RFR: 8320189: vmTestbase/nsk/jvmti/scenarios/bcinstr/BI02/bi02t001 memory corruption when using -Xcheck:jni [v3]

[Serguei Spitsyn]

On Fri, 30 May 2025 22:07:16 GMT, Serguei Spitsyn <sspitsyn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This update is fixing a couple of `nsk/jvmti/ scenarios` tests.
>> The tests in a JVMTI `ClassFileLoadHook` callback provide new class file bytes with the result returned by JNI `GetByteArrayElements()`.  It violates the JVMTI `ClassFileLoadHook` spec saying:
>> 
>>  "The agent must allocate the space for the modified class file data buffer using the memory allocation function Allocate because the VM is responsible for freeing the new class file data buffer using Deallocate."
>> 
>> Please, see the JVMTI ClassFileLoadHook spec:
>>    https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/24/docs/specs/jvmti.html#ClassFileLoadHook
>> 
>> It is the root cause of a memory corruption detected with the VM option `-Xcheck:jni`.
>> The fix is to convert a JNI allocated array returned by `GetByteArrayElements()` to a JMVTI allocated array. New conversion function `jni_array_to_jvmti_allocated()` is added to the`jvmti_common.hpp`.
>> 
>> Testing:
>>  - ran updated tests individually
>>  - TBD: submit mach5 tiers 1-6
>
> Serguei Spitsyn has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   review: no need to copy array by ReleaseByteArrayElements

Thank you for review, Alex and Leonid!

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25422#issuecomment-2923826295