RFR (XXS): 8172969: JVMTI spec: GetCurrentThread may return NULL in the early start phase

[serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com]

Thank you, Dan!
Serguei


On 2/13/17 06:38, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:
> On 2/13/17 12:33 AM, serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com wrote:
>> Please, review a JDK 9 fix for the bug:
>>   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8172969
>>
>> Webrev:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sspitsyn/webrevs/2017/hotspot/8172969-jvmti-spec.hs1/ 
>>
>
> src/share/vm/prims/jvmti.xml
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>
> Thumbs up!
>
> Dan
>
>
>>
>>
>> Summary:
>>
>>   It was identified during the review of 8172261 that the 
>> GetCurrentThread
>>   may return NULL during the early start phase. This issue existed with
>>   the normal start phase in the initial JVM TI implementation (JDK 1.5).
>>   Now the GetCurrentThread is Ok to call during the normal start 
>> phase as the
>>   VMStart event is shifted to the point where the java.base is fully 
>> initialized.
>>   But now the early VMStart event is at the same point where the VMStart
>>   was in all previous releases.
>>
>>   The fix is a spec update saying that the GetCurrentThread may 
>> return NULL in the
>>   early start phase when the java.lang.Thread class has not been 
>> initialized yet.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Serguei
>