Suggested improvement to X86Frame.getInterpreterFrameBCI

JC Beyler jcbeyler at google.com
Fri Nov 30 17:06:14 UTC 2018


Hi both,

The webrev looks good to me but I could see gains of just adding a new
constructor instead of doing a new + set.

LinuxAMD64JavaThreadPDAccess.java would become consistent with the rest of
the code:
+    } else if (VM.getVM().getInterpreter().contains(guesser.getPC())) {
+      // pass the value of R13 which contains the bcp for the top level
frame
+      return new X86Frame(guesser.getSP(), guesser.getFP(),
guesser.getPC(),
+          context.getRegisterAsAddress(AMD64ThreadContext.R13));
     } else {

- And for X86Frame.java, that means there is no set method (there isn't a
single one yet there so we are consistent there).
- Finally, instead of just r13 internally to the Frame, we could just call
it the bcp since that is what you are saying it is and then adapt the
getInterpreterFrameBCI a bit because a bcp local variable is there :-)

But these are nits :),
Jc

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 6:21 AM Jini George <jini.george at oracle.com> wrote:

> Your patch looks good to me, David. I can sponsor this for you if we get
> one more review.
>
> Thanks,
> Jini.
>
> On 11/22/2018 5:42 PM, David Griffiths wrote:
> > Thanks Jini, please find patch for Java 9 attached (I don't have author
> > access to the bug itself).
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 at 09:02, Jini George <jini.george at oracle.com
> > <mailto:jini.george at oracle.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Thank you very much for working on the fix for this issue, David. It
> >     would be great if you can send in a complete patch for the review
> (With
> >     a first cut look, there seems to be missing pieces).
> >
> >     I have created a bug for this:
> >
> >     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8214226
> >
> >     Thank you,
> >     Jini
> >
> >     On 11/22/2018 12:50 AM, David Griffiths wrote:
> >      > PS: should have added a new X86Frame constructor really, may have
> >     just
> >      > been put off because there is already a four address constructor
> so
> >      > would have had to add dummy argument or something.
> >      >
> >      > On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 at 19:15, David Griffiths
> >     <david.griffiths at gmail.com <mailto:david.griffiths at gmail.com>
> >      > <mailto:david.griffiths at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:david.griffiths at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >      >
> >      >     Hi, thanks, apart from adding a setter for R13 in X86Frame,
> the
> >      >     other half of the fix is this:
> >      >
> >      >        public    Frame getCurrentFrameGuess(JavaThread thread,
> >     Address
> >      >     addr) {
> >      >          ThreadProxy t = getThreadProxy(addr);
> >      >          AMD64ThreadContext context = (AMD64ThreadContext)
> >     t.getContext();
> >      >          AMD64CurrentFrameGuess guesser = new
> >      >     AMD64CurrentFrameGuess(context, thread);
> >      >          if (!guesser.run(GUESS_SCAN_RANGE)) {
> >      >            return null;
> >      >          }
> >      >          if (guesser.getPC() == null) {
> >      >            return new X86Frame(guesser.getSP(), guesser.getFP());
> >      >          } else if
> >     (VM.getVM().getInterpreter().contains(guesser.getPC())) {
> >      >            // pass the value of R13 which contains the bcp for
> >     the top
> >      >     level frame
> >      >            Address r13 =
> >      >     context.getRegisterAsAddress(AMD64ThreadContext.R13);
> >      >            X86Frame frame = new X86Frame(guesser.getSP(),
> >      >     guesser.getFP(), guesser.getPC());
> >      >            frame.setR13(r13);
> >      >            return frame;
> >      >          } else {
> >      >            return new X86Frame(guesser.getSP(), guesser.getFP(),
> >      >     guesser.getPC());
> >      >          }
> >      >        }
> >      >
> >      >     (the whole "if pc in interpreter" block is new)
> >      >
> >      >     Overhead likely to be low as this is only used in diagnostic
> >     code.
> >      >     Can't think of any risk but I'm not an expert on this code.
> >      >
> >      >     Cheers,
> >      >
> >      >     David
> >      >
> >      >     On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 at 19:01, JC Beyler <jcbeyler at google.com
> >     <mailto:jcbeyler at google.com>
> >      >     <mailto:jcbeyler at google.com <mailto:jcbeyler at google.com>>>
> wrote:
> >      >
> >      >         Hi David,
> >      >
> >      >         I think the easiest would be to see whole change to
> >     understand
> >      >         the repercussions of the change. I would imagine that any
> >     change
> >      >         that helps stacktraces being more precise is a good thing
> but
> >      >         there are questions that arise every time:
> >      >            - What is the overhead of adding this?
> >      >            - Does this add any risk of failure?
> >      >
> >      >         I'd imagine that the change is relatively small and
> should be
> >      >         easy to assess this but seeing it would make things
> easier to
> >      >         determine.
> >      >
> >      >         That being said, I'm not a reviewer for OpenJDK so this is
> >      >         really just my 2cents,
> >      >         Jc
> >      >
> >      >         On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 9:17 AM David Griffiths
> >      >         <david.griffiths at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:david.griffiths at gmail.com> <mailto:david.griffiths at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:david.griffiths at gmail.com>>>
> >      >         wrote:
> >      >
> >      >             Hi, I'm new to this mailing list and working on a
> project
> >      >             that makes use of the SA classes to get stack traces
> >     from a
> >      >             paused in flight JVM (we can't use JDWP). I have
> observed
> >      >             that if the top frame is in the interpreter it
> >     reports the
> >      >             BCI and line number incorrectly. This is because
> >      >             X86Frame.getInterpreterFrameBCI uses the value stored
> >     on the
> >      >             stack rather than the actual live value stored in R13.
> >      >
> >      >             I have a patch for this which lets
> >      >             LinuxAMD64JavaThreadPDAccess.getCurrentFrameGuess
> >     pass the
> >      >             R13 value to X86Frame so that the latter can then do:
> >      >
> >      >                public int getInterpreterFrameBCI() {
> >      >                  Address bcp =
> >      >             addressOfInterpreterFrameBCX().getAddressAt(0);
> >      >                  // If we are in the top level frame then R13 may
> >     have
> >      >             been set for us which contains
> >      >                  // the BCP. If so then let it take priority. If
> >     we are
> >      >             in a top level interpreter frame,
> >      >                  // the BCP is live in R13 (on x86) and not saved
> >     in the
> >      >             BCX stack slot.
> >      >                  if (r13 != null) {
> >      >                      bcp = r13;
> >      >                  }
> >      >                  Address methodHandle =
> >      >             addressOfInterpreterFrameMethod().getAddressAt(0);
> >      >
> >      >             and this fixes the problem.
> >      >
> >      >             Does this sound like a good idea and if so should I
> >     submit a
> >      >             patch?
> >      >
> >      >             Cheers,
> >      >
> >      >             David
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >         --
> >      >
> >      >         Thanks,
> >      >         Jc
> >      >
> >
>


-- 

Thanks,
Jc
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