On Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:55:52 GMT, Johannes Bechberger <d...@openjdk.java.net> wrote:
>> Move the AsyncGetCallTrace method implementation into a separate method and >> wrap its call in non-assert compilation mode in `os::ThreadCrashProtection` >> like it is done in >> [JFR](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/965ea8d9cd29aee41ba2b1b0b0c67bb67eca22dd/src/hotspot/share/jfr/periodic/sampling/jfrThreadSampler.cpp#L165). >> This prevents AsyncGetCallTrace from crashing on segmentation faults (but >> not on `guarantee`s). >> >> If a crash is observed, then the `num_frames` field of the trace is set to >> `ticks_unknown_state` (-7) to signal a state that cannot be properly >> handled. `ticks_unknown_state` is currently also used for signaling unknown >> thread states but this should not be a problem, as the semantic is the same. >> If `num_frames` already has an error code then this error code is not >> changed. This helps to distinguish between errors in walking threads in Java >> and non-Java mode, as `num_frames` is set there before the walking to the >> appropriate error code. >> >> _Thanks for @tstuefe for suggesting this._ > > Johannes Bechberger has updated the pull request incrementally with one > additional commit since the last revision: > > Remove JFR assert from ThreadCrashProtection > > Remove the Thread::is_JfrSampler_thread() method too, > as it has only be used by the removed asserts The JFR code has the product vs debug split in order to capture - debug and fix - the issues in stack walking that we protect for in product builds. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8225
