Re: 答复: HotSpot and IBM's J9 behave quite differently when processing monitorenters and monitorexits
Mikael Gerdin
mikael.gerdin at oracle.com
Thu May 18 11:55:02 UTC 2017
On 2017-05-18 07:25, David Holmes wrote:
> Hi Yuting,
>
> On 18/05/2017 2:49 PM, chenyt wrote:
>> Hi, David,
>>
>> I tested the next program (let one object to be monitored be null) using
>> J9 and HotSpot. HotSpot does not throw a NullPointerException, as the
>> specification says. J9 looks fine (throw a NullPointerException). Am I
>> wrong here?
>
> I can't readily test this as I don't have Jimple nor quick and easy
> access to bytecode assemblers. It is strange though as the interpreter
> code contains this:
>
> CASE(_monitorenter): {
> oop lockee = STACK_OBJECT(-1);
> // derefing's lockee ought to provoke implicit null check
> CHECK_NULL(lockee);
In the x86 templateTable we do
void TemplateTable::monitorenter() {
transition(atos, vtos);
// check for NULL object
__ null_check(rax);
but looking in macroAssembler_x86.cpp null_check only does a cmp
(setting the eflags) but there's no condtional branch on the Z flag?
It feels like I'm crazy but several of these __ null_check() calls seem
broken to me.
/Mikael
>
> If I can find some time I will try to test this myself.
>
>> It is very interesting that I have found so many unexpected behaviors
>> here.
>
> Well you only found two and they are related. :) Manually assembled
> monitor code is not something very many (any?) people care about or do -
> other than emulating correct language usage.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>> public void main(java.lang.String[]) throws java.lang.Exception;
>> descriptor: ([Ljava/lang/String;)V
>> flags: ACC_PUBLIC
>> Code:
>> stack=1, locals=2, args_size=2
>> 0: aload_0
>> 1: monitorenter
>> 2: aconst_null
>> 3: monitorenter
>> 4: aconst_null
>> 5: monitorexit
>> 6: aload_0
>> 7: monitorexit
>> 8: return
>> Exceptions:
>> throws java.lang.Exception
>>
>> Jimple code is given as follows:
>> public void main(java.lang.String[]) throws java.lang.Exception
>> {
>> Search r0;
>> Search r2;
>> java.lang.String[] r1;
>>
>> r0 := @this: Search;
>> r1 := @parameter0: java.lang.String[];
>> r2 = null;
>> entermonitor r0;
>> entermonitor r2;
>> exitmonitor r2;
>> exitmonitor r0;
>>
>> return;
>> }
>>
>> Wishes,
>> Yuting
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 18 May 2017 13:23:09 +1000, David Holmes wrote:
>>> One correction ...
>>>
>>> On 18/05/2017 10:29 AM, David Holmes wrote:
>>>> On 18/05/2017 8:12 AM, 陈雨亭 wrote:
>>>>> Thank you, David. I have seen from the specification that structured
>>>>> locking
>>>>> enforcement is optional. The second and the third ones are cases of
>>>>> structured/nested lockings. Will non-nested locking sequences raise
>>>>> deadlocks? Of course it is a different topic, while it might be better
>>>>> if it
>>>>> can be kicked out earlier from the specification/JVM.
>>>>
>>>> Non-nested locking doesn't necessarily lead to deadlocks - you just
>>>> need
>>>> a different locking order for that (even if properly nested). There are
>>>> locking patterns that rely on the ability to lock and unlock in
>>>> different order ie chained-locking for walking linked-lists A->B->C->D:
>>>> - lock A, lock B, unlock A, lock C, unlock B, lock D, unlock C ...
>>>>
>>>> The VM spec allows a little flexibility in how the monitor bytecodes
>>>> can
>>>> be used compared to the Java programming language. That's not something
>>>> that will change.
>>>>
>>>>> The first example is still a problem. It seems that HotSpot allows to
>>>>> monitor a pure object reference without initialized (Is it true? How
>>>>> can
>>>>> this checking be omitted?). J9 reports a verifyerror as follows.
