Fwd: Re: Request for review 8006537: Assert when dumping archive with default methods

Jon Masamitsu jon.masamitsu at oracle.com
Thu Jan 17 19:04:18 PST 2013



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: Request for review 8006537: Assert when dumping archive 
with default methods
Date: 	Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:44:04 -0800
From: 	Jon Masamitsu <jon.masamitsu at oracle.com>
Organization: 	Oracle
To: 	hotspot-gc-dev at openjdk.java.net



New summary but same bug - 8006537

New fix from Coleen that is a fix and not a workaround.

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jmasa/8006537/webrev.00/

Sorry about wasting people's time with the previous
attempt.

Thanks.

Jon

On 01/17/13 16:00, Jon Masamitsu wrote:
>  JohnC,
>
>  Thanks for you prompt review.
>
>  All,
>
>  These bugs have broken the hotspot build so I'm
>  eager to get them back so will try pushing them
>  soon.  Other comments are always welcome.
>
>  Jon
>
>  On 01/17/13 15:15, Jon Masamitsu wrote:
>>   8006537: Missing initialization of Metaspace variables with
>>  -Xshare:dump
>>
>>  Always initialize _first_chunk_word_size and
>>  _first_class_chunk_word_size.
>>  Prior to b73 these variables were not being used extensively (if at all)
>>  when DumpSharedSpace was on.  With b73 they need to be used.
>>
>>  When DumpSharedSpace was on previous to b73 there was not a second
>>  call to the constructor for VirtualSpaceNode so the initialization
>>  done for
>>  DumpSharedSpace was not called a second time and did not cause a
>>  problem.
>>  With b73 and DumpSharedSpace it is called a second time so the
>>  initialization
>>  for DumpSharedSpace had to be short circuited. This is a workaround. A
>>  better fix would be to move the DumpSharedSpace initialization code
>>  to an
>>  appropriate place.
>>
>>  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jmasa/8006537/webrev.00/
>>
>>  Thanks.

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