Hi Richard,

On 2/14/20 9:58 AM, Reingruber, Richard wrote:
Hi Patricio,

thanks for having a look.

   > I’m only commenting on the handshake changes.
   > I see that operation VM_EnterInterpOnlyMode can be called inside
   > operation VM_SetFramePop which also allows nested operations. Here is a
   > comment in VM_SetFramePop definition:
   >
   > // Nested operation must be allowed for the VM_EnterInterpOnlyMode that is
   > // called from the JvmtiEventControllerPrivate::recompute_thread_enabled.
   >
   > So if we change VM_EnterInterpOnlyMode to be a handshake, then now we
   > could have a handshake inside a safepoint operation. The issue I see
   > there is that at the end of the handshake the polling page of the target
   > thread could be disarmed. So if the target thread happens to be in a
   > blocked state just transiently and wakes up then it will not stop for
   > the ongoing safepoint. Maybe I can file an RFE to assert that the
   > polling page is armed at the beginning of disarm_safepoint().

I'm really glad you noticed the problematic nesting. This seems to be a general 
issue: currently a
handshake cannot be nested in a vm operation. Maybe it should be asserted in the
Handshake::execute() methods that they are not called by the vm thread 
evaluating a vm operation?

   > Alternatively I think you could do something similar to what we do in
   > Deoptimization::deoptimize_all_marked():
   >
   >    EnterInterpOnlyModeClosure hs;
   >    if (SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint()) {
   >      hs.do_thread(state->get_thread());
   >    } else {
   >      Handshake::execute(&hs, state->get_thread());
   >    }
   > (you could pass “EnterInterpOnlyModeClosure” directly to the
   > HandshakeClosure() constructor)

Maybe this could be used also in the Handshake::execute() methods as general 
solution?
Right, we could also do that. Avoiding to clear the polling page in HandshakeState::clear_handshake() should be enough to fix this issue and execute a handshake inside a safepoint, but adding that "if" statement in Hanshake::execute() sounds good to avoid all the extra code that we go through when executing a handshake. I filed 8239084 to make that change.

   > I don’t know JVMTI code so I’m not sure if VM_EnterInterpOnlyMode is
   > always called in a nested operation or just sometimes.

At least one execution path without vm operation exists:

   JvmtiEventControllerPrivate::enter_interp_only_mode(JvmtiThreadState *) : 
void
     JvmtiEventControllerPrivate::recompute_thread_enabled(JvmtiThreadState *) 
: jlong
       JvmtiEventControllerPrivate::recompute_enabled() : void
         JvmtiEventControllerPrivate::change_field_watch(jvmtiEvent, bool) : 
void (2 matches)
           JvmtiEventController::change_field_watch(jvmtiEvent, bool) : void
             JvmtiEnv::SetFieldAccessWatch(fieldDescriptor *) : jvmtiError
               jvmti_SetFieldAccessWatch(jvmtiEnv *, jclass, jfieldID) : 
jvmtiError

I tend to revert back to VM_EnterInterpOnlyMode as it wasn't my main intent to 
replace it with a
handshake, but to avoid making the compiled methods on stack not_entrant.... 
unless I'm further
encouraged to do it with a handshake :)
Ah! I think you can still do it with a handshake with the Deoptimization::deoptimize_all_marked() like solution. I can change the if-else statement with just the Handshake::execute() call in 8239084. But up to you.  : )

Thanks,
Patricio
Thanks again,
Richard.

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Subject: Re: RFR(S) 8238585: Use handshake for 
JvmtiEventControllerPrivate::enter_interp_only_mode() and don't make compiled 
methods on stack not_entrant

Hi Richard,

I’m only commenting on the handshake changes.
I see that operation VM_EnterInterpOnlyMode can be called inside
operation VM_SetFramePop which also allows nested operations. Here is a
comment in VM_SetFramePop definition:

// Nested operation must be allowed for the VM_EnterInterpOnlyMode that is
// called from the JvmtiEventControllerPrivate::recompute_thread_enabled.

So if we change VM_EnterInterpOnlyMode to be a handshake, then now we
could have a handshake inside a safepoint operation. The issue I see
there is that at the end of the handshake the polling page of the target
thread could be disarmed. So if the target thread happens to be in a
blocked state just transiently and wakes up then it will not stop for
the ongoing safepoint. Maybe I can file an RFE to assert that the
polling page is armed at the beginning of disarm_safepoint().

I think one option could be to remove
SafepointMechanism::disarm_if_needed() in
HandshakeState::clear_handshake() and let each JavaThread disarm itself
for the handshake case.

Alternatively I think you could do something similar to what we do in
Deoptimization::deoptimize_all_marked():

    EnterInterpOnlyModeClosure hs;
    if (SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint()) {
      hs.do_thread(state->get_thread());
    } else {
      Handshake::execute(&hs, state->get_thread());
    }
(you could pass “EnterInterpOnlyModeClosure” directly to the
HandshakeClosure() constructor)

I don’t know JVMTI code so I’m not sure if VM_EnterInterpOnlyMode is
always called in a nested operation or just sometimes.

Thanks,
Patricio

On 2/12/20 7:23 AM, Reingruber, Richard wrote:
// Repost including hotspot runtime and gc lists.
// Dean Long suggested to do so, because the enhancement replaces a vm operation
// with a handshake.
// Original thread: 
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2020-February/030359.html

Hi,

could I please get reviews for this small enhancement in hotspot's jvmti 
implementation:

Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rrich/webrevs/8238585/webrev.0/
Bug:    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8238585

The change avoids making all compiled methods on stack not_entrant when 
switching a java thread to
interpreter only execution for jvmti purposes. It is sufficient to deoptimize 
the compiled frames on stack.

Additionally a handshake is used instead of a vm operation to walk the stack 
and do the deoptimizations.

Testing: JCK and JTREG tests, also in Xcomp mode with fastdebug and release 
builds on all platforms.

Thanks, Richard.

See also my question if anyone knows a reason for making the compiled methods 
not_entrant:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2020-January/030339.html

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