>>>>>
>>>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError: JVMVRFY012 stack
>>>>> shape
>>>>> inconsistent; class=Search, method=main([Ljava/lang/String;)V, pc=6
>>>>> Exception Details:
>>>>> Location:
>>>>> Search.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V @6: JBmonitorenter
>>>>> Reason:
>>>>> Type 'uninitialized' (current frame, stack[1]) is not
>>>>> assignable to
>>>>> 'java/lang/Object'
>>>>> Current Frame:
>>>>> bci: @6
>>>>> flags: { }
>>>>> locals: { 'Search', '[Ljava/lang/String;' }
>>>>> stack: { 'uninitialized', 'uninitialized' }
>>>>> at T.main(T.java:4)
>>>>
>>>> Yes I think this may be a bug in hotspot. The type-checking for the
>>>> monitor bytecodes requires a matching type of reference on the operand
>>>> stack - but "uninitialized" does not match Object, as J9 reports. But
>>>> I'm not an expert on this aspect of verification so I may not be
>>>> interpreting it correctly.
>>>>
>>>> More below ...
>>>>
>>>>> -----邮件原件-----
>>>>> 发件人: David Holmes [mailto:david.holmes at oracle.com]
>>>>> 发送时间: 2017年5月17日 14:41
>>>>> 收件人: 陈雨亭 <chenyt at cs.sjtu.edu.cn>;
>>>>> hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>>>> 主题: Re: HotSpot and IBM's J9 behave quite differently when
>>>>> processing
>>>>> monitorenters and monitorexits
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> On 18/05/2017 7:23 AM, 陈雨亭 wrote:
>>>>>> Am I wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> I will look at each situation in detail when I get a chance but
>>>>> structured
>>>>> locking enforcement is optional. Also balancing the number of locks
>>>>> and
>>>>> unlocks in a frame does not mean they can't be locked and unlocked
>>>>> in a
>>>>> non-nested fashion - just that by the end the number of unlocks
>>>>> matches the
>>>>> number of locks.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW the way you respond to these emails, as if having a conversation
>>>>> with
>>>>> yourself, makes it difficult to respond as we can't readily see what
>>>>> is the
>>>>> new email and what is the original.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>>> The byte code for main() in case 1 is as follows. The strange
>>>>>> thing is
>>>>>> that NullPointerException is also not thrown at runtime.
>>>>
>>>> That is strange as it does for the normal obvious case of using
>>>> synchronized(o) when o is null.
>>>
>>> Ah - it isn't null it just an object for which the constructor has
>>> not been run. The runtime can't tell the difference between a pointer
>>> to a valid initialized object, and a pointer to an uninitialized chunk
>>> of memory.
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> public void main(java.lang.String[]) throws java.lang.Exception;
>>>>>> descriptor: ([Ljava/lang/String;)V
>>>>>> flags: ACC_PUBLIC
>>>>>> Code:
>>>>>> stack=3, locals=2, args_size=2
>>>>>> 0: new #2 // class Search
>>>
>>> This allocated an object - hence no null reference. But this is what
>>> verification should have complained about.
>>>
>>> David
>>> -----
>>>
>>>>>> 3: dup
>>>>>> 4: aload_0
>>>>>> 5: monitorenter
>>>>>> 6: monitorenter
>>>>>> 7: monitorexit
>>>>>> 8: aload_0
>>>>>> 9: monitorexit
>>>>>> 10: return
>>>>>> Exceptions:
>>>>>> throws java.lang.Exception
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 主题: HotSpot and IBM's J9 behave quite differently when processing
>>>>>> monitorenters and monitorexits
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tested several programs (in Jimple) and found that HotSpot and
>>>>>> J9 match monitorenters and monitorexits quite differently. Verifiers
>>>>>> should play more important roles here.
>>>>
>>>> The job of the verifier is to establish some basic guarantees for the
>>>> JVM to then operate under. The verifier plays no role in checking how
>>>> monitorenter/exit are used in combination, only that each individual
>>>> bytecode meets some basic type constraints.
