RFR: 8132725: Memory leak in Arguments::add_property function

Ioi Lam ioi.lam at oracle.com
Thu Aug 27 14:35:59 UTC 2015


Hmmm, that sounds fine then. Thanks for the explanation.

- Ioi

On 8/27/15 7:31 AM, Dmitry Dmitriev wrote:
> Hi Ioi,
>
> In this fix I changed 'key' type from 'char*' to 'const char*'. This 
> allow me to assign without casting passed 'prop' value to the 'key' if 
> 'prop' doesn't contain a value. Thus, I need a temporary variable to 
> extract key if passed property contains value.
> So, to get rid of 'tmp_key' I need to change type of the 'key' back to 
> 'char*' and cast 'prop' to 'char*' in case when no value is passed in 
> 'prop'. But I think it safer to leave 'key' as 'const char*'. What you 
> think about that?
>
> Thank you,
> Dmitry
>
> On 27.08.2015 17:21, Ioi Lam wrote:
>> Hi Dmitry,
>>
>> Maybe you can also get rid of tmp_key?
>>
>> - Ioi
>>
>> On 8/27/15 4:43 AM, Dmitry Dmitriev wrote:
>>> Hello Coleen,
>>>
>>> Thank you for review and hint about AllocateHeap. I remove check for 
>>> 'tmp_key'. In this case new code behave as old code, i.e. call 
>>> 'vm_exit_out_of_memory' if it fails. Also, I change 'os::strdup' in 
>>> 'add_property' function to 'os::strdup_check_oom' to achieve the 
>>> same thing, i.e. behave as old code. In these case we don't need 
>>> 'status' variable.
>>>
>>> webrev 03: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ddmitriev/8132725/webrev.03/ 
>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eddmitriev/8132725/webrev.03/>
>>> webrev 03 vs 02: 
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ddmitriev/8132725/webrev.03.vs.02/ 
>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eddmitriev/8132725/webrev.03.vs.02/>
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Dmitry
>>>
>>> On 27.08.2015 0:57, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
>>>>
>>>> +    char* tmp_key = AllocateHeap(key_len + 1, mtInternal);
>>>> +
>>>> +    if (tmp_key == NULL) {
>>>> +      return false;
>>>>    }
>>>>
>>>> AllocateHeap will call vm_exit_out_of_memory if it fails, and not 
>>>> return NULL. You have to add AllocFailStrategy::RETURN_NULL
>>>>
>>>> Otherwise, this seems good.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for not adding a goto.
>>>>
>>>> Coleen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8/26/15 2:05 PM, Dmitry Dmitriev wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Still need a Reviewer. Can someone review this patch? Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>> Dmitry
>>>>>
>>>>> On 25.08.2015 15:27, Dmitry Dmitriev wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Ioi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for review and sponsorship! Still need a Reviewer please.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I added assert. Also I fix indention on line 1023 and change 
>>>>>> "char *var_name" to "char* var_name" to match style which used in 
>>>>>> this function.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> webrev 02: 
>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ddmitriev/8132725/webrev.02/ 
>>>>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eddmitriev/8132725/webrev.02/>
>>>>>> webrev 02 vs 01: 
>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ddmitriev/8132725/webrev.02.vs.01/ 
>>>>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eddmitriev/8132725/webrev.02.vs.01/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Dmitry
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 24.08.2015 20:42, Ioi Lam wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Dmitry,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The new changes look good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For defensive programming, I would suggest adding an assert here:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1035         if (_java_vendor_url_bug != DEFAULT_VENDOR_URL_BUG) {
>>>>>>>                     assert(_java_vendor_url_bug != NULL, "......");
>>>>>>> 1036           os::free((void *)_java_vendor_url_bug);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can sponsor the change, but we still need a Reviewer for this 
>>>>>>> change.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> - Ioi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 8/24/15 6:21 AM, Dmitry Dmitriev wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi Ioi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you for comments! Please, see my answers inline.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 24.08.2015 2:13, Ioi Lam wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Dmitry,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Is this change part of 8132725?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 3904   jint code = set_aggressive_opts_flags();
>>>>>>>>> 3905   if (code != JNI_OK) {
>>>>>>>>> 3906     return code;
>>>>>>>>> 3907   }
>>>>>>>> Yes, set_aggressive_opts_flags not check return value of 
>>>>>>>> add_property function, so I add check to the 
>>>>>>>> set_aggressive_opts_flags()(lines 1911-1913 in new 
>>>>>>>> arguments.cpp) and thus now it returns jint.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1041       if (_java_vendor_url_bug != DEFAULT_VENDOR_URL_BUG) {
