Warnings Cleanup in Hotspot

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Mon May 20 19:48:45 PDT 2013


On 18/05/2013 3:00 PM, Dean Long wrote:
> Does this mean the recent change (8007037) at lines 1066-1068 should be
> re-examined?  It wasn't doing what it was meant to do,
> but no tests caught it, so don't we need a better test?

Yes to both questions! I've added this info to 8007037. I would prefer 
to see that fixed explicitly not hidden inside the warnings cleanup changes.

David
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> dl
>
> On 5/17/2013 7:06 PM, Christian Thalinger wrote:
>>
>> On May 17, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Jeremy Manson <jeremymanson at google.com
>> <mailto:jeremymanson at google.com>> wrote:
>>
>>> Nice catch - I guess before, that was expanding to
>>>
>>> bool match = compare_entry_to(k1, cp2, k2, THREAD);
>>> if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) return false;
>>> (0) && compare_operand_to(i1, cp2, i2, THREAD);
>>> if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) return false;
>>> (0);
>>>
>>> which is perfectly legal, but booogus…
>>
>> Wow.  This almost makes you want to have macros in Java…
>>
>> -- Chris
>>
>>>
>>> Jeremy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Calvin Cheung
>>> <calvin.cheung at oracle.com <mailto:calvin.cheung at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     On 5/17/2013 10:32 AM, Jeremy Manson wrote:
>>>>     I wonder why that didn't pop up when I compiled it.
>>>     I cloned my repo from the following:
>>>     http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hotspot-rt/hotspot
>>>
>>>     g++ version is 4.4.6
>>>
>>>     The file list I mentioned was for fastdebug build on linux_x64.
>>>     When I switched to product build, I found couple more files need
>>>     to be changed.
>>>     Then I needed to change more files for the 32-bit build.
>>>     So there will be few more files added to the list.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>     I disagree with David.  Casting to void is the accepted strategy
>>>>     for getting rid of unused value warnings.  It makes perfect
>>>>     sense to me; if you cast to void, it isn't a value anymore.
>>>>      It's also good documentation: it says you know you aren't using
>>>>     the value, and that that is not a mistake.  I did it several
>>>>     times in my patch.
>>>>
>>>>     Furthermore, turning on the warning will prevent mistakes like
>>>>     the strcmp / strcpy one I fixed in my patch.  It seems worth it
>>>>     to have a few scattered (void) casts in the VM.
>>>     After adding the (void) cast in CHECK_false, I'm seeing the
>>>     following error:
>>>     constantPool.cpp:1067: error: void value not ignored as it ought
>>>     to be
>>>     1066     bool match = compare_entry_to(k1, cp2, k2, CHECK_false) &&
>>>     1067                  compare_operand_to(i1, cp2, i2, CHECK_false);
>>>     1068     return match;
>>>
>>>     the way I fixed it is to break up 1066 - 1067 into 2 statements
>>>     such as follows:
>>>     1066     bool match_entry = compare_entry_to(k1, cp2, k2,
>>>     CHECK_false);
>>>     1067     bool match_operand = compare_operand_to(i1, cp2, i2,
>>>     CHECK_false);
>>>     1068     return (match_entry && match_operand);
>>>
>>>     Calvin
>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Jeremy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:59 PM, David Holmes
>>>>     <david.holmes at oracle.com <mailto:david.holmes at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         Calvin,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         On 17/05/2013 4:55 AM, Calvin Cheung wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Jeremy,
>>>>
>>>>             It seems your suggested patch is incomplete as the build
>>>>             on linux was
>>>>             failing.
