RFR(9): 8176533: REGRESSION: a java process is not recognized by jcmd/jinfo/jstack/jmap tool

[Robbin Ehn]

Thanks Serguei!

On 03/15/2017 07:14 PM, serguei.spitsyn at oracle.com wrote:
> Hi Robbin,
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> Nice fix.
> Thank you for taking care about this issue so quickly!
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> One minor comment below.
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> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rehn/8176533/webrev/src/jdk.jcmd/share/classes/sun/tools/common/ProcessArgumentMatcher.java.udiff.html
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> A typo in the comment: debugge-suspened => debuggee-suspened

Yes.

/Robbin

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> On 3/15/17 10:41, Robbin Ehn wrote:
>> Hi all, please review:
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>> When starting the VM with agentlib and suspended, jcmd/jinfo/jstack/jmap don't work until a debugger have attach.
>>
>> There is an underlying issue with AttachProvider that don't list that VM even if it's attachable.
>> That issue is present in JDK 8 (“jcmd -l” don’t list this process).
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>> This fix only fixes the regression by not validating the pid against available VirtualMachineDescriptors.
>> One problem with not validating is that we will send SIGQUIT to that pid even if it’s not a java process, but it’s the same behavior as JDK 8.
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>> The regression was introduced by https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156537
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>> VirtualMachineDescriptor was not easily create-able from just a string pid, you need an AttachProvider.
>> I instead change so we use a collection of pids where applicable.
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>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rehn/8176533/webrev/
>> Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8176533
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>> Passes jdk/test/sun/tools/ and internal test group.
>> Manual tested the regression case.
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>> A new issue for the AttachProvider will be filed.
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> I've filed this one:
>   https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8176828
>    jtools do not list VM process launched with the debugger option suspend=y
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> Feel free to update it if necessary.
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> Thanks,
> Serguei
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>>
>> Thanks
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>> /Robbin
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