RFR(M): 8145221: Use trampolines for i2i and i2c entries in Methods that are stored in CDS archive

Calvin Cheung calvin.cheung at oracle.com
Fri Apr 8 17:29:09 UTC 2016



On 4/7/16, 7:54 PM, Jiangli Zhou wrote:
> Hi Calvin,
>
> Sorry for the delay. Thank you for updating the changes. The update 
> looks good.
Thanks!
>
> The following comment and code in sharedRuntime.cpp are a little 
> confusing. Could you please clarify that?
> 2563     // handle the case when compiler is disabled during dump time
> 2564     if (!DumpSharedSpaces&&  CodeCacheExtensions::skip_compiler_support()) {
I will update the comment to the following:
-    // handle the case when compiler is disabled during dump time
+    // during dump time, always generate adapters, even if the
+    // compiler has been turned off.

Calvin
> Thanks,
> Jiangli
>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 9:41 PM, Calvin Cheung <calvin.cheung at oracle.com 
>> <mailto:calvin.cheung at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jiangli,
>>
>> I've updated the fix which should address all your comments.
>> webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ccheung/8145221/webrev.02/
>> changes between v.02 and v.01:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ccheung/8145221/webrev.01-02/
>>
>> The trampoline code buffer is now put into the 'md' region which is 
>> made executable.
>> I've file the following RFE to have a separate region for the code 
>> buffer:
>> JDK-8153241: Add a read-write-executable shared region for runtime 
>> generated code
>>
>> thanks,
>> Calvin
>>
>> On 3/17/16, 9:37 PM, Jiangli Zhou wrote:
>>> Hi Calvin,
>>>
>>> The changes look good overall. Following are my comments and questions.
>>>
>>> - src/os_cpu/bsd_x86/vm/thread_bsd_x86.cpp
>>> - src/os_cpu/linux_aarch64/vm/thread_linux_aarch64.cpp
>>> - src/os_cpu/linux_sparc/vm/thread_linux_sparc.cpp
>>> - src/os_cpu/linux_x86/vm/thread_linux_x86.cpp
>>> - src/os_cpu/solaris_sparc/vm/thread_solaris_sparc.cpp
>>> - src/os_cpu/solaris_x86/vm/thread_solaris_x86.cpp
>>> - src/os_cpu/windows_x86/vm/thread_windows_x86.cpp
>>>   Please place the new CDS-only code under #if INCLUDE_CDS.
>>>
>>>  It would be a good idea to assert the address (current pc) is 
>>> within the generated trampoline entry buffer.
>>>
>>> - src/share/vm/interpreter/abstractInterpreter.cpp
>>>   It’s not necessary to put '#include for 
>>> memory/metaspaceShared.hpp' under #if INCLUDE_CDS.
>>>
>>> - src/share/vm/memory/metaspaceShared.cpp
>>>   I see you changed ‘read_only’ to false for ‘mc’ region. Is it 
>>> possible to place the trampoline code buffer in the ‘md’ region, so 
>>> the ‘mc’ region does not need to be writable? It’s good to keep 
>>> the ‘mc’ as read only so it would be easier to detect 
>>> any ‘accidental’ writes to the region due to future changes. 
>>> The ‘md’ can be made executable.
>>>
>>> - src/share/vm/oops/method.cpp
>>>   Method::unlink_method() is only called 
>>> from Method::remove_unshareable_info(), which happens at dump time 
>>> only. Why is ‘if (!DumpSharedSpaces)’ check needed in 
>>> Method::unlink_method()?
>>>
>>> - src/share/vm/oops/method.hpp
>>>   In set_interpreter_entry(), when _i2i_entry and 
>>> _from_interpreted_entry are not the same as ‘entry’ for shared method?
>>>
>>> - src/share/vm/runtime/sharedRuntime.cpp
>>>     Please add a comment for the change at line 2537
>>> 2537     if (!DumpSharedSpaces&&  CodeCacheExtensions::skip_compiler_support()) {
>>> - src/share/vm/oops/constMethod.hpp
>>>
>>>     ConstMethod does not seem to be the right place for 
>>> ‘_adapter_trampoline’ since it’s set at runtime.
