RFR: 8370176: Mixed mode jhsdb jstack cannot unwind call stack with -Xcomp
Yasumasa Suenaga
ysuenaga at openjdk.org
Sun Oct 19 07:03:42 UTC 2025
`jhsdb jstack --mixed` would not work when attaches to the process runs with `-Xcomp`.
It has been reported by @pchilano in #27728. You can reproduce the problem with [Test.java (attached JBS)](https://bugs.openjdk.org/secure/attachment/116551/Test.java). You can see following stack.
----------------- 646689 -----------------
"Thread-0" #24 prio=5 tid=0x00007f1cec18c890 nid=646689 waiting on condition [0x00007f1cd0158000]
java.lang.Thread.State: TIMED_WAITING (sleeping)
JavaThread state: _thread_blocked
0x00007f1cf3b7f462 __syscall_cancel_arch + 0x32
0x00007f1cf3b7375c __internal_syscall_cancel + 0x5c
0x00007f1cf3b766a8 ___pthread_cond_timedwait + 0x178
0x00007f1cf270e1e9 PlatformEvent::park_nanos(long) + 0x119
0x00007f1cf2005f4c JavaThread::sleep_nanos(long) + 0xfc
0x00007f1cf218789f JVM_SleepNanos + 0x28f
0x00007f1cdb95f299 java.lang.Thread.sleepNanos0(long) + 0x99 (Native method)
`Thread.sleepNanos0` is the bottom stack, but actually it has more call frames. You can see them with `-XX:+PreserveFramePointer`.
----------------- 646841 -----------------
"Thread-0" #24 prio=5 tid=0x00007f4a0018c9e0 nid=646841 waiting on condition [0x00007f49e4fd7000]
java.lang.Thread.State: TIMED_WAITING (sleeping)
JavaThread state: _thread_blocked
0x00007f4a0aa29462 __syscall_cancel_arch + 0x32
0x00007f4a0aa1d75c __internal_syscall_cancel + 0x5c
0x00007f4a0aa206a8 ___pthread_cond_timedwait + 0x178
0x00007f4a0970e1e9 PlatformEvent::park_nanos(long) + 0x119
0x00007f4a09005f4c JavaThread::sleep_nanos(long) + 0xfc
0x00007f4a0918789f JVM_SleepNanos + 0x28f
0x00007f49ef961099 java.lang.Thread.sleepNanos0(long) + 0x99 (Native method)
0x00007f49e7f477b4 * java.lang.Thread.sleepNanos(long) bci:33 line:509 (Compiled frame)
0x00007f49e7f41a64 * java.lang.Thread.sleep(long) bci:25 line:540 (Compiled frame)
0x00007f49e7f4037c * Test.run() bci:3 line:6 (Compiled frame)
0x00007f49ef943328 * java.lang.Thread.runWith(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Runnable) bci:5 line:1487 (Compiled frame)
* java.lang.Thread.run() bci:19 line:1474 (Compiled frame)
0x00007f49ef3385fd <StubRoutines (initial stubs)>
0x00007f4a08fc247e JavaCalls::call_helper(JavaValue*, methodHandle const&, JavaCallArguments*, JavaThread*) + 0x4ce
0x00007f4a08fc2bb3 JavaCalls::call_virtual(JavaValue*, Klass*, Symbol*, Symbol*, JavaCallArguments*, JavaThread*) + 0x2d3
0x00007f4a08fc31bb JavaCalls::call_virtual(JavaValue*, Handle, Klass*, Symbol*, Symbol*, JavaThread*) + 0xab
0x00007f4a09185590 thread_entry(JavaThread*, JavaThread*) + 0xd0
0x00007f4a09004206 JavaThread::thread_main_inner() + 0x256
0x00007f4a09c66747 Thread::call_run() + 0xb7
0x00007f4a096fccc8 thread_native_entry(Thread*) + 0x128
0x00007f4a0aa20f54 start_thread + 0x2e4
Java frame might be use the register for frame pointer (`RBP` in AMD64) as general purpose register, so SA cannot rely it in stack unwinding.
hs_err log has mixed stack trace as "Native frames", it would be unwinded by `NativeStackPrinter` in HotSpot, and it works as mixed mode. `NativeStackPrinter` uses `frame::next_frame()` to find sender frame regardless whether Java frame or C frame, and it leverages sender FP/PC to create sender frame. On the other hand, SA separates CFrame and VFrame to unwind in mixed mode jstack, so sender FP/PC would not propagate to CFrame, thus the frame located at bottom of Java frame might not be shown.
It is difficult to unify unwinder in `PStack` in SA, so it would be reasonable to propagate sender FP/PC to the sender of CFrame.
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Commit messages:
- Update bug ID in testcase
- Add change for AArch64
- Mixed jstack does not work without -XX:+PreserveFramePointer
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27885/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=27885&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8370176
Stats: 194 lines in 5 files changed: 159 ins; 4 del; 31 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27885.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/27885/head:pull/27885
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27885
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