On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 09:13:11 GMT, Serguei Spitsyn <sspit...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> There are several places in VirtualThread class implementation where virtual 
> threads are being mounted or unmounted, so there is a transition of the 
> JavaThread identity from carrier thread to virtual thread and back. The 
> execution state in such transitions is inconsistent, and so, has to be 
> invisible to JVM TI agents. Such transitions are named as VTMS (virtual 
> thread mount state) transitions, and there is a JVM TI mechanism which 
> supports them. Besides normal VTMS transitions there are also a couple of 
> performance-critical contexts (in `VirtualThread` methods: 
> `scheduleUnpark()`, `cancel()` and `unpark()`) which can be named as 
> temporary VTMS transitions. Execution state of such temporary VTMS 
> transitions has to be also invisible to the JVM TI agent which is implemented 
> in the current update.
> 
> There are a couple of details of this fix to highlight:
> -  A JavaThread which is in temporary VTMS transition is marked with a 
> special bit `_is_in_tmp_VTMS_transition`. It is done with the native 
> notification method `toggleJvmtiTmpVTMSTrans()`.
> - A couple of lambda form classes can be created in context of temporary VTMS 
> transitions, so their `ClassLoad`, `ClassPrepare` and `CFLH` events are 
> ignored.
> - Suspending threads in temporary transition is allowed.
> 
> The fix was tested in Loom repository by using `JTREG_MAIN_WRAPPER=Virtual` 
> mode of execution which forces all main threads to be run as virtual. All 
> `JVM TI` and `JDI` tests were run on all platforms. It includes `Kitchensink` 
> and `JCK` tests. Additionally, the fix was tested in the jdk 20 repository. 
> It includes `JVM TI` and `JDI` tests and tiers 1-6.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 79ccc791
Author:    Serguei Spitsyn <sspit...@openjdk.org>
URL:       
https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/79ccc791f275be7cfea95ff0ce8cf7361c7f08ad
Stats:     148 lines in 10 files changed: 80 ins; 3 del; 65 mod

8293613: need to properly handle and hide tmp VTMS transitions

Reviewed-by: cjplummer, lmesnik

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10321

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