Hello Anthony,
Could you, please, review a second version of the fix, which is based on
an idea of reusing the existing AWT native global error handler from
Java 2D native code.
Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alitvinov/8005607/webrev.01
The fix consists of the following parts:
1. Migration of all X error handling code from XToolkit to a new
XErrorHandlerUtil class for resolution of interdependency between a
static initialization block of XToolkit and a block initializing
java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment singleton. Such dependency is created
by new calls to XToolkit static methods from
"src/solaris/native/sun/awt/awt_GraphicsEnv.c",
"src/solaris/native/sun/java2d/x11/X11SurfaceData.c" files.
2. Substitution of XToolkit.WITH_XERROR_HANDLER,
XToolkit.RESTORE_XERROR_HANDLER ... for corresponding methods,
fields of XErrorHandlerUtil class in all places of JDK source code,
where they were used.
3. Substitution of all found native X error handlers which are set in
native code (awt_GraphicsEnv.c, X11SurfaceData.c, GLXSurfaceData.c)
for new synthetic Java error handlers.
4. Removal of X error handling code used by the native error handlers
from "solaris/native/sun/awt/awt_util.c"
"solaris/native/sun/awt/awt_util.h" files.
Thank you,
Anton
On 1/11/2013 3:45 PM, Anthony Petrov wrote:
I'm not Jim, but as I indicated earlier my opinion is that the easiest
way to fix this is to install the existing J2DXErrHandler() only once.
That is, it is the second option listed by you. Of course, the
J2DXErrHandler needs to be updated as well to detect whether 2D code
wants to use it at the moment or it must simply delegate to the
previous handler (i.e. where the code currently installs/uninstalls
the handler, it must instead set a global boolean flag or something.)
While the first option (reusing the existing AWT machinery) is an
interesting idea in general, I think it is complex and would require
too much additional testing and bring an unjustified risk to the
solution for such a basic problem.
--
best regards,
Anthony
On 1/11/2013 14:44, Anton Litvinov wrote:
Hello Jim,
Thank you very much for the review and provision of a new idea of a
solution. Elimination of the logic, which sets/unsets
J2DXErrHandler() for each call "XShmAttach(awt_display, &shminfo))"
should effectively resolve the issue, but only in case if all other
native error handlers, which were set by the system function
"XSetErrorHandler()" in JDK or in any external library, observe the
rule of relaying of all events, which are not relative to them, to
the previously saved error handlers. Otherwise an error generated
during "XShmAttach" function call will not be handled by
J2DXErrHandler().
Could you answer the following question. By setting J2DXErrHandler()
only once and forever do you mean usage of AWT global event handler
"static int ToolkitErrorHandler(Display * dpy, XErrorEvent * event)"
from "src/solaris/native/sun/xawt/XlibWrapper.c" with Java synthetic
handlers or creation of another global native error handler with
J2DXErrHandler as native synthetic handler?
Thank you,
Anton
On 1/10/2013 5:44 AM, Jim Graham wrote:
I think I'd rather see some way to prevent double-adding the handler
in the first place as well. Since it is only ever used on errors I
also think it is OK to set it once and leave it there forever...
...jim
On 1/9/13 8:08 AM, Anthony Petrov wrote:
Hi Anton et al.,
If I read the description of the bug correctly, specifically this
part:
The problem occurs, if another thread (for example, GTK thread) is
doing the same sort of thing concurrently. This can lead to the
following situation.
JVM thread: Sets J2DXErrHandler(), saves ANY_PREVIOUS_HANDLER as
previous GTK thread: Sets some GTK_HANDLER, saves
J2DXErrHandler() as previous JVM thread: Restores
ANY_PREVIOUS_HANDLER GTK thread: Restores J2DXErrHandler() JVM
thread: Sets J2DXErrHandler(), saves J2DXErrHandler() as previous
It is obvious that at this final step 2D is in an inconsistent
state. We
don't expect to replace our own error handler (and it shouldn't have
been there in the first place).
I realize that the fix you propose works around this problem. But this
doesn't look like an ideal solution to me.
BTW, IIRC, in JDK7 (and 6?) we decided to set the actual X11 error
handler only once and never replace it. All the rest of the
push_handler/pop_handler logic is now located in Java code (see
XToolkit.SAVED_ERROR_HANDLER() and the surrounding logic). I believe
that we should somehow share this machinery with the 2D code to avoid
this sort of problems. Though I'm not sure if this will eliminate this
exact issue.
2D/AWT folks: any other thoughts?
--
best regards,
Anthony
On 12/29/2012 17:44, Anton Litvinov wrote:
Hello,
Please review the following fix for a bug.
Bug: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=8005607
https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8005607
Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alitvinov/8005607/webrev.00
The bug consists in a crash which is caused by a stack overflow for
the reason of an infinite recursion in AWT native function
J2DXErrHandler() under certain circumstances on 32-bit Linux OS. The
fix is based on introduction of the logic, which detects indirect
recursive calls to J2DXErrHandler() by means of a simple counter, to
J2DXErrHandler() native function. Such a solution requires minimum
code changes, does not alter the handler's code significantly and
eliminates this bug.
Adding 2d-dev@openjdk.java.net e-mail alias to the list of recipients
of this letter, because the edited function's name is related to Java
2D area of JDK, despite of the fact that the edited file is
located in
AWT directory.
Thank you,
Anton