>>>>             Recall that warnings are treated as errors as in gcc.make:
>>>>                # Compiler warnings are treated as errors
>>>>                WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS = -Werror
>>>>
>>>>             Below is the list of files I needed to change for the
>>>>             build to go
>>>>             through on linux:
>>>>             make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
>>>>             src/share/vm/c1/c1_IR.cpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/ci/ciUtilities.hpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/classfile/genericSignatures.cpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.hpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/memory/cardTableModRefBS.cpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/oops/constantPool.cpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/prims/forte.cpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/runtime/perfData.hpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/services/diagnosticArgument.cpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/utilities/exceptions.hpp
>>>>             src/share/vm/utilities/taskqueue.hpp
>>>>
>>>>             Most of the warnings are related to: "statement has no
>>>>             effect"
>>>>             e.g. in exceptions.hpp, I needed to change
>>>>             #define CHECK              THREAD); if
>>>>             (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) return ; (0
>>>>             to
>>>>             #define CHECK              THREAD); if
>>>>             (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) return ; (void)(0
>>>>
>>>>             I don't want to share webrev yet since I haven't built
>>>>             on other
>>>>             platforms and haven't done any testing on the change.
>>>>
>>>>             2 ways I'm thinking of fixing it:
>>>>             1) include the -Wunused-value warning flag
>>>>                  this means changes are required on the files listed
>>>>             above
>>>>
>>>>             2) not include the -Wunused-value warning flag but only
>>>>             fixing the
>>>>             potential coding errors which would impact functionality
>>>>             as you pointed
>>>>             out in your email. This should result in a smaller
>>>>             changeset.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         I think I prefer #2 mainly because:
>>>>
>>>>         0;
>>>>
>>>>         and
>>>>
>>>>         (void)0;
>>>>
>>>>         are equally bereft of any effect so I don't see why the
>>>>         compiler complains about one and accepts the other. As this
>>>>         seems completely arbitrary different compilers may have
>>>>         different views, or change their view over time. So I
>>>>         suggest not changing this and only fix the real issues that
>>>>         -Wunused-value produces.
>>>>
>>>>         Just my 2c.
>>>>
>>>>         David
>>>>         ------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             Calvin
>>>>
>>>>             On 5/16/2013 10:55 AM, Jeremy Manson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 Okay.  Is there anything you want me to do?
>>>>
>>>>                 Jeremy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Calvin Cheung
>>>>                 <calvin.cheung at oracle.com
>>>>                 <mailto:calvin.cheung at oracle.com>
>>>>                 <mailto:calvin.cheung at oracle.com
>>>>                 <mailto:calvin.cheung at oracle.com>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                     Jeremy,
>>>>
>>>>                     We'll fix it in hs25 first and then backport it
>>>>                 to hs24 if the fix
>>>>                     is applicable there.
>>>>
>>>>                     Calvin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                     On 5/15/2013 2:14 PM, Jeremy Manson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                         Thanks, Calvin.  What does followup look like?
>>>>
>>>>                         Jeremy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                         On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Calvin Cheung
>>>>                         <calvin.cheung at oracle.com
>>>>                     <mailto:calvin.cheung at oracle.com>
>>>>                     <mailto:calvin.cheung at oracle.com
>>>>                     <mailto:calvin.cheung at oracle.com>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                             Hi Jeremy,
>>>>
>>>>                             I've created 8014431 (cleanup warnings
>>>>                     indicated by the
>>>>                             -Wunused-value compiler option on linux)
>>>>                     to track this. It'll
>>>>                             take a few hours for it to show up in
>>>>                     the bugs.sun.com <http://bugs.sun.com/>
>>>>                             <http://bugs.sun.com <http://bugs.sun.com/>>
>>>>                     http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8014431
>>>>
>>>>                             Calvin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                             On 5/10/2013 11:38 AM, Jeremy Manson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                                 Okay, I turned on -Wunused-value in
>>>>                     the gcc makefile for
>>>>                                 Linux.  I also ran this on a more
>>>>                     recent build of HS (I
>>>>                                 was using something very, very old),
>>>>                     and I got a few more
>>>>                                 warnings (including a couple that
>>>>                     actually looked as if
>>>>                                 they would impact functionality).
>>>>                      Thoughts on this?
