RFR: 8320687: sun.jvmstat.monitor.MonitoredHost.getMonitoredHost() throws unexpected exceptions when invoked concurrently [v4]

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:00:33 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Can I please get a review of this change which proposes to fix the issue noted in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8320687?
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>> As noted in the issue, the `sun.jvmstat.monitor.MonitoredHost.getMonitoredHost()` uses a shared instance of `java.util.ServiceLoader` to load `MonitoredHostService` services. The `ServiceLoader` class javadoc explicitly notes that it isn't thread safe. The issue at hand is caused to due using an instance of `ServiceLoader` concurrently by multiple threads.
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>> The fix proposes to guard the usage of the shared `ServiceLoader` instance through the `monitoredHosts` object monitor. We already use that monitor when dealing with the internal cache which is populated after loading the relevant `MonitoredHostService`(s).
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>> A new jtreg test has been introduced which always reproduces the issue without the source changes and passes with this fix.
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>> tier1, tier2, tier3 and svc_tools tests have been run with this change and all passed.
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> Jaikiran Pai has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Alan's suggestion - don't share ServiceLoader

Hello Chris, I misunderstood the 2 Reviewer rule for serviceablitiy area then. I thought it was 2 Reviewers (capital R).

I'll go ahead and integrate this shortly. Thank you all for the help and reviews.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16805#issuecomment-1839816547