RFR (S): JDK-8024423: JVMTI: GetLoadedClasses doesn't enumerate anonymous classes

serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com
Tue Oct 15 07:42:41 UTC 2013


There are two questions on the list that we still need to resolve in 
this fix:
  (1) What is the best way to protect the work with CLDG from concurrent 
additions of CLD's to it
  (2) The *GetClassLoaderClasses* needs a fix as well to be consistent 
with the GetLoadedClasses

I had some private conversations with Fredrik and John Rose and
after some analysis came up with the suggestion:

   (1) Continue using the *SystemDictionary_lock* to protect consistency 
of the loaded classes data.
        The issue is that adding CLD's to the SLDG is not currently 
protected by the *SystemDictionary_lock*.
        I'm suggesting to add it to the *SystemDictionary::parse_stream* 
(please, see the webrev below).

   (2) There was some doubt that a similar fix for the 
*GetClassLoaderClasses* is needed because
        the CL+SD (taken from the host class) does not reference the 
associated anonymous classes.
        The question is: Can we consider the host's class CL as the 
initiating CL?
        My reading is that the answer to this question is: "Yes, we can".
        Even though the CL itself does not have references to its 
anonymous classes,
        there are references from the anonymous classes's CLD's to its CL.
        These references can be used in the *increment_with_loader* and 
*add_with_loader*
        the same way as it was before.

This is a webrev that includes the Fredrik's fix as a base plus the 
implemented suggestion:
http://javaweb.sfbay.sun.com/java/svc/ss45998/webrevs/2013/hotspot/fredrik/8024423-JVMTI-ANO/

Some help from the HotSpot team is needed to estimate if this approach 
is Ok and does not have rat holes in it.
Opinions are very welcome.

Thanks,
Serguei


On 10/2/13 2:28 AM, Fredrik Arvidsson wrote:
> Hi and thanks for all your comments.
>
> I have simplified the code in *instanceKlass.cpp* like suggested and 
> here is a new webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~allwin/farvidss/8024423/webrev.01/ 
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eallwin/farvidss/8024423/webrev.01/>
>
> Regarding the need to synchronize the access to ClassLoaderDataGraph I 
> have come to the conclusion that it should be safe to call this 
> without any additional synchronization since newly loaded and added 
> classes are appended to the end of its 'list' of classes. This would 
> mean that the call could 'miss' the classes added during the 
> collection phase, but this is not a big issue. I hope that my 
> conclusion is correct.
>
> I believe that the JvmtiGetLoadedClasses::getClassLoaderClasses(...) 
> method is to be left alone this time since I got the impression that 
> only SystemDictionary 'knows' about initiating class loaders.
>
> There is plenty of room for improvement and simplification of much of 
> the code in this area, but I feel that it must wait until another 
> time. The task to re-factor and simplify would quickly grow out of 
> hands I'm afraid :)
>
> Cheers
> /Fredrik
>
> On 2013-10-01 09:34, serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com wrote:
>> Hi Frederik,
>>
>>
>> Thank you for jumping on this issue!
>>
>>
>> *src/share/vm/oops/instanceKlass.cpp*
>> 2333   int src_index = 0;
>> 2334   while (src_index < src_length) {
>> 2335     dest[dest_index++] = src[src_index++];
>> 2336   }
>> 2337
>> 2338   // If we have a hash, append it
>> 2339   if(hash_len > 0) {
>> 2340     int hash_index = 0;
>> 2341     while (hash_index < hash_len) {
>> 2342       dest[dest_index++] = hash_buf[hash_index++];
>> 2343     }
>> 2344   }
>>
>> The above can be simplified a little bit:
>>     // Add the actual class name
>>     for (int src_index = 0; src_index < src_length; ) {
>>       dest[dest_index++] = src[src_index++];
>>     }
>>     // If we have a hash, append it
>>     for (int hash_index = 0; hash_index < hash_len; ) {
>>       dest[dest_index++] = hash_buf[hash_index++];
>>     }
>>
>> The conditionif(hash_len > 0)  is covered by the loop itself.
>>
>> Style-related comments:
>>   -wrong indent at the lines: 2316-2319
>>   - need a space after the 'if' at the lines: 2315, 2339
>>
>>
>> *src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiGetLoadedClasses.cpp
>>
>> *The copyright comment must be up-to-date.
>> The comments at the lines 35-38, 258-260 are not valid anymore.
>>
>>
>> > In this review I still have an outstanding unanswered question about
>> >     the need to synchronize the access to the:
>>      
>> > ClassLoaderDataGraph::classes_do(&JvmtiGetLoadedClassesClosure::increment);
>> > and
>> > ClassLoaderDataGraph::classes_do(&JvmtiGetLoadedClassesClosure::add);
>>
>> This kind of walking is usually done at safepoint in a VM_Operation.
>> You will find many examples in the jvmtiEnv.cpp, for instance, VM_GetAllStackTraces.
>> The suggestion from Mikael is good too.
>>
>> Should this fix include the getClassLoaderClasses() as well?
>> I'm still trying to realize the impact and consistency of this fix. :(
>>
>> What tests are you going to run for verification?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Serguei
>> *
>> *On 9/30/13 4:45 AM, Fredrik Arvidsson wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Please help me to review the changes below:
>>>
>>> Jira case: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8024423
>>> Webrev: 
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~allwin/farvidss/8024423/webrev.00/ 
>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eallwin/farvidss/8024423/webrev.00/>
>>>
>>> In this review I still have an outstanding unanswered question about 
>>> the need to synchronize the access to the:
>>> ClassLoaderDataGraph::classes_do(&JvmtiGetLoadedClassesClosure::increment);
>>> and
>>> ClassLoaderDataGraph::classes_do(&JvmtiGetLoadedClassesClosure::add);
>>>
>>> calls in
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~allwin/farvidss/8024423/webrev.00/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiGetLoadedClasses.cpp.udiff.html  <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eallwin/farvidss/8024423/webrev.00/src/share/vm/prims/jvmtiGetLoadedClasses.cpp.udiff.html>
>>>
>>> Please give me advise on this.
>>>
>>> There will be a review soon regarding re-enabling the tests that failed because of the above bug, see:
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8025576
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> /Fredrik
>>
>

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