src/share/vm/memory/gcLocker.hpp

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    25 #ifndef SHARE_VM_MEMORY_GCLOCKER_HPP
    26 #define SHARE_VM_MEMORY_GCLOCKER_HPP
    28 #include "gc_interface/collectedHeap.hpp"
    29 #include "memory/genCollectedHeap.hpp"
    30 #include "memory/universe.hpp"
    31 #include "oops/oop.hpp"
    32 #ifdef TARGET_OS_FAMILY_linux
    33 # include "os_linux.inline.hpp"
    34 # include "thread_linux.inline.hpp"
    35 #endif
    36 #ifdef TARGET_OS_FAMILY_solaris
    37 # include "os_solaris.inline.hpp"
    38 # include "thread_solaris.inline.hpp"
    39 #endif
    40 #ifdef TARGET_OS_FAMILY_windows
    41 # include "os_windows.inline.hpp"
    42 # include "thread_windows.inline.hpp"
    43 #endif
    44 #ifdef TARGET_OS_FAMILY_bsd
    45 # include "os_bsd.inline.hpp"
    46 # include "thread_bsd.inline.hpp"
    47 #endif
    49 // The direct lock/unlock calls do not force a collection if an unlock
    50 // decrements the count to zero. Avoid calling these if at all possible.
    52 class GC_locker: public AllStatic {
    53  private:
    54   // The _jni_lock_count keeps track of the number of threads that are
    55   // currently in a critical region.  It's only kept up to date when
    56   // _needs_gc is true.  The current value is computed during
    57   // safepointing and decremented during the slow path of GC_locker
    58   // unlocking.
    59   static volatile jint _jni_lock_count;  // number of jni active instances.
    61   static volatile jint _lock_count;      // number of other active instances
    62   static volatile bool _needs_gc;        // heap is filling, we need a GC
    63                                          // note: bool is typedef'd as jint
    64   static volatile bool _doing_gc;        // unlock_critical() is doing a GC
    66   static jlong         _wait_begin;      // Timestamp for the setting of _needs_gc.
    67                                          // Used only by printing code.
    69 #ifdef ASSERT
    70   // This lock count is updated for all operations and is used to
    71   // validate the jni_lock_count that is computed during safepoints.
    72   static volatile jint _debug_jni_lock_count;
    73 #endif
    75   // Accessors
    76   static bool is_jni_active() {
    77     assert(_needs_gc, "only valid when _needs_gc is set");
    78     return _jni_lock_count > 0;
    79   }
    81   // At a safepoint, visit all threads and count the number of active
    82   // critical sections.  This is used to ensure that all active
    83   // critical sections are exited before a new one is started.
    84   static void verify_critical_count() NOT_DEBUG_RETURN;
    86   static void jni_lock(JavaThread* thread);
    87   static void jni_unlock(JavaThread* thread);
    89  public:
    90   // Accessors
    91   static bool is_active();
    92   static bool needs_gc()       { return _needs_gc;                        }
    94   // Shorthand
    95   static bool is_active_and_needs_gc() { return needs_gc() && is_active(); }
    97   // In debug mode track the locking state at all times
    98   static void increment_debug_jni_lock_count() {
    99 #ifdef ASSERT
   100     assert(_debug_jni_lock_count >= 0, "bad value");
   101     Atomic::inc(&_debug_jni_lock_count);
   102 #endif
   103   }
   104   static void decrement_debug_jni_lock_count() {
   105 #ifdef ASSERT
   106     assert(_debug_jni_lock_count > 0, "bad value");
   107     Atomic::dec(&_debug_jni_lock_count);
   108 #endif
   109   }
   111   // Set the current lock count
   112   static void set_jni_lock_count(int count) {
   113     _jni_lock_count = count;
   114     verify_critical_count();
   115   }
   117   // Sets _needs_gc if is_active() is true. Returns is_active().
   118   static bool check_active_before_gc();
   120   // Stalls the caller (who should not be in a jni critical section)
   121   // until needs_gc() clears. Note however that needs_gc() may be
   122   // set at a subsequent safepoint and/or cleared under the
   123   // JNICritical_lock, so the caller may not safely assert upon
   124   // return from this method that "!needs_gc()" since that is
   125   // not a stable predicate.
   126   static void stall_until_clear();
   128   // Non-structured GC locking: currently needed for JNI. Use with care!
   129   static void lock();
   130   static void unlock();
   132   // The following two methods are used for JNI critical regions.
