[jdk15u-dev] RFR: 8279077: JFR crashes on Linux ppc due to missing crash protector in signal handler

Wed Dec 22 20:03:24 UTC 2021

On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:34:14 GMT, Zhengyu Gu <zgu at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This is a linux_ppc specific bug, probably a day-one bug till relevant code was refactored by JDK-8255711 in 16.
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> Linux ppc signal handler does not install crash protector as other Linux based platforms do, e.g. linux_x86, that can result a crash while jfr tries to fill stack trace for other thread.

Fine with me, though note that all releases from 16 on have the same comment.

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Marked as reviewed by phh (Reviewer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk15u-dev/pull/155