RFR: 8373025: Test: test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/cslocker/TestCSLocker.java may deadlock

Axel Boldt-Christmas aboldtch at openjdk.org
Wed Dec 3 15:22:16 UTC 2025


The main threads call to `csLocker.unlock();` may cause an allocation which may trigger a GC. This can lead to a deadlock because we have a native thread which is waiting on a signal from the main thread (which is sent in `csLocker.unlock()`) to `ReleasePrimitiveArrayCritical`. Without the call to ReleasePrimitiveArrayCritical the some GCs may be blocked.

I suggest we remove the dependency on a java thread for the `GetPrimitiveArrayCritical` / `ReleasePrimitiveArrayCritical` pair. And simply do the lock and the sleep inside native.

* Testing
  * Stress testing test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/cslocker/TestCSLocker.java with both SerialGC and ZGC and small heap sizes
  * GHA

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Commit messages:
 - Fix the comment
 - 8373025: Test: test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/cslocker/TestCSLocker.java may deadlock

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28638/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=28638&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8373025
  Stats: 33 lines in 2 files changed: 5 ins; 22 del; 6 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28638.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/28638/head:pull/28638

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28638


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