   133   // If we find that we failed to perform a GC because the GC_locker
   134   // was active, arrange for one as soon as possible by allowing
   135   // all threads in critical regions to complete, but not allowing
   136   // other critical regions to be entered. The reasons for that are:
   137   // 1) a GC request won't be starved by overlapping JNI critical
   138   //    region activities, which can cause unnecessary OutOfMemory errors.
   139   // 2) even if allocation requests can still be satisfied before GC locker
   140   //    becomes inactive, for example, in tenured generation possibly with
   141   //    heap expansion, those allocations can trigger lots of safepointing
   142   //    attempts (ineffective GC attempts) and require Heap_lock which
   143   //    slow down allocations tremendously.
   144   //
   145   // Note that critical regions can be nested in a single thread, so
   146   // we must allow threads already in critical regions to continue.
   147   //
   148   // JNI critical regions are the only participants in this scheme
   149   // because they are, by spec, well bounded while in a critical region.
   150   //
   151   // Each of the following two method is split into a fast path and a
   152   // slow path. JNICritical_lock is only grabbed in the slow path.
   153   // _needs_gc is initially false and every java thread will go
   154   // through the fast path, which simply increments or decrements the
   155   // current thread's critical count.  When GC happens at a safepoint,
   156   // GC_locker::is_active() is checked. Since there is no safepoint in
   157   // the fast path of lock_critical() and unlock_critical(), there is
   158   // no race condition between the fast path and GC. After _needs_gc
   159   // is set at a safepoint, every thread will go through the slow path
   160   // after the safepoint.  Since after a safepoint, each of the
   161   // following two methods is either entered from the method entry and
   162   // falls into the slow path, or is resumed from the safepoints in
   163   // the method, which only exist in the slow path. So when _needs_gc
   164   // is set, the slow path is always taken, till _needs_gc is cleared.
   165   static void lock_critical(JavaThread* thread);
   166   static void unlock_critical(JavaThread* thread);
   167 };
   170 // A No_GC_Verifier object can be placed in methods where one assumes that
   171 // no garbage collection will occur. The destructor will verify this property
   172 // unless the constructor is called with argument false (not verifygc).
   173 //
   174 // The check will only be done in debug mode and if verifygc true.
   176 class No_GC_Verifier: public StackObj {
   177  friend class Pause_No_GC_Verifier;
   179  protected:
   180   bool _verifygc;
   181   unsigned int _old_invocations;
   183  public:
   184 #ifdef ASSERT
   185   No_GC_Verifier(bool verifygc = true);
   186   ~No_GC_Verifier();
   187 #else
   188   No_GC_Verifier(bool verifygc = true) {}
   189   ~No_GC_Verifier() {}
   190 #endif
   191 };
   193 // A Pause_No_GC_Verifier is used to temporarily pause the behavior
   194 // of a No_GC_Verifier object. If we are not in debug mode or if the
   195 // No_GC_Verifier object has a _verifygc value of false, then there
   196 // is nothing to do.
   198 class Pause_No_GC_Verifier: public StackObj {
   199  private:
   200   No_GC_Verifier * _ngcv;
   202  public:
   203 #ifdef ASSERT
   204   Pause_No_GC_Verifier(No_GC_Verifier * ngcv);
   205   ~Pause_No_GC_Verifier();
   206 #else
   207   Pause_No_GC_Verifier(No_GC_Verifier * ngcv) {}
   208   ~Pause_No_GC_Verifier() {}
   209 #endif
   210 };
   213 // A No_Safepoint_Verifier object will throw an assertion failure if
   214 // the current thread passes a possible safepoint while this object is
   215 // instantiated. A safepoint, will either be: an oop allocation, blocking
   216 // on a Mutex or JavaLock, or executing a VM operation.
