[jdk21u-dev] RFR: 8261242: [Linux] OSContainer::is_containerized() returns true when run outside a container [v3]

[Severin Gehwolf]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:44:40 GMT, Jan Kratochvil <jkratochvil at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> A patch 3 of 6 for: [[21u] Backport intention of 8322420: [Linux] cgroup v2: Limits in parent nested control groups are not detected](https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-updates-dev/2025-April/043206.html)
>> 
>> It has a patch dependency on PR 2 of 6: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk21u-dev/pull/1660
>> 
>> This backport is not clean as noticed by @MBaesken - `test/hotspot/jtreg/ProblemList.txt` was removing `containers/cgroup/PlainRead.java` but that testcase is missing in JDK21 so there is nothing to remove.
>> 
>> The backport also contains an additional oneliner (by Yuri Nesterenko):
>> 
>> make/data/hotspot-symbols/symbols-linux:
>> +JVM_IsContainerized
>> 
>> as otherwise the build would fail with:
>> 
>> src/java.base/linux/native/libjava/CgroupMetrics.c:42:(.text+0x11): undefined reference to `JVM_IsContainerized'
>> 
>> This oneliner was not needed in JDK24 as there is [JDK-8017234: Hotspot should stop using mapfiles](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8017234).
>> 
>> The whole patchset has been tested on CentOS-7.9 (for cgroup v1) and on Fedora 40 (for cgroup v2) for test/hotspot/jtreg/containers.
>
> Jan Kratochvil has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains five additional commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'devmaster' into devmaster-cgroup2reduced123-conflict
>  - 8261242: [Linux] OSContainer::is_containerized() returns true when run outside a container
>    
>    Reviewed-by: stuefe, iklam
>  - src/java.base/linux/native/libjava/CgroupMetrics.c:42:(.text+0x11): undefined reference to `JVM_IsContainerized'
>     - a patch by Yuri Nesterenko
>  - 8333326: Linux Alpine build fails after 8302744
>    
>    Reviewed-by: sgehwolf, clanger, stuefe
>  - 8302744: Refactor Hotspot container detection code
>    
>    Reviewed-by: jsjolen, stuefe

@jankratochvil Please also create a backport of [JDK-8335882](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8335882) to exclude the new test on Alpine. This would otherwise fail on some systems. Thank you.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21u-dev/pull/1661#issuecomment-2969729380