>>>
>>> Do you have estimate about the size increase with the generated 
>>> trampolines for the shared methods?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jiangli
>>>
>>>> On Mar 16, 2016, at 10:36 PM, Calvin Cheung 
>>>> <calvin.cheung at oracle.com <mailto:calvin.cheung at oracle.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dean, Ioi,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the review and discussions.
>>>>
>>>> Here's an updated webrev:
>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ccheung/8145221/webrev.01/ 
>>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eccheung/8145221/webrev.01/>
>>>>
>>>> Changes in this webrev:
>>>> - in thread_*.cpp, added check in JavaThread::pd_get_top_frame(). 
>>>> Return if it is in the middle of a trampoline call.
>>>> - moved the guarantee from metaspaceShared_sparc.cpp to the common 
>>>> metaspaceShared.cpp;
>>>> - changed the MIN_SHARED_MISC_DATA_SIZE and 
>>>> MIN_SHARED_MISC_CODE_SIZE and related comment in metaspaceShared.hpp
>>>>
>>>> The last 2 changes are required due to the test failure with the 
>>>> hotspot/test/runtime/CommandLine/OptionsValidation/TestOptionsWithRanges.java 
>>>> test.
>>>>
>>>> Testing:
>>>>    JPRT with testset hotspot
>>>>    jtreg tests under hotspot/runtime on all platforms
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> Calvin
>>>>
>>>> p.s. I corrected the bug id in the subject line from 8145521 to 8145221
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/25/16, 10:03 AM, Ioi Lam wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/22/16 12:50 PM, Dean Long wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Ioi, comments inlined below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/20/2016 5:22 PM, Ioi Lam wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Dean,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for raising this issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My first impression is this probably shouldn't matter (or 
>>>>>>> somehow we can get away with this).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Today, the CDS archive already contains executable code in the 
>>>>>>> "misc code" section. On Linux/x64, this is typically in the 
>>>>>>> address range 0x802400000-0x802409000. The code is used to 
>>>>>>> dynamically patch the C++ vtables of Metadata types that are 
>>>>>>> stored in the CDS archive. So even today, there's a chance that 
>>>>>>> the suspended PC lands in this section.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, so you're saying that the trampolines don't make things any 
>>>>>> worse :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, theoretically the i2i and c2i entries would be executed more 
>>>>> frequently than the vtable patching code, so if there was a 
>>>>> problem, it could be aggravated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The code is generated inside 
>>>>>>> MetaspaceShared::generate_vtable_methods and looks like this 
>>>>>>> when you run with -Xshare:on:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (gdb) x/5i 0x802400000
>>>>>>>   0x802400000:    mov    $0x0,%eax
>>>>>>>   0x802400005:    jmpq   0x8024084d0
>>>>>>>   0x80240000a:    mov    $0x1,%eax
>>>>>>>   0x80240000f:    jmpq   0x8024084d0
>>>>>>>   0x802400014:    mov    $0x2,%eax
>>>>>>>   ....
