RFR (S) JDK-8139651 JDK-8139651, ConcurrentG1Refine uses ints for many of its members that should be unsigned types

[Joseph Provino]

New webrev is here: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jprovino/8139651/webrev.02

On 2/19/2016 11:25 AM, Tom Benson wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> In g1_globals.hpp, you changed G1ConcRefinementServiceIntervalMillis 
> to size_t, along with the zone sizes and threshold.  I think that one 
> should be uintx, since it's definitely a count, not size/length.
>
> Also, I notice you didn't change the max_jint I mentioned in 
> dirtyCardQueue.cpp:
>
> 329   _max_completed_queue = max_jint;
>
> Was that by design or by accident?  8^)
>
> Aside from that, looks OK to me.
> Tom
>
>
> On 2/19/2016 11:05 AM, Joseph Provino wrote:
>> New webrev is here: 
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jprovino/8139651/webrev.01
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> joe
>>
>> On 2/18/2016 1:44 PM, Joseph Provino wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/12/2016 6:49 PM, Kim Barrett wrote:
>>>>> On Feb 11, 2016, at 6:58 PM, Joseph Provino 
>>>>> <joseph.provino at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Please review this small change from "int" to "size_t".
>>>>>
>>>>> CR:  https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8139651
>>>>>
>>>>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jprovino/8139651/webrev.00
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Copyrights need updating.
>>> Okay.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think the types of the command line options should be changed to be
>>>> consistent with their associated concurrent refinement values, e.g.
>>>> G1ConcRefinementGreenZone should have the same type as
>>>> ConcurrentG1Refine::_green_zone and the associated accessor functions.
>>>>
>>>> This would eliminate the need for some explicit type specifications
>>>> for MIN2/MAX2 calls and such.
>>> Sounds good.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think some of these numbers are semantically not so much "sizes" as
>>>> "counts", and wonder if such might be better typed as uint or uintx
>>>> rather than size_t.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>> src/share/vm/gc/g1/concurrentG1RefineThread.cpp
>>>>    70   _threshold = MIN2<size_t>(cg1r()->thread_threshold_step() * 
>>>> (_worker_id + 1) + cg1r()->green_zone(),
>>>>    73   _deactivation_threshold = MAX2<size_t>(_threshold - 
>>>> cg1r()->thread_threshold_step(), cg1r()->green_zone());
>>>>
>>>> Are the explicit types for MIN2/MAX2 still needed here?  I think all
>>>> the argument types are the same.
>>> I'll fix that.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>> src/share/vm/gc/g1/concurrentG1RefineThread.cpp
>>>>   138         size_t curr_buffer_num = 
>>>> (size_t)dcqs.completed_buffers_num();
>>>>
>>>> Identity cast.
>>> Will fix.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>> src/share/vm/gc/g1/dirtyCardQueue.cpp
>>>>   214   if ((size_t)_n_completed_buffers <= stop_at) {
>>>>
>>>> Identity cast.
>>> Will fix.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>> src/share/vm/gc/g1/dirtyCardQueue.cpp
>>>>   222     if (_completed_buffers_head == NULL)
>>>>   223       _completed_buffers_tail = NULL;
>>>>
>>>> [preexisting]
>>>>
>>>> Please add braces around the "then" clause.
>>> okay.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps better would be to change
>>>>
>>>>   222     if (_completed_buffers_head == NULL)
>>>>   223       _completed_buffers_tail = NULL;
>>>>   224     assert(_n_completed_buffers > 0, "Invariant");
>>>>   225     _n_completed_buffers--;
>>>>
>>>> =>
>>>>
>>>>    assert(_n_completed_buffers > 0, "Invariant");
>>>>    _n_completed_buffers--;
>>>>    if (_completed_buffers_head == NULL) {
>>>>      assert(_n_completed_buffers == 0, "Invariant");
>>>>      _completed_buffers_tail = NULL;
>>>>    }
>>> Okay.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>> src/share/vm/gc/g1/g1RemSet.cpp
>>>>   294   size_t into_cset_n_buffers = 
>>>> into_cset_dcqs.completed_buffers_num();
>>>>
>>>> Unused variable can just be removed.
>>> okay.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>> src/share/vm/gc/g1/ptrQueue.hpp
>>>>   220   size_t _process_completed_threshold;
>>>>   242   size_t _max_completed_queue;
>>>>
>>>> These variables cannot presently be changed to an unsigned type.  A
>>>> negative value is treated specially for both of them, as a flag that
>>>> turns off associated behavior.  A negative _max_completed_queue means
>>>> there is no maximum.  A negative _process_completed_threshold means
>>>> never trigger concurrent processing of completed buffers.  I think the
>>>> -1 special values (converted to size_t) end up working and providing
>>>> the desired behavior by accident, which would explain why these didn't
>>>> lead to any test failures.
>>>>
>>>> This is a bit of a mess, and I've got a fix for it in progress.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, undoing the type changes here might make a bit of a
>>>> mess elsewhere, requiring additional ugly casts.
>>>>
>>>> For examples of the use of -1 for these, see the constructor for
>>>> SATBMarkQueue (_max_completed_queue) and the initialize call for the
>>>> non-Java-thread dirty card queue set in G1CollectedHeap::initialize
>>>> (both are -1).
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>> src/share/vm/gc/g1/ptrQueue.cpp
>>>>   261 size_t PtrQueueSet::completed_buffers_list_length() {
>>>>   262   int n = 0;
>>>>   263   BufferNode* cbn = _completed_buffers_head;
>>>>   264   while (cbn != NULL) {
>>>>   265     n++;
>>>>   266     cbn = cbn->next();
>>>>   267   }
>>>>   268   return n;
>>>>   269 }
>>>>
>>>> The type of n should also be changed to size_t.
>>> okay.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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