On Fri, 22 May 2026 09:47:16 GMT, Serguei Spitsyn <[email protected]> wrote:

>> This change fixes a long standing performance issue related to the debugger 
>> single stepping that is using JVMTI `FramePop` events as a part of step over 
>> handling. The performance issue is that the target thread continues its 
>> execution in very slow `interp-only` mode in a context of frame marked for 
>> `FramePop` notification with the JVMTI `NotifyFramePop`. It includes other 
>> method calls recursively upon a return from the frame.
>> 
>> This fix is to avoid enforcing the `interp-only` execution mode for threads 
>> when `FramePop` events are enabled with the JVMTI 
>> `SetEventNotificationMode()`. Instead, the target frame has been deoptimized 
>> and kept interpreted by disabling `OSR` optimization by the function 
>> `InterpreterRuntime::frequency_counter_overflow_inner()`. (Big thanks to 
>> @fisk for this suggestion!) Additionally, some tweaks are applied in several 
>> places where the `java_thread->is_interp_only_mode()` is checked.
>> The other details will be provided in the first PR request comment.
>> 
>> Testing:
>>  - test `serviceability/jvmti/vthread/ThreadStateTest` was updated to 
>> provide some extra test coverage
>>  - submitted mach5 tiers 1-6
>> 
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>
> Serguei Spitsyn has updated the pull request incrementally with one 
> additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   review: 1. Add asserts, rem comment 2. Remove can_generate_frame_pop_events 
> from can_generate_interpreter_events

> The problem is that InterpreterRuntime::post_method_exit is only called if 
> the JvmtiThreadState is not null already. Also, even previously where we only 
> checked _interp_only_mode in InterpreterMacroAssembler::notify_method_exit we 
> had this same issue. That field is set at mount point for the unmounted 
> vthread case, but only if there is a JvmtiThreadState already created (
> 
> [jdk/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiThreadState.inline.hpp](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/3a9cb9a7c271d58a960e940cb4051217337d86a9/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiThreadState.inline.hpp#L152)
> 
> Line 152 in 
> [3a9cb9a](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/3a9cb9a7c271d58a960e940cb4051217337d86a9)
 thread->set_interp_only_mode(state != nullptr && 
state->_saved_interp_only_mode); 
). I see we are missing a test case for this.
A fix could be to check seen_interp_only_mode() at mount time and create the 
state if not present. We do that in ~JVMTIEndTransition() but only for the 
thread start case. Since this issue is preexisting we could address it in a 
separate bug though with an additional reproducer test.

Good catch, thanks. I agree. Let's address it separately.
I've filed new bug:
  [8385341](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8385341) Create 
JvmtiThreadState lazily for unmounted vthread if MethodExit events enabled 
globally

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28407#issuecomment-4521230318

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