On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 17:56:09 GMT, Jaroslav Bachorik <jbacho...@openjdk.org> 
wrote:

> Please, review this fix for a corner case handling of `jmethodID` values.
> 
> The issue is related to the interplay between `jmethodID` values and method 
> redefinitions. Each `jmethodID` value is effectively a pointer to a `Method` 
> instance. Once that method gets redefined, the `jmethodID` is updated to 
> point to the last `Method` version. 
> Unless the method is still on stack/running, in which case the original 
> `jmethodID` will be redirected to the latest `Method` version and at the same 
> time the 'previous' `Method` version will receive a new `jmethodID` pointing 
> to that previous version.
> 
> If we happen to capture stacktrace via `GetStackTrace` or `GetAllStackTraces` 
> JVMTI calls while this previous `Method` version is still on stack we will 
> have the corresponding frame identified by a `jmethodID` pointing to that 
> version.
> However, sooner or later the 'previous' class version becomes eligible for 
> cleanup at what time all contained `Method` instances. The cleanup process 
> will not perform the `jmethodID` pointer maintenance and we will end up with 
> pointers to deallocated memory. 
> This is caused by the fact that the `jmethodID` lifecycle is bound to 
> `ClassLoaderData` instance and all relevant `jmethodID`s will get 
> batch-updated when the class loader is being released and all its classes are 
> getting unloaded. 
> 
> This means that we need to make sure that if a `Method` instance is being 
> deallocate the associated `jmethodID` (if any) must not point to the 
> deallocated instance once we are finished. Unfortunately, we can not just 
> update the `jmethodID` values in bulk when purging an old class version - the 
> per `InstanceKlass` jmethodID cache is present only for the main class 
> version and contains `jmethodID` values for both the old and current method 
> versions. 
> 
> Therefore we need to perform `jmethodID` lookup when we are about to 
> deallocate a `Method` instance and clean up the pointer only if that 
> `jmethodID` is pointing to the `Method` instance which is being deallocated.
> 
> _(For anyone interested, a much lengthier writeup is available in [my 
> blog](https://jbachorik.github.io/posts/mysterious-jmethodid))_

test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/jvmti/thread/GetStackTrace/GetStackTraceAndRetransformTest/GetStackTraceAndRetransformTest.java
 line 2:

> 1: /*
> 2:  * Copyright (c) 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

An Oracle copyright is not needed here if you wrote this test from scratch. If 
it is present then we need a comma after the copyright year please.

test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/jvmti/thread/GetStackTrace/GetStackTraceAndRetransformTest/GetStackTraceAndRetransformTest.java
 line 29:

> 27:  * @bug 8313816
> 28:  * @summary Test that a sequence of method retransformation and 
> stacktrace capture while the old method
> 29:  *          version is still on stack does not lead to a crash when 
> that's method jmethodID is used as

typo: that's method -> that method's

test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/jvmti/thread/GetStackTrace/GetStackTraceAndRetransformTest/libGetStackTraceAndRetransformTest.cpp
 line 2:

> 1: /*
> 2:  * Copyright (c) 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Ditto comment about Oracle copyright.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16662#discussion_r1401393016
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16662#discussion_r1401393442
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16662#discussion_r1401393794

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