RFR: 8369994: Mixed mode jhsdb jstack cannot resolve symbol with cold attribute

Yasumasa Suenaga ysuenaga at openjdk.org
Thu Oct 16 14:45:15 UTC 2025


`jhsdb jstack --mixed` with coredump cannot resolve function symbol which has `.cold` attribute.


----------------- 120485 -----------------
"Thread-0" #24 prio=5 tid=0x00007f50dc1aa7c0 nid=120485 waiting on condition [0x00007f50c0d1a000]
   java.lang.Thread.State: TIMED_WAITING (sleeping)
   JavaThread state: _thread_blocked
0x00007f50e4710735 __GI_abort + 0x8b
0x00007f50e1e01f33 ????????


0x7f50e1e01f33 was `os::abort(bool, void const*, void const*) [clone .cold]` and I could see it in GDB. However it has `.cold` suffix, it means the code has been relocated as ["cold" function](https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Function-Attributes.html#index-cold-function-attribute). In GDB, we can see the code in another area from function body as following:


(gdb) disas 0x7f50e1e01f2e, 0x7f50e1e01f34
Dump of assembler code from 0x7f50e1e01f2e to 0x7f50e1e01f34:
   0x00007f50e1e01f2e <_ZN2os5abortEbPKvS1_.cold+0>: call 0x7f50e1e01010 <abort at plt>
=> 0x00007f50e1e01f33: nop
End of assembler dump.


libsaproc.so checks address range to resolve symbol whether the address is in between `start` and `start + size - 1`. As you can see in assembler dump, the code in `.cold` section is `call` instruction, thus IP points next `nop`, thus we should allow address range between `start` and `start + size`.

After this PR, you can see the right symbol as following:


----------------- 120485 -----------------
"Thread-0" #24 prio=5 tid=0x00007f50dc1aa7c0 nid=120485 waiting on condition [0x00007f50c0d1a000]
   java.lang.Thread.State: TIMED_WAITING (sleeping)
   JavaThread state: _thread_blocked
0x00007f50e4710735      __GI_abort + 0x8b
0x00007f50e1e01f33      os::abort(bool, void const*, void const*) [clone .cold] + 0x5

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Commit messages:
 - 8369994: Mixed mode jhsdb jstack cannot resolve symbol with cold attribute

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27846/files
  Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=27846&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8369994
  Stats: 16 lines in 1 file changed: 11 ins; 0 del; 5 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27846.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/27846/head:pull/27846

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27846


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