[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8268364: jmethod clearing should be done during unloading

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:26:56 GMT, Kerem Kat <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Backport of [8268364](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8268364), single hunk conflict resolved by accepting "empty" from the backport commit vs. `clear_jmethod_ids` invocation in the dtor. Backport commit moves the `clear_jmethod_ids` invocation to `unload` method instead.
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>> It fixes crashes when accessing jmethodIDs of a class being unloaded.
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>> Here is the reproducer that crashes JVM in ~1 second without the patch, but works fine with it: [gist](https://gist.github.com/krk/a0800bac5bc5a01709be85637285a965).
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>> This fix also resolves the issue reported at https://github.com/async-profiler/async-profiler/issues/974 for Java 11.
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>> To run the repro:
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>> javac Main.java
>> gcc -shared -I"$JAVA_HOME/include" -I"$JAVA_HOME/include/linux" -fPIC repro.cpp -orepro.so
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>> java -agentpath:"$(pwd)/repro.so" -Xmx100m -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent Main
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> cc @coleenp @fisk

@krk @shipilev Andrew Haley has approved this PR. Do you plan to integrate it?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/2935#issuecomment-2516553692