RFR: 8261448: Preserve GC stack watermark across safepoints in StackWalk [v2]

Roman Kennke rkennke at openjdk.java.net
Fri Feb 12 21:45:57 UTC 2021


> I am observing the following assert:
> 
> # Internal Error (/home/rkennke/src/openjdk/loom/src/hotspot/share/runtime/stackWatermark.cpp:178), pid=54418, tid=54534
> # assert(is_frame_safe(f)) failed: Frame must be safe
> 
> (see issue for full hs_err)
> 
> In StackWalk::fetchNextBatch() we prepare the entire stack to be processed by calling StackWatermarkSet::finish_processing(jt, NULL, StackWatermarkKind::gc), but then subsequently, during frames scan, perform allocations to fill in the frame information (fill_in_frames => LiveFrameStream::fill_frame => fill_live_stackframe) at where we could safepoint for GC, which could reset the stack watermark.
> 
> This is only relevant for GCs that use the StackWatermark, e.g. ZGC and Shenandoah at the moment.
> 
> Solution is to preserve the stack-watermark across safepoints in StackWalk::fetchNextBatch(). StackWalk::fetchFirstBatch() doesn't look to be affected by this: it is not using the stack-watermark.
> 
> Testing:
>  - [x] StackWalk tests with Shenandoah/aggressive
>  - [x] StackWalk tests with ZGC/aggressive
>  - [ ] tier1 (+Shenandoah/ZGC)
>  - [ ] tier2 (+Shenandoah/ZGC)

Roman Kennke has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Make KeepStackGCProcessedMark reentrant; Place a KeepStackGCProcessedMark in StackWalker::fetchFirstBatch()

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2500/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2500/files/72f20e13..6946499c

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2500&range=01
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2500&range=00-01

  Stats: 12 lines in 4 files changed: 10 ins; 0 del; 2 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2500.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/2500/head:pull/2500

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2500



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