RFR: 8346143: add ClearAllFramePops function to speedup debugger single stepping in some cases [v9]

Chris Plummer cjplummer at openjdk.org
Wed Jan 8 22:58:27 UTC 2025


On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 19:53:20 GMT, Serguei Spitsyn <sspitsyn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> New JVMTI function `ClearAllFramePops` will help to speedup debugger single stepping in some cases.
>> Additionally, the JVMTI `NotifyFramePop` implementation was fixed to return `JVMTI_ERROR_DUPLICATE` to make it consistent with the `SetBreakpoint` which also returns this error.
>> 
>> The JDWP agent fix will be needed to make use of this new JVMTI function. The corresponding debugger bug is:
>> [8229012](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8229012): When single stepping, the debug agent can cause the thread to remain in interpreter mode after single stepping completes
>> 
>> CSR: [8346144](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8346144): add ClearAllFramePops function to speedup debugger single stepping in some cases
>> 
>> Testing:
>>  - mach5 tiers 1-6 were run to make sure this fix caused no regressions
>>  - Chris tested the JVMTI patch with his JDWP fix of [8229012](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8229012).
>
> Serguei Spitsyn has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   update ciopyright year

Marked as reviewed by cjplummer (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22744#pullrequestreview-2538433490


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