RFR[ 9u-dev] JDK-8129348: Debugger hangs in trace mode with TRACE_SENDS

[serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com]

Hi Cheleswer,

The fix looks good to me.
Thank you for taking care about it!

Thanks,
Serguei

On 10/22/15 04:51, cheleswer sahu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please review the code changes for 
> "https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8129348".
> Web review link: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~kevinw/8129348/webrev.01/
>
> Bug Brief: Debugger hangs in trace mode when TRACE_SENDS flag is 
> enabled. To print the argument information, it does a remote call from a
> synchronized method which causes a deadlock .
>
> Fix proposed:
> Cache the value of args by calling the toString() method on args 
> before entering into synchronized method. This cached values can be 
> used later
> to print the values when needed and avoid deadlock.
> The bug is introduced in build time generated code (JDWP.java), and 
> changing the generator code is problematic so cache value has been 
> chosen as a solution.
>
>
> Regards,
> Cheleswer
>
>
>