On Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:51:12 GMT, Dean Long <dl...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is the implementation of JEP 491: Synchronize Virtual Threads without 
>> Pinning. See [JEP 491](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8337395) for 
>> further details.
>> 
>> In order to make the code review easier the changes have been split into the 
>> following initial 4 commits:
>> 
>> - Changes to allow unmounting a virtual thread that is currently holding 
>> monitors.
>> - Changes to allow unmounting a virtual thread blocked on synchronized 
>> trying to acquire the monitor.
>> - Changes to allow unmounting a virtual thread blocked in `Object.wait()` 
>> and its timed-wait variants.
>> - Changes to tests, JFR pinned event, and other changes in the JDK libraries.
>> 
>> The changes fix pinning issues for all 4 ports that currently implement 
>> continuations: x64, aarch64, riscv and ppc. Note: ppc changes were added 
>> recently and stand in its own commit after the initial ones.
>> 
>> The changes fix pinning issues when using `LM_LIGHTWEIGHT`, i.e. the default 
>> locking mode, (and `LM_MONITOR` which comes for free), but not when using 
>> `LM_LEGACY` mode. Note that the `LockingMode` flag has already been 
>> deprecated ([JDK-8334299](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8334299)), 
>> with the intention to remove `LM_LEGACY` code in future releases.
>> 
>> 
>> ## Summary of changes
>> 
>> ### Unmount virtual thread while holding monitors
>> 
>> As stated in the JEP, currently when a virtual thread enters a synchronized 
>> method or block, the JVM records the virtual thread's carrier platform 
>> thread as holding the monitor, not the virtual thread itself. This prevents 
>> the virtual thread from being unmounted from its carrier, as ownership 
>> information would otherwise go wrong. In order to fix this limitation we 
>> will do two things:
>> 
>> - We copy the oops stored in the LockStack of the carrier to the stackChunk 
>> when freezing (and clear the LockStack). We copy the oops back to the 
>> LockStack of the next carrier when thawing for the first time (and clear 
>> them from the stackChunk). Note that we currently assume carriers don't hold 
>> monitors while mounting virtual threads.
>> 
>> - For inflated monitors we now record the `java.lang.Thread.tid` of the 
>> owner in the ObjectMonitor's `_owner` field instead of a JavaThread*. This 
>> allows us to tie the owner of the monitor to a `java.lang.Thread` instance, 
>> rather than to a JavaThread which is only created per platform thread. The 
>> tid is already a 64 bit field so we can ignore issues of the counter 
>> wrapping around.
>> 
>> #### General notes about this part:
>> 
>> - Since virtual th...
>
> src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/stackChunkFrameStream_aarch64.inline.hpp line 119:
> 
>> 117:   return  mask.num_oops()
>> 118:         + 1 // for the mirror oop
>> 119:         + (f.interpreter_frame_method()->is_native() ? 1 : 0) // temp 
>> oop slot
> 
> Where is this temp oop slot set and used?

It's the offset of the mirror passed to static native calls.  It pre-existed 
saving the mirror in all frames to keep the Method alive, and is duplicated.  I 
think this could be cleaned up someday, which would remove this special case.

> src/hotspot/share/runtime/continuationFreezeThaw.cpp line 1411:
> 
>> 1409:     // zero out fields (but not the stack)
>> 1410:     const size_t hs = oopDesc::header_size();
>> 1411:     oopDesc::set_klass_gap(mem, 0);
> 
> Why, bug fix or cleanup?

This might confuse the change for JEP 450 since with CompactObjectHeaders 
there's no klass_gap, so depending on which change goes first, there will be 
conditional code here. Good question though, it looks like we only ever want to 
copy the payload of the object.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21565#discussion_r1819394224
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21565#discussion_r1823227312

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