PING: RFR: 8205992: jhsdb cannot attach to Java processes running in Docker containers

[Yasumasa Suenaga]

PING: Could you review it?

>   JBS:    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8205992
>   webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ysuenaga/JDK-8205992/webrev.00/


Thanks,

Yasumasa


On 2018/06/28 22:12, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Please review this change.
>
>   JBS:    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8205992
>   webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ysuenaga/JDK-8205992/webrev.00/
>
> I tried to attach jhsdb to java process in docker container from container host, but it couldn't.
> jcmd supports PID namespace in JDK-8193710, but jhsdb hasn't yet.
>
> SA gets LWP ID via thread stack and funcs in libthread_db.so, but they returns PIDs in container - they are different from host's PID. So I added the code to scan /proc/<PID>/task to get all LWP IDs and they are kept in a Map in LinuxDebuggerLocal.
>
> Also SA_ALTROOT is set to /proc/<PID>/root if SA detects debuggee runs in container. It helps SA to parse binaries in container.
>
> This change has been pushed to submit repo, and it was failed on OS X (mach5-one-ysuenaga-JDK-8205992-20180628-1015-28963).
> But I guess it causes JDK-8205906. This change affects to Linux only.
>
> Could you review it?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Yasumasa
>