>>>>
>>>>                                 diff --git
>>>>                     a/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
>>>>                     b/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
>>>>                                 --- a/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
>>>>                                 +++ b/make/linux/makefiles/gcc.make
>>>>                                 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
>>>>                                  # Compiler warnings are treated as
>>>>                     errors
>>>>                                  WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS = -Werror
>>>>                                 -WARNING_FLAGS = -Wpointer-arith
>>>>                     -Wsign-compare -Wundef
>>>>                                 -Wunused-function
>>>>                                 +WARNING_FLAGS = -Wpointer-arith
>>>>                     -Wsign-compare -Wundef
>>>>                                 -Wunused-function -Wunused-value
>>>>                                  # Since GCC 4.3, -Wconversion has
>>>>                     changed its meanings
>>>>                                 to warn these implicit
>>>>                                  # conversions which might affect
>>>>                     the values. Only enable
>>>>                                 it in earlier versions.
>>>>                                 diff --git a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_IR.cpp
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_IR.cpp
>>>>                                 --- a/src/share/vm/c1/c1_IR.cpp
>>>>                                 +++ b/src/share/vm/c1/c1_IR.cpp
>>>>                                 @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
>>>>                                    _loop_map(0, 0),          //
>>>>                     initialized later with
>>>>                                 correct size
>>>>                                    _compilation(c)
>>>>                                  {
>>>>                                 -  TRACE_LINEAR_SCAN(2, "*****
>>>>                     computing linear-scan
>>>>                                 block order");
>>>>                                 +  TRACE_LINEAR_SCAN(2,
>>>>                     tty->print_cr("***** computing
>>>>                                 linear-scan block order"));
>>>>                                    init_visited();
>>>>                      count_edges(start_block, NULL);
>>>>                                 @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@
>>>>                                  }
>>>>                                  void
>>>>                     ComputeLinearScanOrder::assign_loop_depth(BlockBegin*
>>>>                                 start_block) {
>>>>                                 -  TRACE_LINEAR_SCAN(3, "-----
>>>>                     computing loop-depth and
>>>>                                 weight");
>>>>                                 +  TRACE_LINEAR_SCAN(3,
>>>>                     tty->print_cr("----- computing
>>>>                                 loop-depth and weight"));
>>>>                                    init_visited();
>>>>                      assert(_work_list.is_empty(), "work list must
>>>>                     be empty
>>>>                                 before processing");
>>>>                                 @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
>>>>                                  }
>>>>                                  void
>>>>                     ComputeLinearScanOrder::compute_order(BlockBegin*
>>>>                                 start_block) {
>>>>                                 -  TRACE_LINEAR_SCAN(3, "-----
>>>>                     computing final block order");
>>>>                                 +  TRACE_LINEAR_SCAN(3,
>>>>                     tty->print_cr("----- computing
>>>>                                 final block order"));
>>>>                                    // the start block is always the
>>>>                     first block in the
>>>>                                 linear scan order
>>>>                      _linear_scan_order = new BlockList(_num_blocks);
>>>>                                 diff --git
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp
>>>>                                 --- a/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp
>>>>                                 +++ b/src/share/vm/code/nmethod.cpp
>>>>                                 @@ -2602,7 +2602,8 @@
>>>>                      relocation_begin()-1+ip[1]);
>>>>                                        for (; ip < index_end; ip++)
>>>>                      tty->print_cr("  (%d ?)", ip[0]);
>>>>                                 -  tty->print_cr("          @"
>>>>                     INTPTR_FORMAT ":
>>>>                                 index_size=%d", ip, *ip++);
>>>>                                 +  tty->print_cr("          @"
>>>>                     INTPTR_FORMAT ":
>>>>                                 index_size=%d", ip, *ip);
>>>>                                 +      ip++;
>>>>                      tty->print_cr("reloc_end @" INTPTR_FORMAT ":", ip);
>>>>                                      }
>>>>                                    }
>>>>                                 diff --git
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/memory/cardTableModRefBS.cpp
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/memory/cardTableModRefBS.cpp
>>>>                                 ---
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/memory/cardTableModRefBS.cpp
>>>>                                 +++
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/memory/cardTableModRefBS.cpp
>>>>                                 @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
>>>>                                    }
>>>>                                    // Touch the last card of the
>>>>                     covered region to show
>>>>                                 that it
>>>>                                    // is committed (or SEGV).
