RFR(XXS): 8007147: Trace event ExecuteVMOperation may get dangling pointer

[Dean Long]

On 2/19/2013 11:00 AM, Staffan Larsen wrote:
>
> On 19 feb 2013, at 19:56, Dean Long <dean.long at oracle.com 
> <mailto:dean.long at oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>> When the VM_Operation is created, we could take a snapshot of the 
>> thread_id of the caller, then use that later.
>
> One problem with that is if the thread_id gets reused for a new thread 
> quickly after the old thread terminates. This is perhps ulikely, but 
> could happen.
>
>> Or we could block the creating thread from fully exiting until the VM 
>> op executes.
>
> That would introduce a lot more synchronization and state to keep 
> track of.
>
I think we could do it with a reference count on the thread, a wait in 
thread exit, and a notify in the VM thread.
We have a similar dangling pointer problem with JVMTI (7154963), and a 
reference count should solve that
problem as well.

dl

> /Staffan
>

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