   217 //
   218 // If StrictSafepointChecks is turned off, it degrades into a No_GC_Verifier
   219 //
   220 class No_Safepoint_Verifier : public No_GC_Verifier {
   221  friend class Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier;
   223  private:
   224   bool _activated;
   225   Thread *_thread;
   226  public:
   227 #ifdef ASSERT
   228   No_Safepoint_Verifier(bool activated = true, bool verifygc = true ) :
   229     No_GC_Verifier(verifygc),
   230     _activated(activated) {
   231     _thread = Thread::current();
   232     if (_activated) {
   233       _thread->_allow_allocation_count++;
   234       _thread->_allow_safepoint_count++;
   235     }
   236   }
   238   ~No_Safepoint_Verifier() {
   239     if (_activated) {
   240       _thread->_allow_allocation_count--;
   241       _thread->_allow_safepoint_count--;
   242     }
   243   }
   244 #else
   245   No_Safepoint_Verifier(bool activated = true, bool verifygc = true) : No_GC_Verifier(verifygc){}
   246   ~No_Safepoint_Verifier() {}
   247 #endif
   248 };
   250 // A Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier is used to temporarily pause the
   251 // behavior of a No_Safepoint_Verifier object. If we are not in debug
   252 // mode then there is nothing to do. If the No_Safepoint_Verifier
   253 // object has an _activated value of false, then there is nothing to
   254 // do for safepoint and allocation checking, but there may still be
   255 // something to do for the underlying No_GC_Verifier object.
   257 class Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier : public Pause_No_GC_Verifier {
   258  private:
   259   No_Safepoint_Verifier * _nsv;
   261  public:
   262 #ifdef ASSERT
   263   Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier(No_Safepoint_Verifier * nsv)
   264     : Pause_No_GC_Verifier(nsv) {
   266     _nsv = nsv;
   267     if (_nsv->_activated) {
   268       _nsv->_thread->_allow_allocation_count--;
   269       _nsv->_thread->_allow_safepoint_count--;
   270     }
   271   }
   273   ~Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier() {
   274     if (_nsv->_activated) {
   275       _nsv->_thread->_allow_allocation_count++;
   276       _nsv->_thread->_allow_safepoint_count++;
   277     }
   278   }
   279 #else
   280   Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier(No_Safepoint_Verifier * nsv)
   281     : Pause_No_GC_Verifier(nsv) {}
   282   ~Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier() {}
   283 #endif
   284 };
   286 // A SkipGCALot object is used to elide the usual effect of gc-a-lot
   287 // over a section of execution by a thread. Currently, it's used only to
   288 // prevent re-entrant calls to GC.
   289 class SkipGCALot : public StackObj {
   290   private:
   291    bool _saved;
   292    Thread* _t;
   294   public:
   295 #ifdef ASSERT
   296     SkipGCALot(Thread* t) : _t(t) {
   297       _saved = _t->skip_gcalot();
   298       _t->set_skip_gcalot(true);
   299     }
   301     ~SkipGCALot() {
   302       assert(_t->skip_gcalot(), "Save-restore protocol invariant");
   303       _t->set_skip_gcalot(_saved);
   304     }
   305 #else
   306     SkipGCALot(Thread* t) { }
   307     ~SkipGCALot() { }
   308 #endif
   309 };
   311 // JRT_LEAF currently can be called from either _thread_in_Java or
   312 // _thread_in_native mode. In _thread_in_native, it is ok
   313 // for another thread to trigger GC. The rest of the JRT_LEAF
   314 // rules apply.
   315 class JRT_Leaf_Verifier : public No_Safepoint_Verifier {
   316   static bool should_verify_GC();
   317  public:
   318 #ifdef ASSERT
   319   JRT_Leaf_Verifier();
   320   ~JRT_Leaf_Verifier();
   321 #else
   322   JRT_Leaf_Verifier() {}
   323   ~JRT_Leaf_Verifier() {}
   324 #endif
   325 };
   327 // A No_Alloc_Verifier object can be placed in methods where one assumes that
   328 // no allocation will occur. The destructor will verify this property
   329 // unless the constructor is called with argument false (not activated).
   330 //
   331 // The check will only be done in debug mode and if activated.
   332 // Note: this only makes sense at safepoints (otherwise, other threads may
   333 // allocate concurrently.)
   335 class No_Alloc_Verifier : public StackObj {
   336  private:
   337   bool  _activated;
   339  public:
   340 #ifdef ASSERT
   341   No_Alloc_Verifier(bool activated = true) {
   342     _activated = activated;
   343     if (_activated) Thread::current()->_allow_allocation_count++;
   344   }
   346   ~No_Alloc_Verifier() {
   347     if (_activated) Thread::current()->_allow_allocation_count--;
   348   }
   349 #else
   350   No_Alloc_Verifier(bool activated = true) {}
   351   ~No_Alloc_Verifier() {}
   352 #endif
   353 };
   355 #endif // SHARE_VM_MEMORY_GCLOCKER_HPP

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