>>>>                                 -
>>>>                      debug_only(*byte_for(_covered[ind].last());)
>>>>                                 +  debug_only((void)
>>>>                     (*byte_for(_covered[ind].last()));)
>>>>                      debug_only(verify_guard();)
>>>>                                  }
>>>>                                 diff --git
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp
>>>>                                 --- a/src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp
>>>>                                 +++ b/src/share/vm/memory/universe.cpp
>>>>                                 @@ -532,7 +532,9 @@
>>>>                                    if (vt)
>>>>                     vt->initialize_vtable(false, CHECK);
>>>>                                    if (ko->oop_is_instance()) {
>>>>                                      InstanceKlass* ik =
>>>>                     (InstanceKlass*)ko;
>>>>                                 -    for (KlassHandle s_h(THREAD,
>>>>                     ik->subklass()); s_h()
>>>>                                 != NULL; s_h = (THREAD,
>>>>                     s_h()->next_sibling())) {
>>>>                                 +    for (KlassHandle s_h(THREAD,
>>>>                     ik->subklass());
>>>>                                 +         s_h() != NULL;
>>>>                                 +         s_h = KlassHandle(THREAD,
>>>>                     s_h()->next_sibling())) {
>>>>                      reinitialize_vtable_of(s_h, CHECK);
>>>>                                      }
>>>>                                    }
>>>>                                 diff --git
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
>>>>                                 ---
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
>>>>                                 +++
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
>>>>                                 @@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@
>>>>                                    // ResourceObject, so do not put
>>>>                     any ResourceMarks in
>>>>                                 here.
>>>>                                    char *s = sig->as_C_string();
>>>>                                    int len = (int)strlen(s);
>>>>                                 -  *s++; len--;              // Skip
>>>>                     opening paren
>>>>                                 +  s++; len--;             // Skip
>>>>                     opening paren
>>>>                                    char *t = s+len;
>>>>                                    while( *(--t) != ')' ) ;      //
>>>>                     Find close paren
>>>>                                 diff --git
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticArgument.cpp
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticArgument.cpp
>>>>                                 ---
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticArgument.cpp
>>>>                                 +++
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticArgument.cpp
>>>>                                 @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
>>>>                                    } else {
>>>>                                      _value._time = 0;
>>>>                      _value._nanotime = 0;
>>>>                                 -  strcmp(_value._unit, "ns");
>>>>                                 +  strcpy(_value._unit, "ns");
>>>>                                    }
>>>>                                  }
>>>>                                 diff --git
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/utilities/taskqueue.hpp
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/utilities/taskqueue.hpp
>>>>                                 ---
>>>>                     a/src/share/vm/utilities/taskqueue.hpp
>>>>                                 +++
>>>>                     b/src/share/vm/utilities/taskqueue.hpp
>>>>                                 @@ -340,8 +340,12 @@
>>>>                                    if (dirty_n_elems == N - 1) {
>>>>                                      // Actually means 0, so do the
>>>>                     push.
>>>>                                      uint localBot = _bottom;
>>>>                                 -    // g++ complains if the
>>>>                     volatile result of the
>>>>                                 assignment is unused.
>>>>                                 -  const_cast<E&>(_elems[localBot] = t);
>>>>                                 +    // g++ complains if the
>>>>                     volatile result of the
>>>>                                 assignment is
>>>>                                 +    // unused, so we cast the
>>>>                     volatile away.  We cannot
>>>>                                 cast directly
>>>>                                 +    // to void, because gcc treats
>>>>                     that as not using the
>>>>                                 result of the
>>>>                                 +    // assignment.  However,
>>>>                     casting to E& means that we
>>>>                                 trigger an
>>>>                                 +    // unused-value warning.  So,
>>>>                     we cast the E& to void.
