RFR: 8330171: Lazy W^X switch implementation

[Thomas Stuefe]

On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:40:05 GMT, Sergey Nazarkin <snazarki at openjdk.org> wrote:

> An alternative for preemptively switching the W^X thread mode on macOS with an AArch64 CPU. This implementation triggers the switch in response to the SIGBUS signal if the *si_addr* belongs to the CodeCache area. With this approach, it is now feasible to eliminate all WX guards and avoid potentially costly operations. However, no significant improvement or degradation in performance has been observed.  Additionally, considering the issue with AsyncGetCallTrace, the patched JVM has been successfully operated with [asgct_bottom](https://github.com/parttimenerd/asgct_bottom) and [async-profiler](https://github.com/async-profiler/async-profiler). 
> 
> Additional testing:
> - [x] MacOS AArch64 server fastdebug *gtets*
> - [ ] MacOS AArch64 server fastdebug *jtreg:hotspot:tier4*
> - [ ] Benchmarking
> 
> @apangin and @parttimenerd could you please check the patch on your scenarios??

I have one question, and I'm sorry if it has been answered before. How expensive is changing the mode? Is it just a status variable in user-space pthread lib? Or does it need a system call? 

In other words, how fine granular can we get without incurring too high a cost?

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18762#issuecomment-2053721713