RFR: 8279969: NULL return from map_bitmap_region() needs to be checked

[Coleen Phillimore]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:39:58 GMT, Ioi Lam <iklam at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The CDS-related function `FileMapInfo::map_bitmap_region()` could return `NULL` if CRC check fails, or if we run out of memory. There are two call sites of map_bitmap_region() that did not check for `NULL` , and the VM subsequently would crash. However, there was a bug in the test case that ignored such crashes, and we only found out by chance because jtreg timed out while trying to copy the core file.
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> The fix is to add the missing NULL checks. Also, since `FileMapInfo::patch_heap_embedded_pointers()` cannot handle the mapping failure, I moved the mapping to an earlier stage (`FileMapInfo::map_heap_regions_impl()`) where the error can be handled.
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> I also added a VM crash check in the test case.
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> Note: there's a single bitmap region in the CDS archive. It will be mapped on the first call to `FileMapInfo::map_bitmap_region()`, and will remain mapped until after the loading of the CDS archive is completed.
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> Passed tiers 1-4.

Ok, these changes make sense.

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Marked as reviewed by coleenp (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7487