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (1) Test the next program (r2 is not initizlied) on HotSpot and J9.
>>>>>> J9 throw out a verifier error, while HotSpot does not. It seems that
>>>>>> HotSpot's verifier forgets to check whether a monitored object is
>>>>>> initialized.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> public class Search extends java.lang.Object { public void <init>()
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> Search r0;
>>>>>> r0 := @this: Search;
>>>>>> specialinvoke r0.<java.lang.Object: void <init>()>();
>>>>>> return;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> public void main(java.lang.String[]) throws java.lang.Exception
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> Search r0;
>>>>>> Search r2;
>>>>>> java.lang.String[] r1;
>>>>>> r0 := @this: Search;
>>>>>> r1 := @parameter0: java.lang.String[];
>>>>>> r2 = new Search;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> entermonitor r2;
>>>>>> entermonitor r0;
>>>>>> exitmonitor r2;
>>>>>> exitmonitor r0;
>>>>>> return;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Verification was covered above.
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (2) Test the next program on HotSpot and J9, and both do not report
>>>>>> any errors. However, I guess the order in the program (entermonitor
>>>>>> r2; => entermonitor r0; => exitmonitor r2; => exitmonitor r0;)
>>>>>> violates the situation of "structured locking" (Structured locking is
>>>>>> the situation when, during a method invocation, every exit on a given
>>>>>> monitor matches a preceding entry on that monitor, see the
>>>>>> specification
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se8/html/jvms-2.html#jvms-2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 11.10)
>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> No it doesn't violate structured locking as the number of enters and
>>>> exits match, and there is always an enter before an exit.
>>>>
>>>>>> Actually, the words (every exit on a given monitor matches a
>>>>>> preceding
>>>>>> entry on that monitor) are not quite clear as for me. Otherwise the
>>>>>> first rule (The number of monitor entries performed by T on M
>>>>>> during a
>>>>>> method invocation must equal the number of monitor exits performed by
>>>>>> T on M during the method invocation whether the method invocation
>>>>>> completes normally or abruptly.) is sufficient.
>>>>
>>>> The number of enters and exits must not only match/balance, but there
>>>> must be an enter before a corresponding exit.
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> public class Search extends java.lang.Object {
>>>>>>
>>>>>> public void <init>()
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> Search r0;
>>>>>> r0 := @this: Search;
>>>>>> specialinvoke r0.<java.lang.Object: void <init>()>();
>>>>>> return;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> public void main(java.lang.String[]) throws java.lang.Exception
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> Search r0;
>>>>>> Search r2;
>>>>>> java.lang.String[] r1;
>>>>>> r0 := @this: Search;
>>>>>> r1 := @parameter0: java.lang.String[];
>>>>>> r2 = new Search;
>>>>>> specialinvoke r2.<Search: void <init>()>();
>>>>>> entermonitor r2;
>>>>>> entermonitor r0;
>>>>>> exitmonitor r2;
>>>>>> exitmonitor r0;
>>>>>> return;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (3) The next program enters monitor in <init> and exits it in main().
>>>>>> HotSpot throws a runtime exception, while J9 does not. Should this
>>>>>> program be rejected by the verifiers?
>>>>
>>>> No this does not violate any verification rules. The runtime behaviour
>>>> depends on whether structured locking is enforced or not.(Even in
>>>> hotspot there can be differences between interpreted and jitted code).
>>>>
>>>> Hope that helps clarify things.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>> -----
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> public class Search extends java.lang.Object {
>>>>>>
>>>>>> public void <init>()
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> Search r0;
>>>>>> r0 := @this: Search;
>>>>>> specialinvoke r0.<java.lang.Object: void <init>()>();
>>>>>> entermonitor r0;
>>>>>> return;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> public void main(java.lang.String[]) throws java.lang.Exception
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> Search r0;
>>>>>> Search r2;
>>>>>> java.lang.S
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