On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:28:30 GMT, Patricio Chilano Mateo 
<pchilanom...@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 threads don't need to worry about holding monitors anymo...

src/hotspot/share/runtime/javaThread.hpp line 165:

> 163:   // ID used as owner for inflated monitors. Same as the j.l.Thread.tid 
> of the
> 164:   // current _vthread object, except during creation of the primordial 
> and JNI
> 165:   // attached thread cases where this field can have a temporal value.

Suggestion:

  // attached thread cases where this field can have a temporary value.

Presumably this is for when the attaching thread is executing the Thread 
constructor?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21565#discussion_r1805616004

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