On Fri, 2 Jun 2023 21:47:47 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.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 65bdbc7a
Author:    Chris Plummer <cjplum...@openjdk.org>
URL:       
https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/65bdbc7a8c06e5f119c9db832734664780933e01
Stats:     11 lines in 2 files changed: 5 ins; 2 del; 4 mod

8309396: com/sun/jdi/JdbMethodExitTest.java fails with virtual threads due to a 
bug in determining the main thread id

Reviewed-by: amenkov, sspitsyn

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14294

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