[hs] RFR (L): 8010319: Implementation of JEP 181: Nest-Based Access Control

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Thu May 17 08:24:51 UTC 2018


On 17/05/2018 6:13 PM, Boris Ulasevich wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> I see three tests failing:
>  > NullPointerException at 
> TestInterfaceMethodSelection.doInvoke(TestInterfaceMethodSelection.java:191) 
> 
>  > NullPointerException at TestInvoke.access_priv(TestInvoke.java:54)
>  > InvocationTargetException at 
> TestReflection.access_priv(TestReflection.java:61)
> 
> I will send you test details in a separate mail.

Ok. This indicates a bug in the assembly code. The NPE's will likely be 
SEGVs caused by a zero register.

Thanks,
David


> Boris
> 
> On 17.05.2018 00:23, David Holmes wrote:
>> Hi Boris,
>>
>> Many thanks for looking at this and working through the ARM code.
>>
>> I will study your patch in detail but am concerned by the "passes most 
>> of runtime/Nestmates tests Ok."! What tests are not passing?
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 17/05/2018 1:05 AM, Boris Ulasevich wrote:
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> Let us look to the change in templateTable_arm.cpp. I have several 
>>> notes.
>>>
>>> 1. We have compilation error because check_klass_subtype call needs 
>>> one more temporary register parameter. I think correct change is:
>>> check_klass_subtype(Rklass, Rinterf, R1_tmp, R0_tmp, subtype);
>>> ->
>>> check_klass_subtype(Rklass, Rinterf, R1_tmp, R0_tmp, noreg, subtype);
>>>
>>> 2. R0_tmp holds mdp used for profilation several lines below, so we 
>>> can't spoil it. I think correct change is:
>>> check_klass_subtype(Rklass, Rinterf, R1_tmp, R0_tmp, noreg, subtype);
>>> ->
>>> check_klass_subtype(Rklass, Rinterf, R1_tmp, R2_tmp, noreg, subtype);
>>>
>>> 3. We can't jump to Rindex. I believe it was supposed to jump to 
>>> Rmethod:
>>> jump_from_interpreted(Rindex);
>>> ->
>>> jump_from_interpreted(Rmethod);
>>>
>>> 4. Please note than Rklass and Rflags reuses same register. Before 
>>> the change their life ranges had no intersection. I would propose to 
>>> use R2 for Rklass (same with Rrecv) and move load_klass call after 
>>> invokevirtual_helper call to avoid life range intersecton.
>>>
>>> See my patch against original templateTable_arm.cpp version in attach 
>>> - with this change ARM build compiles and passes most of 
>>> runtime/Nestmates tests Ok.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Boris
>>>
>>> On 15.05.2018 03:52, David Holmes wrote:
>>>> This review is being spread across four groups: langtools, 
>>>> core-libs, hotspot and serviceability. This is the specific review 
>>>> thread for hotspot - webrev:
>>>>
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.hotspot.v1/
>>>>
>>>> See below for full details - including annotated full webrev guiding 
>>>> the review.
>>>>
>>>> The intent is to have JEP-181 targeted and integrated by the end of 
>>>> this month.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> David
>>>> -----
>>>>
>>>> The nestmates project (JEP-181) introduces new classfile attributes 
>>>> to identify classes and interfaces in the same nest, so that the VM 
>>>> can perform access control based on those attributes and so allow 
>>>> direct private access between nestmates without requiring javac to 
>>>> generate synthetic accessor methods. These access control changes 
>>>> also extend to core reflection and the MethodHandle.Lookup contexts.
>>>>
>>>> Direct private calls between nestmates requires a more general 
>>>> calling context than is permitted by invokespecial, and so the JVMS 
>>>> is updated to allow, and javac updated to use, invokevirtual and 
>>>> invokeinterface for private class and interface method calls 
>>>> respectively. These changed semantics also extend to MethodHandle 
>>>> findXXX operations.
>>>>
>>>> At this time we are only concerned with static nest definitions, 
>>>> which map to a top-level class/interface as the nest-host and all 
