  But you can't resource allocate this?
>>
>
> I am worried that we may have be under nested ResourceMarks, and the 
> allocated _cached_src_lines may be freed unexpectedly.
>
>> 302 if (_cached_src == NULL || strcmp(_cached_src, file) != 0) {
>>
>>
>> The indentation is wrong, and this would be a nice place for a 
>> comment at line 301.
>>
> I fixed indent and added this comment
>
>         // _cached_src_lines is a single cache of the lines of a 
> source file, and we refill this cache
>         // every time we need to print a line from a different source 
> file. It's not the fastest,
>         // but seems bearable.
>
>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/jdk12/8204267-print-interpreter-comments.v001/src/hotspot/share/compiler/disassembler.hpp.udiff.html 
>>
>>
>> I wonder if checking PrintInterpreter for each macro assembler line 
>> will slow down generating the interpreter for the normal case. Maybe 
>> there is an EnableIf<PrintInterpreter> sort of template trick to make 
>> it evaporate?
>>
>> PrintInterpreter is an option in product mode.
>>
> I am hoping that __ is slow enough, so doing an extra load-and-test 
> won't slow down it too much. I benchmarked "java -Xint -version" and 
> the slow down is 0.11% after 1000 runs, so I guess it's acceptable.
>
> If people start complaining, we can do this later ....
>
>   template<class T> inline static T* hook(const char* file, int line, 
> T* masm) {
> #ifdef ASSERT
>     if (PrintInterpreter) {
>       _hook(file, line, masm);
>     }
> #endif
>     return masm;
>   }
>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/jdk12/8204267-print-interpreter-comments.v001/sample.txt 
>>
>>
>>   0x00007f72c498d527: callq  0x00007f72c498d531             ;; 126:   
>> __ call_VM(noreg,
>>
>>
>> Should this say what it's calling?
>>
>>   0x00007f72c498d572: callq  0x00007f72e3df9ea0 = 
>> InterpreterRuntime::slow_signature_handler(JavaThread*, Method*, 
>> long*, long*)
>>
>>
>> But this says what it's calling but I don't think this is part of 
>> your change (or is it?)
>>
> Yes. When you see a call_VM, you have to scan down and see what it's 
> actually calling. It's no ideal, but I don't know how to improve it 
> without writing a lot of code ... which I want to avoid.
>
> Thanks
> - Ioi
>
>> That's all the comments I have. I wish you did this many years ago also!
>> Thanks,
>> Coleen
>>
>> On 7/6/18 5:33 PM, Ioi Lam wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>> Since there's interest for this patch, I've finished it for the x86 
>>> port:
>>>
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8204267
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/jdk12/8204267-print-interpreter-comments.v001/ 
>>>
>>>
>>> You can see a sample at
>>>
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/jdk12/8204267-print-interpreter-comments.v001/sample.txt 
>>>
>>>
>>> Incorporating this to other CPU ports should be pretty straight 
>>> forward. You just
>>> need to do something like:
>>>
>>> -#define __ _masm->
>>> +#define __ Disassembler::hook<MacroAssembler>(__FILE__, __LINE__, 
>>> _masm)->
>>>
>>> I'll leave it to other CPU port maintainers.
>>>
>>> I am testing with hs_tier{1,2}.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> - Ioi
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/4/18 12:12 AM, Ioi Lam wrote:
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I've found it very hard to understand the assembler code printed by 
>>>> -XX:+PrintInterpreter. Since the C++ source code that generates the 
>>>> interpreter is fairly well documented, it might be a good idea to 
>>>> print out the source code along with the assembler code.
>>>>
>>>> I've done a quick proof-of-concept by hacking the "__" macro that's 
>>>> used throughout the CPU-dependent sources.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if you think this is worth doing. If so, I will 
>>>> try to finish it up and post a real RFR.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> - Ioi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8204267
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/misc/8204267-print-interpreter-comments.v00 
>>>>
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~iklam/misc/8204267-print-interpreter-comments.v00/hs_interp.S 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here are some examples (if the mailer screws up the long lines, 
>>>> please click the above link):
>>>>
>>>> ifeq  153 ifeq  [0x00007f830cc93da0, 0x00007f830cc941c0] 1056 bytes
>>>>
>>>> mov    (%rsp),%eax
>>>> add    $0x8,%rsp
>>>> test   %eax,%eax           ;; 2353:   __ testl(rax, rax);
>>>> jne    0x00007f830cc94177  ;; 2354:   __ jcc(j_not(cc), not_taken);
>>>> mov    -0x18(%rbp),%rcx    ;; 2120:   __ get_method(rcx); // rcx 
>>>> holds method
>>>> mov    -0x28(%rbp),%rax    ;; 2121:   __ profile_taken_branch(rax, 
>>>> rbx); // rax holds updated MDP, rbx
>>>> test   %rax,%rax
>>>> je     0x00007f830cc93dd8
>>>> mov    0x8(%rax),%rbx
>>>> add    $0x1,%rbx
>>>> sbb    $0x0,%rbx
>>>> mov    %rbx,0x8(%rax)
>>>> add    0x10(%rax),%rax
>>>> mov    %rax,-0x28(%rbp)
>>>> movswl 0x1(%r13),%edx      ;; 2133:     __ load_signed_short(rdx, 
>>>> at_bcp(1));
>>>> bswap  %edx                ;; 2135:   __ bswapl(rdx);
>>>> sar    $0x10,%edx          ;; 2138:     __ sarl(rdx, 16);
>>>> movslq %edx,%rdx           ;; 2140:   LP64_ONLY(__ movl2ptr(rdx, 
>>>> rdx));
>>>> add    %rdx,%r13           ;; 2164:   __ addptr(rbcp, rdx);
>>>> test   %edx,%edx           ;; 2179:     __ testl(rdx, 
>>>> rdx);             // check if forward or backward branch
>>>> jns    0x00007f830cc93eec  ;; 2180:     __ jcc(Assembler::positive, 
>>>> dispatch); // count only if backward branch
>>>> mov    0x18(%rcx),%rax     ;; 2184:     __ movptr(rax, Address(rcx, 
>>>> Method::method_counters_offset()));
>>>> test   %rax,%rax           ;; 2185:     __ testptr(rax, rax);
>>>> jne    0x00007f830cc93ead  ;; 2186:     __ jcc(Assembler::notZero, 
>>>> has_counters);
>>>> push   %rdx                ;; 2187:     __ push(rdx);
>>>> push   %rcx                ;; 2188:     __ push(rcx);
>>>> callq  0x00007f830cc93e09  ;; 2189:     __ call_VM(noreg, 
>>>> CAST_FROM_FN_PTR(address, InterpreterRuntime::build_method_counters),
>>>>
>>>
>>
>



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