>>>>                                 +    (void)
>>>>                     const_cast<E&>(_elems[localBot] = t);
>>>>                      OrderAccess::release_store(&_bottom,
>>>>                     increment_index(localBot));
>>>>                      TASKQUEUE_STATS_ONLY(stats.record_push());
>>>>                                      return true;
>>>>                                 @@ -397,7 +401,12 @@
>>>>                                      return false;
>>>>                                    }
>>>>                                 -  const_cast<E&>(t =
>>>>                     _elems[oldAge.top()]);
>>>>                                 +  // g++ complains if the volatile
>>>>                     result of the
>>>>                                 assignment is
>>>>                                 +  // unused, so we cast the
>>>>                     volatile away.  We cannot
>>>>                                 cast directly
>>>>                                 +  // to void, because gcc treats
>>>>                     that as not using the
>>>>                                 result of the
>>>>                                 +  // assignment.  However, casting
>>>>                     to E& means that we
>>>>                                 trigger an
>>>>                                 +  // unused-value warning.  So, we
>>>>                     cast the E& to void.
>>>>                                 +  (void) const_cast<E&>(t =
>>>>                     _elems[oldAge.top()]);
>>>>                                    Age newAge(oldAge);
>>>>                      newAge.increment();
>>>>                                    Age resAge = _age.cmpxchg(newAge,
>>>>                     oldAge);
>>>>                                 @@ -640,8 +649,12 @@
>>>>                                    uint dirty_n_elems =
>>>>                     dirty_size(localBot, top);
>>>>                      assert(dirty_n_elems < N, "n_elems out of range.");
>>>>                                    if (dirty_n_elems < max_elems()) {
>>>>                                 -    // g++ complains if the
>>>>                     volatile result of the
>>>>                                 assignment is unused.
>>>>                                 -  const_cast<E&>(_elems[localBot] = t);
>>>>                                 +    // g++ complains if the
>>>>                     volatile result of the
>>>>                                 assignment is
>>>>                                 +    // unused, so we cast the
>>>>                     volatile away.  We cannot
>>>>                                 cast directly
>>>>                                 +    // to void, because gcc treats
>>>>                     that as not using the
>>>>                                 result of the
>>>>                                 +    // assignment.  However,
>>>>                     casting to E& means that we
>>>>                                 trigger an
>>>>                                 +    // unused-value warning.  So,
>>>>                     we cast the E& to void.
>>>>                                 +    (void)
>>>>                     const_cast<E&>(_elems[localBot] = t);
>>>>                      OrderAccess::release_store(&_bottom,
>>>>                     increment_index(localBot));
>>>>                      TASKQUEUE_STATS_ONLY(stats.record_push());
>>>>                                      return true;
>>>>                                 @@ -665,7 +678,12 @@
>>>>                                    // This is necessary to prevent
>>>>                     any read below from
>>>>                                 being reordered
>>>>                                    // before the store just above.
>>>>                      OrderAccess::fence();
>>>>                                 -  const_cast<E&>(t = _elems[localBot]);
>>>>                                 +  // g++ complains if the volatile
>>>>                     result of the
>>>>                                 assignment is
>>>>                                 +  // unused, so we cast the
>>>>                     volatile away.  We cannot
>>>>                                 cast directly
>>>>                                 +  // to void, because gcc treats
>>>>                     that as not using the
>>>>                                 result of the
>>>>                                 +  // assignment.  However, casting
>>>>                     to E& means that we
>>>>                                 trigger an
>>>>                                 +  // unused-value warning.  So, we
>>>>                     cast the E& to void.
>>>>                                 +  (void) const_cast<E&>(t =
>>>>                     _elems[localBot]);
>>>>                                    // This is a second read of
>>>>                     "age"; the "size()" above
>>>>                                 is the first.
>>>>                                    // If there's still at least one
>>>>                     element in the queue,
>>>>                                 based on the
>>>>                                    // "_bottom" and "age" we've
>>>>                     read, then there can be
>>>>                                 no interference with
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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