On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 20:07:33 GMT, Chris Plummer <cjplum...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> JdbMethodExitTest.java tries to determine the jdb threadID for the "main" 
>> thread, and then later use it in jdb commands that require a threadID. It 
>> does this by first having the debuggee execute the following:
>> 
>> `        System.out.println("threadid="+Thread.currentThread().getId());`
>> 
>> And then later on the test parses the threadID from this output. The problem 
>> is that the id returned by getId() has no relation to threadIDs used by jdb, 
>> which are actually JDWP ObjectIDs. In the past this has worked due to some 
>> dumb luck. getID() always returns 1 for the main thread, which is always the 
>> thread we are executing in. Coincidentally the JDWP ObjectID for the main 
>> Thread object is also always 1 because this is the first ObjectID that the 
>> debug agent ever needs to create. However, when the debuggee main thread is 
>> a virtual thread, neither getId() nor JDWP assign 1 to the threadID, and in 
>> fact both will end up with very different values for the threadID. The end 
>> result is errors from jdb for using an invalid threadID.
>> 
>> The correct threadID can be obtained by executing the jdb "threads" command 
>> and parsing it from a line that looks like the following:
>> 
>> `   (java.lang.VirtualThread)694 main running (at breakpoint)`
>> 
>> Note this test will also fail due to 
>> [JDK-8309334](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8309334), which should be 
>> fixed first. 
>> 
>> I've tested with mach5 tier5 in a workspace that has integrated the various 
>> CRs mentioned. Once JDK-8309334 is fixed, before integrating this PR I'll 
>> first merge and verify that the test being removed from the problem list by 
>> this PR also passes.
>
> Chris Plummer has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains five commits:
> 
>  - Merge
>  - fix minor merge issue
>  - merge
>  - remove test from problem list
>  - properly determine the main threadId

Thanks for the reviews Alex and Serguei!

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14294#issuecomment-1579501697

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