Integrated: 8253180: ZGC: Implementation of JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing

[Erik Österlund]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:43:41 GMT, Erik Österlund <eosterlund at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This PR the implementation of "JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing" (cf.
> https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376).
> Basically, this patch modifies the epilog safepoint when returning from a frame (supporting interpreter frames, c1, c2,
> and native wrapper frames), to compare the stack pointer against a thread-local value. This turns return polls into
> more of a swiss army knife that can be used to poll for safepoints, handshakes, but also returns into not yet safe to
> expose frames, denoted by a "stack watermark".  ZGC will leave frames (and other thread oops) in a state of a mess in
> the GC checkpoint safepoints, rather than processing all threads and their stacks. Processing is initialized
> automagically when threads wake up for a safepoint, or get poked by a handshake or safepoint. Said initialization
> processes a few (3) frames and other thread oops. The rest - the bulk of the frame processing, is deferred until it is
> actually needed. It is needed when a frame is exposed to either 1) execution (returns or unwinding due to exception
> handling), or 2) stack walker APIs. A hook is then run to go and finish the lazy processing of frames.  Mutator and GC
> threads can compete for processing. The processing is therefore performed under a per-thread lock. Note that disarming
> of the poll word (that the returns are comparing against) is only performed by the thread itself. So sliding the
> watermark up will require one runtime call for a thread to note that nothing needs to be done, and then update the poll
> word accordingly. Downgrading the poll word concurrently by other threads was simply not worth the complexity it
> brought (and is only possible on TSO machines). So left that one out.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: b9873e18
Author:    Erik Österlund <eosterlund at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/b9873e18
Stats:     2740 lines in 131 files changed: 2167 ins; 311 del; 262 mod

8253180: ZGC: Implementation of JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing

Reviewed-by: stefank, pliden, rehn, neliasso, coleenp, smonteith

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/296