On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 08:14:04 GMT, Serguei Spitsyn <sspit...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> As noted in [JDK-8352088](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8352088), JVMTI > `GetThreadGroupChildren` does an upcall to java. This results in > a`ClassPrepare` event the first time it does this, and these events can cause > problems (deadlocks) for the debugger or debug agent. The > [JDK-8352088](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8352088) was fixed to get > rid of class loading during Java upcall from `GetThreadGroupChildren`. > However, some other events can be generated as well. It is more safe to > disable all JVMTI events during debugger-related upcalls originated by JVMTI. > The `ClassPrepare` events are important for the debug agent. So, an assert > was added into `ClassPrepare` event generation to make sure there are no > attempts to post this event during upcalls. > Some specific implementation details can be added to the first PR comment. > > Testing: > - Verified with the test `jdk/com/sun/jdi/EarlyThreadGroupChildrenTest.java` > that was added with the fix of > [JDK-8352088](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8352088): > - the assert described above is fired if the fix of JDK-8352088 is removed > - the test is passed without if the fix of JDK-8352088 is removed and the > assert is removed > - Ran mach5 tiers 1-6 So this is another case where you have to ignore JVMTI event like in VTMS transitions? It looks like a good way to fix this in general. ------------- Marked as reviewed by coleenp (Reviewer). PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24539#pullrequestreview-2754548627
