Find a strange problem about using project-panama on macos

刘希晨 benrush0705 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 14 12:44:01 UTC 2023


Let me add two things:
1. I am not using a symbol link, the OPENSSL dynamic library was compiled
from source, using the newest version 3.1.2
2. System.load() is the same as SymbolLookup, jmap and jconsole won't work

David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> 于2023年8月14日周一 20:08写道:

> cc mailing list
>
> On 14/08/2023 6:51 pm, 刘希晨 wrote:
> > Sorry I am not an export in native debugging, it took me several hours
> > finding the actual line causing jconsole and jmap not working properly
> > on macos, and except for that, the application works perfectly well in
> > my computer, that's the reason why I haven't found the case before, so I
> > guess it's not a problem about safepoint, because if this single line
> > would cause the application not able to reach a safepoint, why would it
> > work on windows, and the application could GC well (I tested add
> > System.gc() in the above main method, and it could be done well, I think
> > that should suggest the safepoint could be reached, perhaps I am wrong,
> > I don't know much about safepoint but it seems GC needs to reach a
> > safepoint to run), it runs completely normally except can't be accessed
> > by jmap and jconsole (By the way, the application could be debugged by
> > idea properly, which is quite suprising, I am using Idea version
> > 2023.2), so I guess the openjdk21-ea implementation on macos of
> > SymbolLookup should have some problems internally.
>
> When we are dealing with native code different platforms have different
> native code and so they can behave differently. The symptoms you
> describe suggest an inability of the VM to reach a safepoint.
>
> But without getting a native stack dump from a debugger there is no way
> to investigate this further.
>
> Also please respond to the mailing list rather than directly to myself,
> so others can see what is happening.
>
> David
>
> > David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com <mailto:david.holmes at oracle.com>>
> > 于2023年8月14日周一 12:51写道:
> >
> >     On 14/08/2023 2:45 pm, David Holmes wrote:
> >      >
> >      >
> >      > On 14/08/2023 12:42 pm, 刘希晨 wrote:
> >      >>
> >      >> I have found a really strange problem when using project-panama
> on
> >      >> macos, and it might be a bug.
> >      >>
> >      >> *Environment*: JDK-21 ea build 34, cpu : M1 Pro,
> operating system :
> >      >> Ventura 13.5
> >      >>
> >      >> Here are the minimal reproducible codes:
> >      >>
> >      >> public class SimpleExample {
> >      >>      public static void main(String[] args)throws Throwable {
> >      >>          SymbolLookup crypto =
> >      >>
> >
>  SymbolLookup.libraryLookup("/Users/liuxichen/workspace/tenet-lib/lib/libcrypto.dylib",
> Arena.global());
> >      >>          Thread.sleep(Long.MAX_VALUE);
> >      >>      }
> >      >> }
> >      >>
> >      >> The libcrypto.dylib file is the OPENSSL dynamic library file, I
> >     think
> >      >> other libraries probably could cause the same problem.
> >      >>
> >      >> *Problem description*:
> >      >> A normal java program would work fine with *jconsole* and
> >     *jmap*, if
> >      >> running the above code in macos, jconsole won't be able to
> >     connect to
> >      >> the target process, and jmap will give the following error:
> >      >>
> >      >> *~/Dow/jdk-21/C/H/bin  jps*
> >      >>
> >      >> 1665 RemoteMavenServer36
> >      >> 2673 Jps
> >      >> 532
> >      >> 1671 Launcher
> >      >> 1672 SimpleExample
> >      >> 1211
> >      >>
> >      >>
> >      >> * ~/Dow/jdk-21/C/H/bin  ./jmap -histo:live,file=histo5.data 1672*
> >      >>
> >      >> Exception in thread"main"
> >      >> com.sun.tools.attach.AttachNotSupportedException: Unable to open
> >      >> socket file
> >      >> /var/folders/k4/j5wzcbnd3m96s5lmqw_8lh8r0000gn/T/.java_pid1672:
> >     target
> >      >> process1672 doesn't respond within 10500ms or HotSpot VM not
> loaded
> >      >> at
> >      >>
> >
>  jdk.attach/sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachineImpl.<init>(VirtualMachineImpl.java:95)
> >      >>      at
> >      >>
> >
>  jdk.attach/sun.tools.attach.AttachProviderImpl.attachVirtualMachine(AttachProviderImpl.java:58)
> >      >>      at
> >      >>
> >
>  jdk.attach/com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine.attach(VirtualMachine.java:207)
> >      >>      at
> >     jdk.jcmd/sun.tools.jmap.JMap.executeCommandForPid(JMap.java:127)
> >      >>      at jdk.jcmd/sun.tools.jmap.JMap.histo(JMap.java:199)
> >      >>      at jdk.jcmd/sun.tools.jmap.JMap.main(JMap.java:112)
> >      >
> >      > These problems, and the workaround, suggest that a thread is
> >     preventing
> >      > the VM from going to safepoint, but I can't see why that should
> >     be the
> >      > case. If you apply the StartAttachListener workaround what does
> >     jstack
> >      > show you is happening?
> >
> >     Actually if the VM can't reach a safepoint then jstack won't be able
> to
> >     run either. You need to run a native debugger against the process and
> >     get the stack traces.
> >
> >     David
> >     ------
> >
> >      > David
> >      > -----
> >      >
> >      >>
> >      >> Several tests:
> >      >> 1. The above code runs fine on windows and macos, and the process
> >      >> could be accessed by jconsole and jmap on windows, only fail on
> >     macos
> >      >> 2. The problem could be solved by adding VM options, for jconsole
> >      >> usable, add -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote for jmap usable add
> >      >> -XX:+StartAttachListener , if there is no
> >      >> *SymbolLookup.libraryLookup*(), then jconsole and jmap would
> >     work well
> >      >> without these two arguments
> >      >>
> >      >> So, I guess there must be some internal logic that blocks the
> >     jconsole
> >      >> and jmap from entering java program inside
> >      >> *SymbolLookup.libraryLookup*(), please correct me if I am wrong
> >      >>
> >      >>
> >      >>
> >
>
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