RFR(M): 8151085: Change G1 concurrent timer and tracer measuring time

[sangheon]

Hi Bengt,

Thank you for reviewing this.

On 03/14/2016 05:17 AM, Bengt Rutisson wrote:
>
> Hi Sangheon,
>
> I like this cleanup. I think it makes things much more clear.
>
> I'm fine with the behavioral changes regarding the timing. Thanks for 
> listing them clearly in the table.
Thanks!

>
> One minor nit:
>
> g1CollectedHeap.cpp
>
> 2800   return G1HeapSummary(heap_summary, (Heap_lock->owned_by_self() 
> ? used() : used_unlocked()),
> 2801                        eden_used_bytes, eden_capacity_bytes, 
> survivor_used_bytes, num_regions());
>
> I would prefer to store (Heap_lock->owned_by_self() ? used() : 
> used_unlocked()) in a local variable, just like eden_used_bytes, 
> eden_capacity_bytes and survivor_used_bytes.
>
> Other than that it looks good to me.
Here's updated webrev.

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sangheki/8151085/webrev.01
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sangheki/8151085/webrev.01_to_00 (inc)

FYI: test result of RBT for hotspot_all and testlist is OK.

Thanks,
Sangheon


>
> Thanks,
> Bengt
>
> On 2016-03-11 20:48, sangheon wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Could I have some reviews for this change?
>>
>> Concurrent gc timer and tracer are mainly used from concurrent mark 
>> thread except when abort happens. This abort results in a race 
>> condition between VM thread and concurrent mark thread.
>> So I propose to do timer and tracer related works only from 
>> concurrent mark thread.
>>
>> Measurements are changed like below:
>>
>> 	Current
>> 	Proposal
>> Start timer and tracer
>> 	When Young Initial Mark GC starts from VM thread
>> 	When actually starts concurrent cycle from concurrent mark thread
>> End timer and tracer
>> 	1. At the end of concurrent cycle
>> 2. When abort happens 	At the end of concurrent cycle
>>
>> * I think this will be okay as even though we abort, we continue 
>> working for concurrent stuffs to finish concurrent work cycle. And we 
>> were just not measuring them.
>> Heap summary (before-gc)
>> 	At the beginning of Young Initial Mark GC.
>> But concurrent mark thread is not working at that time. 	At the start 
>> of concurrent cycle.
>> Heap summary (after-gc)
>> 	1. When abort happens before cleanup: sent when abort happens.
>> 2. When abort happens after cleanup or normal case(w/o abort): sent 
>> at the end of cleanup. 	At the end of concurrent cycle which means it 
>> will include all minor clearing after 'Pause Cleanup'.
>>
>>
>> This proposal also includes related changes like below:
>> 1. Removed the patch for JDK-8149834(race between VM thread and 
>> concurrent mark thread for concurrent gc timer): 8149834 was making 
>> related functions atomically while this proposal is changing not to 
>> happen that race.
>> 2. Removed G1CollectorState::_concurrent_cycle_started: no longer 
>> needed as related logics are running from concurrent mark thread.
>>
>> Currently 'total concurrent time' is not same as 'sum of concurrent 
>> phases' and the reason is that the concurrent timer is started when 
>> young initial mark gc happens. Secondly, concurrent mark thread is 
>> not counting the time for waiting VMThread to finish VM 
>> operation(SuspendibleThreadSet).
>> I am planning to enhance this after '8151614: Improve logging in 
>> concurrent mark code' is pushed.
>>
>> CR: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8151085
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sangheki/8151085/webrev.00
>> Testing: JPRT, RBT(hotspot_all, testlist: running now), local 
>> reproducer for JDK-8149834
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sangheon
>

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