>>>>>>> (gdb) x/16i 0x8024084d0
>>>>>>>   0x8024084d0:    push   %rsi
>>>>>>>   0x8024084d1:    push   %rdi
>>>>>>>   0x8024084d2:    mov    %rax,%rdi
>>>>>>>   0x8024084d5:    shr    $0x8,%rdi
>>>>>>>   0x8024084d9:    shl    $0x3,%rdi
>>>>>>>   0x8024084dd:    movabs $0x802000000,%rsi
>>>>>>>   0x8024084e7:    add    %rdi,%rsi
>>>>>>>   0x8024084ea:    mov    (%rsi),%rsi
>>>>>>>   0x8024084ed:    pop    %rdi
>>>>>>>   0x8024084ee:    mov    %rsi,(%rdi)
>>>>>>>   0x8024084f1:    and    $0xff,%rax
>>>>>>>   0x8024084f8:    shl    $0x3,%rax
>>>>>>>   0x8024084fc:    add    %rsi,%rax
>>>>>>>   0x8024084ff:    pop    %rsi
>>>>>>>   0x802408500:    mov    (%rax),%rax
>>>>>>>   0x802408503:    jmpq   *%rax
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In JDK9, the profiler takes a sample by first calling into 
>>>>>>> JavaThread::pd_get_top_frame_for_profiling:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (gdb) where
>>>>>>> #0  frame::safe_for_sender (this=0x7ffec63895f0, 
>>>>>>> thread=0x7ffff08ce000)
>>>>>>> #1  0x00007ffff69d72a7 in JavaThread::pd_get_top_frame 
>>>>>>> (this=0x7ffff08ce000, fr_addr=0x7ffec63897b0, 
>>>>>>> ucontext=0x7ffec6287d00, isInJava=true)
>>>>>>> #2  0x00007ffff69d70be in 
>>>>>>> JavaThread::pd_get_top_frame_for_profiling (this=0x7ffff08ce000, 
>>>>>>> fr_addr=0x7ffec63897b0, ucontext=0x7ffec6287d00,
>>>>>>>    isInJava=true)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried manually setting frame::_pc to 0x802400000, and it would 
>>>>>>> cause frame::safe_for_sender() to return false, and thus would 
>>>>>>> prevent the profiler from doing any stack walking.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Was the reason safe_for_sender() failed something that we can 
>>>>>> rely on 100%?  I looked at safe_for_sender, and it's not obvious 
>>>>>> why it would fail, unless the frame pointer was invalid, and I 
>>>>>> think that depends on the platform and flags like 
>>>>>> PreserveFramePointer.  How about filing a separate bug to track 
>>>>>> this issue?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, I fill a new bug 
>>>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8150663 to track this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> - Ioi
>>>>>
>>>>>> dl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, both the CDS vtable patching code and the i2i trampolines 
>>>>>>> are tail calls, so you will never find a PC in them except for 
>>>>>>> the top-most frame. This means the check in 
>>>>>>> JavaThread::pd_get_top_frame is enough. There's no need to do 
>>>>>>> additional checks after we have started stack walking.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think the chance of landing in the CDS vtable patching 
>>>>>>> methods, or in the trampolines, is pretty small, so that 
>>>>>>> shouldn't bother the sampling profiler too much.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, as part of this bug, we should add a regression test 
>>>>>>> with the profiler enabled, and keep calling a method in the CDS 
>>>>>>> archive in a tight loop (and manually disable compilation of 
>>>>>>> that method using command-line options). The test should never 
>>>>>>> crash, and if possible, it should also check that we don't have 
>>>>>>> too many "unknown" samples.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> - Ioi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2/19/16 4:39 PM, Dean Long wrote:
>>>>>>>> We have profiling code that will suspend a thread at random 
>>>>>>>> points and try to walk the stack.
>>>>>>>> I think frame::sender() will get confused if you happen to 
>>>>>>>> catch a thread in the trampoline,
>>>>>>>> and frame::_pc is in metadata and not the code cache.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dl
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2/19/2016 2:19 PM, Calvin Cheung wrote:
>>>>>>>>> JBS: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8145221
>>>>>>>>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ccheung/8145221/webrev.00/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This optimization reduces the size of the RW region of the CDS 
>>>>>>>>> archive. It also reduces the amount of pages in the RW region 
>>>>>>>>> that are actually written into during runtime.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The original prototype on the x86_64 platform was done by Ioi 
>>>>>>>>> (ioi.lam at oracle.com).
>>>>>>>>> I helped porting it to other platforms.
>>>>>>>>> Special thanks to Goetz (goetz.lindenmaier at sap.com) who 
>>>>>>>>> provided the changes to the ppc platform.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Testing:
>>>>>>>>>    JPRT with testset hotspot
>>>>>>>>>    maunal testing on X86_64, x86_32 and solaris/sparcv9 with 
>>>>>>>>> -XX:+PrintAssembly -XX:+PrintInterpreter
>>>>>>>>>    built on the Zero platform
>>>>>>>>>    tested on the openjdk aarch64 platform
>>>>>>>>>    refworkload on various platform (please refer to bug report 
>>>>>>>>> for data)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Calvin
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>


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