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >> also check (_java_vendor_url_bug != NULL) for sanity?
>>>>>>>> I think that this is unnecessary in this case, because 
>>>>>>>> _java_vendor_url_bug can not be NULL. _java_vendor_url_bug 
>>>>>>>> initialized to DEFAULT_VENDOR_URL_BUG and changed only in 
>>>>>>>> add_property function. Before new value is assigned to 
>>>>>>>> _java_vendor_url_bug it's check for not NULL. Thus, I think 
>>>>>>>> that check (_java_vendor_url_bug != NULL) is unnecessary in 
>>>>>>>> this case.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, there's a lot of duplicated "if (eq != NULL) { 
>>>>>>>>> FreeHeap((void *)key);}". Maybe these can be consolidated with 
>>>>>>>>> a "goto"? I know lots of people haye goto but it will make the 
>>>>>>>>> clean up less error prone:
>>>>>>>> Thank you for this proposal. Since "goto" is not widely used in 
>>>>>>>> Hotspot code I decided to refactor current implementation to 
>>>>>>>> avoid duplication of "if (eq != NULL) { FreeHeap((void *)key);}".
>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> bool Arguments::add_property(const char* prop) {
>>>>>>>>>     ....
>>>>>>>>>     bool status = false;
>>>>>>>>>     ....
>>>>>>>>>        char *_java_command_new = os::strdup(value, mtInternal);
>>>>>>>>>        if (_java_command_new == NULL) {
>>>>>>>>>          goto done;
>>>>>>>>>        }else {
>>>>>>>>>          if (_java_command != NULL) {
>>>>>>>>>            os::free(_java_command);
>>>>>>>>>          }
>>>>>>>>>          _java_command = _java_command_new;
>>>>>>>>>        }
>>>>>>>>>     ....
>>>>>>>>>     }
>>>>>>>>>     // Create new property and add at the end of the list
>>>>>>>>> PropertyList_unique_add(&_system_properties, key, value);
>>>>>>>>>   }
>>>>>>>>>   status = true;
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> done:
>>>>>>>>>    if (key != prop) {
>>>>>>>>>      // SystemProperty copy passed value, thus free previously 
>>>>>>>>> allocated
>>>>>>>>>      // memory
>>>>>>>>>     FreeHeap((void *)key);
>>>>>>>>>    }
>>>>>>>>>    return status;
>>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, using (key != prop) would make the code clearer than (eq 
>>>>>>>>> != NULL).
>>>>>>>> Fixed!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> webrev 01: 
>>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ddmitriev/8132725/webrev.01/ 
>>>>>>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eddmitriev/8132725/webrev.01/>
>>>>>>>> webrev 01 vs 00: 
>>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ddmitriev/8132725/webrev.01.vs.00/ 
>>>>>>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eddmitriev/8132725/webrev.01.vs.00/>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>> Dmitry
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>> - Ioi
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 8/13/15 12:55 AM, Dmitry Dmitriev wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Please review this fix which remove memory leak in 
>>>>>>>>>> Arguments::add_property function. Also, I need a sponsor for 
>>>>>>>>>> this fix, who can push it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Arguments::add_property function allocate memory for key and 
>>>>>>>>>> value. Then key and values are passed to the 
>>>>>>>>>> PropertyList_unique_add function which use SystemProperty 
>>>>>>>>>> class to add or update property value. SystemProperty class 
>>>>>>>>>> maintains it's own copy of key and value and thus copy passed 
>>>>>>>>>> key and value. Therefore key and value must be freed in 
>>>>>>>>>> add_property function(with exception for value in case of 
>>>>>>>>>> "java.vendor.url.bug" and "sun.java.command" properties).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In this fix I allocate memory only for key when passed 
>>>>>>>>>> property contains value. If passed property not contains 
>>>>>>>>>> value, then I not allocate memory for key and use passed 
>>>>>>>>>> property string. Value also extracted from passed property 
>>>>>>>>>> string instead of allocating. To accomplish that I changed 
>>>>>>>>>> declaration of "value" in several functions from "char *" to 
>>>>>>>>>> "const char *" since value is not modified in these 
>>>>>>>>>> functions(PropertyList_* functions, SystemProperty class 
>>>>>>>>>> methods).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Processing of "java.vendor.url.bug" and "sun.java.command" 
>>>>>>>>>> properties also corrected. Now when these properties 
>>>>>>>>>> redefined, then code checks if memory was allocated for 
>>>>>>>>>> special variables of these properties(checking that not 
>>>>>>>>>> contains default value) and free it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Webrev: 
>>>>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ddmitriev/8132725/webrev.00/ 
>>>>>>>>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eddmitriev/8132725/webrev.00/>
>>>>>>>>>> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8132725
>>>>>>>>>> Tested: JPRT(hotspot test set), hotspot all, vm.quick
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Dmitry
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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