src/share/vm/memory/gcLocker.hpp

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:33:49 -0800

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7144318: GCLocker assert failure: assert(_needs_gc || SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(
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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 #ifdef ASSERT
    67   // This lock count is updated for all operations and is used to
    68   // validate the jni_lock_count that is computed during safepoints.
    69   static volatile jint _debug_jni_lock_count;
    70 #endif
    72   // Accessors
    73   static bool is_jni_active() {
    74     assert(_needs_gc, "only valid when _needs_gc is set");
    75     return _jni_lock_count > 0;
    76   }
    78   // At a safepoint, visit all threads and count the number of active
    79   // critical sections.  This is used to ensure that all active
    80   // critical sections are exited before a new one is started.
    81   static void verify_critical_count() NOT_DEBUG_RETURN;
    83   static void jni_lock(JavaThread* thread);
    84   static void jni_unlock(JavaThread* thread);
    86   static bool is_active_internal() {
    87     verify_critical_count();
    88     return _lock_count > 0 || _jni_lock_count > 0;
    89   }
    91  public:
    92   // Accessors
    93   static bool is_active() {
    94     assert(_needs_gc || SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), "only read at safepoint");
    95     return is_active_internal();
    96   }
    97   static bool needs_gc()       { return _needs_gc;                        }
    99   // Shorthand
   100   static bool is_active_and_needs_gc() {
   101     // Use is_active_internal since _needs_gc can change from true to
   102     // false outside of a safepoint, triggering the assert in
   103     // is_active.
   104     return needs_gc() && is_active_internal();
   105   }
   107   // In debug mode track the locking state at all times
   108   static void increment_debug_jni_lock_count() {
   109 #ifdef ASSERT
   110     assert(_debug_jni_lock_count >= 0, "bad value");
   111     Atomic::inc(&_debug_jni_lock_count);
   112 #endif
   113   }
   114   static void decrement_debug_jni_lock_count() {
   115 #ifdef ASSERT
   116     assert(_debug_jni_lock_count > 0, "bad value");
   117     Atomic::dec(&_debug_jni_lock_count);
   118 #endif
   119   }
   121   // Set the current lock count
   122   static void set_jni_lock_count(int count) {
   123     _jni_lock_count = count;
   124     verify_critical_count();
   125   }
   127   // Sets _needs_gc if is_active() is true. Returns is_active().
   128   static bool check_active_before_gc();
   130   // Stalls the caller (who should not be in a jni critical section)
   131   // until needs_gc() clears. Note however that needs_gc() may be
   132   // set at a subsequent safepoint and/or cleared under the
   133   // JNICritical_lock, so the caller may not safely assert upon
   134   // return from this method that "!needs_gc()" since that is
   135   // not a stable predicate.
   136   static void stall_until_clear();
   138   // Non-structured GC locking: currently needed for JNI. Use with care!
   139   static void lock();
   140   static void unlock();
   142   // The following two methods are used for JNI critical regions.
   143   // If we find that we failed to perform a GC because the GC_locker
   144   // was active, arrange for one as soon as possible by allowing
   145   // all threads in critical regions to complete, but not allowing
   146   // other critical regions to be entered. The reasons for that are:
   147   // 1) a GC request won't be starved by overlapping JNI critical
   148   //    region activities, which can cause unnecessary OutOfMemory errors.
   149   // 2) even if allocation requests can still be satisfied before GC locker
   150   //    becomes inactive, for example, in tenured generation possibly with
   151   //    heap expansion, those allocations can trigger lots of safepointing
   152   //    attempts (ineffective GC attempts) and require Heap_lock which
   153   //    slow down allocations tremendously.
   154   //
   155   // Note that critical regions can be nested in a single thread, so
   156   // we must allow threads already in critical regions to continue.
   157   //
   158   // JNI critical regions are the only participants in this scheme
   159   // because they are, by spec, well bounded while in a critical region.
