RFR: 8278602: CDS dynamic dump may access unloaded classes [v2]
Ioi Lam
iklam at openjdk.java.net
Fri Dec 17 00:28:11 UTC 2021
> Cause of crash:
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> When dumping a CDS archive, while iterating over entries of the `SystemDictionaryShared::_dumptime_table`, we do not check whether the classes are already unloaded. In the crash, we are trying to call `InstanceKlass::signer()` but the class has already been unloaded.
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> Fix:
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> Override the template function `DumpTimeSharedClassTable::iterate` to ensure iteration safety. Do not iterate over a class if its `class_loader_data` is no longer alive.
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> The assert in `DumpTimeSharedClassTable::IterationHelper` found another existing bug -- we were calling `SystemDictionaryShared::is_dumptime_table_empty()` without holding the `DumpTimeTable_lock`. I delayed the call until we have grabbed the lock.
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> Testing:
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> I have attached a test case into the bug report. Without the fix, it would reproduce the same crash in less than a minute. With the fix, the crash is no longer reproducible.
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> Unfortunately, the test case requires a ZGC patch (thanks to @stefank) that adds delays to increase the likelihood of seeing unloaded classes inside the `_dumptime_table`. Therefore, I cannot integrate the test as a jtreg test. I'll mark the bug as **noreg-hard**
Ioi Lam has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
- added test case
- @coleenp and @stefank review comments
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Changes:
- all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6859/files
- new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6859/files/0075715d..686284fd
Webrevs:
- full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6859&range=01
- incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6859&range=00-01
Stats: 173 lines in 4 files changed: 171 ins; 1 del; 1 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6859.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/6859/head:pull/6859
PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6859
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