>>>> its nested types as nest-members.
>>>>
>>>> Please see the JEP for further details.
>>>>
>>>> JEP: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8046171
>>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8010319
>>>> CSR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8197445
>>>>
>>>> All of the specification changes have been previously been worked 
>>>> out by the Valhalla Project Expert Group, and the implementation 
>>>> reviewed by the various contributors and discussed on the 
>>>> valhalla-dev mailing list.
>>>>
>>>> Acknowledgments and contributions: Alex Buckley, Maurizio 
>>>> Cimadamore, Mandy Chung, Tobias Hartmann, Vladimir Ivanov, Karen 
>>>> Kinnear, Vladimir Kozlov, John Rose, Dan Smith, Serguei Spitsyn, 
>>>> Kumar Srinivasan
>>>>
>>>> Master webrev of all changes:
>>>>
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/webrev.full.v1/
>>>>
>>>> Annotated master webrev index:
>>>>
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dholmes/8010319-JEP181/jep181-webrev.html
>>>>
>>>> Performance: this is expected to be performance neutral in a general 
>>>> sense. Benchmarking and performance runs are about to start.
>>>>
>>>> Testing Discussion:
>>>> ------------------
>>>>
>>>> The testing for nestmates can be broken into four main groups:
>>>>
>>>> -  New tests specifically related to nestmates and currently in the 
>>>> runtime/Nestmates directory
>>>>
>>>> - New tests to complement existing tests by adding in testcases not 
>>>> previously expressible.
>>>>    -  For example java/lang/invoke/SpecialInterfaceCall.java tests 
>>>> use of invokespecial for private interface methods and performing 
>>>> receiver typechecks, so we add 
>>>> java/lang/invoke/PrivateInterfaceCall.java to do similar tests for 
>>>> invokeinterface.
>>>>
>>>> -  New JVM TI tests to verify the spec changes related to nest 
>>>> attributes.
>>>>
>>>> -  Existing tests significantly affected by the nestmates changes, 
>>>> primarily:
>>>>     -  runtime/SelectionResolution
>>>>
>>>>     In most cases the nestmate changes makes certain invocations 
>>>> that were illegal, legal (e.g. not requiring invokespecial to invoke 
>>>> private interface methods; allowing access to private members via 
>>>> reflection/Methodhandles that were previously not allowed).
>>>>
>>>> - Existing tests incidentally affected by the nestmate changes
>>>>
>>>>    This includes tests of things utilising class 
>>>> redefinition/retransformation to alter nested types but which 
>>>> unintentionally alter nest relationships (which is not permitted).
>>>>
>>>> There are still a number of tests problem-listed with issues filed 
>>>> against them to have them adapted to work with nestmates. Some of 
>>>> these are intended to be addressed in the short-term, while some 
>>>> (such as the runtime/SelectionResolution test changes) may not 
>>>> eventuate.
>>>>
>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8203033
>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8199450
>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8196855
>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8194857
>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8187655
>>>>
>>>> There is also further test work still to be completed (the JNI and 
>>>> JDI invocation tests):
>>>> - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8191117
>>>> which will continue in parallel with the main RFR.
>>>>
>>>> Pre-integration Testing:
>>>>   - General:
>>>>      - Mach5: hs/jdk tier1,2
>>>>      - Mach5: hs-nightly (tiers 1 -3)
>>>>   - Targetted
>>>>     - nashorn (for asm changes)
>>>>     - hotspot: runtime/*
>>>>                serviceability/*
>>>>                compiler/*
>>>>                vmTestbase/*
>>>>     - jdk: java/lang/invoke/*
>>>>            java/lang/reflect/*
>>>>            java/lang/instrument/*
>>>>            java/lang/Class/*
>>>>            java/lang/management/*
>>>>    - langtools: tools/javac
>>>>                 tools/javap
>>>>


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