   160   //
   161   // Each of the following two method is split into a fast path and a
   162   // slow path. JNICritical_lock is only grabbed in the slow path.
   163   // _needs_gc is initially false and every java thread will go
   164   // through the fast path, which simply increments or decrements the
   165   // current thread's critical count.  When GC happens at a safepoint,
   166   // GC_locker::is_active() is checked. Since there is no safepoint in
   167   // the fast path of lock_critical() and unlock_critical(), there is
   168   // no race condition between the fast path and GC. After _needs_gc
   169   // is set at a safepoint, every thread will go through the slow path
   170   // after the safepoint.  Since after a safepoint, each of the
   171   // following two methods is either entered from the method entry and
   172   // falls into the slow path, or is resumed from the safepoints in
   173   // the method, which only exist in the slow path. So when _needs_gc
   174   // is set, the slow path is always taken, till _needs_gc is cleared.
   175   static void lock_critical(JavaThread* thread);
   176   static void unlock_critical(JavaThread* thread);
   178   static address needs_gc_address() { return (address) &_needs_gc; }
   179 };
   182 // A No_GC_Verifier object can be placed in methods where one assumes that
   183 // no garbage collection will occur. The destructor will verify this property
   184 // unless the constructor is called with argument false (not verifygc).
   185 //
   186 // The check will only be done in debug mode and if verifygc true.
   188 class No_GC_Verifier: public StackObj {
   189  friend class Pause_No_GC_Verifier;
   191  protected:
   192   bool _verifygc;
   193   unsigned int _old_invocations;
   195  public:
   196 #ifdef ASSERT
   197   No_GC_Verifier(bool verifygc = true);
   198   ~No_GC_Verifier();
   199 #else
   200   No_GC_Verifier(bool verifygc = true) {}
   201   ~No_GC_Verifier() {}
   202 #endif
   203 };
   205 // A Pause_No_GC_Verifier is used to temporarily pause the behavior
   206 // of a No_GC_Verifier object. If we are not in debug mode or if the
   207 // No_GC_Verifier object has a _verifygc value of false, then there
   208 // is nothing to do.
   210 class Pause_No_GC_Verifier: public StackObj {
   211  private:
   212   No_GC_Verifier * _ngcv;
   214  public:
   215 #ifdef ASSERT
   216   Pause_No_GC_Verifier(No_GC_Verifier * ngcv);
   217   ~Pause_No_GC_Verifier();
   218 #else
   219   Pause_No_GC_Verifier(No_GC_Verifier * ngcv) {}
   220   ~Pause_No_GC_Verifier() {}
   221 #endif
   222 };
   225 // A No_Safepoint_Verifier object will throw an assertion failure if
   226 // the current thread passes a possible safepoint while this object is
   227 // instantiated. A safepoint, will either be: an oop allocation, blocking
   228 // on a Mutex or JavaLock, or executing a VM operation.
   229 //
   230 // If StrictSafepointChecks is turned off, it degrades into a No_GC_Verifier
   231 //
   232 class No_Safepoint_Verifier : public No_GC_Verifier {
   233  friend class Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier;
   235  private:
   236   bool _activated;
   237   Thread *_thread;
   238  public:
   239 #ifdef ASSERT
   240   No_Safepoint_Verifier(bool activated = true, bool verifygc = true ) :
   241     No_GC_Verifier(verifygc),
   242     _activated(activated) {
   243     _thread = Thread::current();
   244     if (_activated) {
   245       _thread->_allow_allocation_count++;
   246       _thread->_allow_safepoint_count++;
   247     }
   248   }
   250   ~No_Safepoint_Verifier() {
   251     if (_activated) {
   252       _thread->_allow_allocation_count--;
   253       _thread->_allow_safepoint_count--;
   254     }
   255   }
   256 #else
   257   No_Safepoint_Verifier(bool activated = true, bool verifygc = true) : No_GC_Verifier(verifygc){}
   258   ~No_Safepoint_Verifier() {}
   259 #endif
   260 };
   262 // A Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier is used to temporarily pause the
   263 // behavior of a No_Safepoint_Verifier object. If we are not in debug
   264 // mode then there is nothing to do. If the No_Safepoint_Verifier
   265 // object has an _activated value of false, then there is nothing to
   266 // do for safepoint and allocation checking, but there may still be
   267 // something to do for the underlying No_GC_Verifier object.
