RFR: 8318982: improve Exceptions::special_exception

Doug Simon dnsimon at openjdk.org
Sun Oct 29 16:03:54 UTC 2023


This PR consolidates the 2 almost identical versions of `Exceptions::special_exception` into a single method.
If a special exception is thrown and `-Xlog:exceptions` is enabled, a log message is emitted and it indicates the special handling.

Here's an example in the output from running `compiler/linkage/LinkageErrors.java` with `-Xlog:exceptions -Xcomp`:

[0.194s][info][exceptions] Exception <java/lang/IllegalAccessError: class java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor$1 tried to access private method 'void java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor$Exports.<init>(java.util.Set, java.lang.String, java.util.Set, boolean)' (java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor$1 and java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor$Exports are in module java.base of loader 'bootstrap')> (0x0000000000000000)
thrown [src/hotspot/share/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp, line 591]
for thread 0x000000011e18c600
thread cannot call Java, throwing pre-allocated exception: a 'java/lang/VirtualMachineError'{0x0000000772e06f00}


The motivation for this change was work on [JDK-8318694](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8318694) where it's useful to know when exceptions are thrown on a CompilerThread.

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Commit messages:
 - improve Exceptions::special_exception

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16401/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=16401&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8318982
  Stats: 45 lines in 2 files changed: 16 ins; 22 del; 7 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16401.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/16401/head:pull/16401

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16401


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