RFR: JDK-8210337: runtime/NMT/VirtualAllocTestType.java failed on RuntimeException missing from stdout/stderr

[gary.adams at oracle.com]

The general attach sequence ...

src/jdk.attach/solaris/classes/sun/tools/attach/VirtualMachineImpl.java

  the attacher creates an attach_pid file in a directory where the 
attachee is runnning
  issues a signal to the attacheee

   loops waiting for the java_pid file to be created
   default timeout is 10 seconds

   src/hotspot/os/solaris/attachListener_solaris.cpp

    attachee creates the java_pid file
    listens til the attacher opens the door

...
Not sure when a bare IOException is thrown rather than the
more specific FileNotFoundException.



On 10/2/18 4:11 PM, Chris Plummer wrote:
> Can you summarize how the attach handshaking is suppose to work? I'm 
> just wondering why the attacher would ever be looking for the file 
> before the attachee has created it. It seems a proper handshake would 
> prevent this. Maybe there's some sort of visibility issue where the 
> attachee has indeed created the file, but it is not immediately 
> visible to the attacher process.
>
> Chris
>
> On 10/2/18 12:27 PM, gary.adams at oracle.com wrote:
>> The problem reproduced pretty quickly.
>> I added a call to checkPermission and revealed the
>> "file not found" from the stat call when the IOException
>> was detected.
>>
>> There has been some flakiness from the Solaris test machines today,
>> so I'll continue with the testing a bit longer.
>>
>> On 10/2/18 3:12 PM, Chris Plummer wrote:
>>> Without the fix was this issue easy enough to reproduce that you can 
>>> be sure this is resolving it?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 10/2/18 8:16 AM, Gary Adams wrote:
>>>> Solaris debug builds are failing tests that use the attach interface.
>>>> An IOException is reported when the java_pid file is not opened.
>>>>
>>>> It appears that the attempt to attach is taking place too quickly.
>>>> This workaround will allow the open operation to be retried
>>>> after a short pause.
>>>>
>>>>   Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~gadams/8210337/webrev/
>>>>   Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210337
>>>>
>>>> Testing is in progress.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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