   269 class Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier : public Pause_No_GC_Verifier {
   270  private:
   271   No_Safepoint_Verifier * _nsv;
   273  public:
   274 #ifdef ASSERT
   275   Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier(No_Safepoint_Verifier * nsv)
   276     : Pause_No_GC_Verifier(nsv) {
   278     _nsv = nsv;
   279     if (_nsv->_activated) {
   280       _nsv->_thread->_allow_allocation_count--;
   281       _nsv->_thread->_allow_safepoint_count--;
   282     }
   283   }
   285   ~Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier() {
   286     if (_nsv->_activated) {
   287       _nsv->_thread->_allow_allocation_count++;
   288       _nsv->_thread->_allow_safepoint_count++;
   289     }
   290   }
   291 #else
   292   Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier(No_Safepoint_Verifier * nsv)
   293     : Pause_No_GC_Verifier(nsv) {}
   294   ~Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier() {}
   295 #endif
   296 };
   298 // A SkipGCALot object is used to elide the usual effect of gc-a-lot
   299 // over a section of execution by a thread. Currently, it's used only to
   300 // prevent re-entrant calls to GC.
   301 class SkipGCALot : public StackObj {
   302   private:
   303    bool _saved;
   304    Thread* _t;
   306   public:
   307 #ifdef ASSERT
   308     SkipGCALot(Thread* t) : _t(t) {
   309       _saved = _t->skip_gcalot();
   310       _t->set_skip_gcalot(true);
   311     }
   313     ~SkipGCALot() {
   314       assert(_t->skip_gcalot(), "Save-restore protocol invariant");
   315       _t->set_skip_gcalot(_saved);
   316     }
   317 #else
   318     SkipGCALot(Thread* t) { }
   319     ~SkipGCALot() { }
   320 #endif
   321 };
   323 // JRT_LEAF currently can be called from either _thread_in_Java or
   324 // _thread_in_native mode. In _thread_in_native, it is ok
   325 // for another thread to trigger GC. The rest of the JRT_LEAF
   326 // rules apply.
   327 class JRT_Leaf_Verifier : public No_Safepoint_Verifier {
   328   static bool should_verify_GC();
   329  public:
   330 #ifdef ASSERT
   331   JRT_Leaf_Verifier();
   332   ~JRT_Leaf_Verifier();
   333 #else
   334   JRT_Leaf_Verifier() {}
   335   ~JRT_Leaf_Verifier() {}
   336 #endif
   337 };
   339 // A No_Alloc_Verifier object can be placed in methods where one assumes that
   340 // no allocation will occur. The destructor will verify this property
   341 // unless the constructor is called with argument false (not activated).
   342 //
   343 // The check will only be done in debug mode and if activated.
   344 // Note: this only makes sense at safepoints (otherwise, other threads may
   345 // allocate concurrently.)
   347 class No_Alloc_Verifier : public StackObj {
   348  private:
   349   bool  _activated;
   351  public:
   352 #ifdef ASSERT
   353   No_Alloc_Verifier(bool activated = true) {
   354     _activated = activated;
   355     if (_activated) Thread::current()->_allow_allocation_count++;
   356   }
   358   ~No_Alloc_Verifier() {
   359     if (_activated) Thread::current()->_allow_allocation_count--;
   360   }
   361 #else
   362   No_Alloc_Verifier(bool activated = true) {}
   363   ~No_Alloc_Verifier() {}
   364 #endif
   365 };
   367 #endif // SHARE_VM_MEMORY_GCLOCKER_HPP

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