RFR: 8361955: [GCC static analyzer] libjdwp/threadControl.c threadControl_setPendingInterrupt error: dereference of NULL 'node'

[Chris Plummer]

On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:47:15 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Fix gcc static analyzer warning. It was introduced by [JDK-8324868](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8324868) early last year. For the most part the fix is to revert the relevant [JDK-8324868](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8324868) changes, except for leaving in the replacement of calling findThread() with instead calling findRunningThread().
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>> Ran all svc tier2 and tier5 tests.
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> It fixes the warning but surely impossible to be calling this function in such circumstances?
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> Static analyzers often lack context that would tell them something can't be null. Normally, in main hotspot code, asserts seem to do the job of telling the analyzer this.

@dholmes-ora Can you read through the CR? There are more details there on why in the end I decided to go ahead and make this change.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/27378#issuecomment-3310786920