On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 01:44:28 GMT, Zhengyu Gu <z...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Currently, jdi only check and process class unloading event when it detects 
>> a new GC cycle.
>> 
>> After [JDK-8212879](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8212879), posting 
>> class events can overlap with GC finish event, that results, sometimes, it 
>> only captures partial or even empty unloaded class list. The pending list 
>> usually can be flushed out at next GC cycle. But for the classes unloaded 
>> during the last GC cycle, the class unloading events may lost forever.
>> 
>> This patch checks and processes class unloading events unconditionally, 
>> suggested by @kbarrett, the last pending unloaded class list can be flushed 
>> by other events, such as `VM_DEATH`.
>> 
>> It also performs `commonRef_compact()` only when there are classes unloaded.
>> 
>> New test failed about 20% without patch, none with patch.
>> 
>> **Update**
>> There are significant changes from early patch. 
>> 
>> The new approach:
>> No longer removing dead objects and post events on VM thread. I believe it 
>> was implemented this way to workaround the following issues:
>> - JDI event handler uses JVMTI raw monitor, it requires thread in 
>> `_in_native` state
>> - The thread can not hold lock, which is needed to protect `JvmtiTagMap` 
>> while walking, when transition to `_in_native` state
>> 
>> The new solution breaks up into two steps:
>> - Collect all dead object tags with lock
>> - Transition to `_in_native` state and post object free events in one batch
>> 
>> This way, JDI event handler can process object free events upon arrivals 
>> without delay.
>> 
>> **Update 2**
>> There is a comment for ` JvmtiTagMap::check_hashmap()` that states 
>> `ObjectFree` events are posted before heap walks.
>> 
>> // This checks for posting and rehashing before operations that
>> // this tagmap table.  The calls from a JavaThread only rehash, posting is
>> // only done before heap walks.
>> void JvmtiTagMap::check_hashmap(bool post_events) {
>> 
>> Now, the events are actually posted after heap walks, but I don't think it 
>> makes any material material difference. 
>> Even the events are posted earlier in old code, but they are only processed 
>> after next GC cycle.
>
> Zhengyu Gu has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Rename test

CASE #4:
Allocating objects...
Start thread and making garbage collection
thread4 started.
- ap04t001.cpp, 326: Calling IterateOverInstancesOfClass...
- ap04t001.cpp, 254:   run: ForceGarbageCollection
- ap04t001.cpp, 333: IterateOverInstancesOfClass finished.
- ap04t001.cpp, 335: Iterations count: 100000
- ap04t001.cpp, 336: Events count: 0
- ap04t001.cpp, 339: Errors detected: 0
- ap04t001.cpp, 228:   event: GarbageCollectionStart
- ap04t001.cpp, 234:   event: GarbageCollectionFinish
thread4 finished.
All objects collected
Wait for thread to finish
CASE #4 finished.

- ap04t001.cpp, 431: Let debugee to finish
The following fake exception stacktrace is for failure analysis. 
nsk.share.Fake_Exception_for_RULE_Creation: (ap04t001.cpp:75) 
jvmti->RawMonitorExit(counterMonitor_ptr)
        at nsk_lvcomplain(nsk_tools.cpp:172)
# ERROR: ap04t001.cpp, 75: jvmti->RawMonitorExit(counterMonitor_ptr)
#   jvmti error: code=50, name=JVMTI_ERROR_INVALID_MONITOR
# ERROR: ap04t001.cpp, 69: jvmti->RawMonitorEnter(counterMonitor_ptr)
#   jvmti error: code=50, name=JVMTI_ERROR_INVALID_MONITOR


And these two ERRORs get repeated a large number of times. I think this is 
likely a test bug. It probably is freeing the monitor before heap iterating is 
complete. I'm just not sure how it relates to your JVMTI changes.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9168

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