gcLocker.hpp

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// The direct lock/unlock calls do not force a collection if an unlock
// decrements the count to zero. Avoid calling these if at all possible.

class GC_locker: public AllStatic {
 private:
  static volatile jint _jni_lock_count;  // number of jni active instances
  static volatile jint _lock_count;      // number of other active instances
  static volatile bool _needs_gc;        // heap is filling, we need a GC
                                         // note: bool is typedef'd as jint
  static volatile bool _doing_gc;        // unlock_critical() is doing a GC

  // Accessors
  static bool is_jni_active() {
    return _jni_lock_count > 0;
  }

  static void set_needs_gc() {
    assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(),
      "needs_gc is only set at a safepoint");
    _needs_gc = true;
  }

  static void clear_needs_gc() {
    assert_lock_strong(JNICritical_lock);
    _needs_gc = false;
  }

  static void jni_lock() {
    Atomic::inc(&_jni_lock_count);
    CHECK_UNHANDLED_OOPS_ONLY(
      if (CheckUnhandledOops) { Thread::current()->_gc_locked_out_count++; })
    assert(Universe::heap() == NULL || !Universe::heap()->is_gc_active(),
           "locking failed");
  }

  static void jni_unlock() {
    Atomic::dec(&_jni_lock_count);
    CHECK_UNHANDLED_OOPS_ONLY(
      if (CheckUnhandledOops) { Thread::current()->_gc_locked_out_count--; })
  }

  static void jni_lock_slow();
  static void jni_unlock_slow();

 public:
  // Accessors
  static bool is_active();
  static bool needs_gc()       { return _needs_gc;                        }
  // Shorthand
  static bool is_active_and_needs_gc() { return is_active() && needs_gc();}

  // Calls set_needs_gc() if is_active() is true. Returns is_active().
  static bool check_active_before_gc();

  // Stalls the caller (who should not be in a jni critical section)
  // until needs_gc() clears. Note however that needs_gc() may be
  // set at a subsequent safepoint and/or cleared under the
  // JNICritical_lock, so the caller may not safely assert upon
  // return from this method that "!needs_gc()" since that is
  // not a stable predicate.
  static void stall_until_clear();

  // Non-structured GC locking: currently needed for JNI. Use with care!
  static void lock();
  static void unlock();

  // The following two methods are used for JNI critical regions.
  // If we find that we failed to perform a GC because the GC_locker
  // was active, arrange for one as soon as possible by allowing
  // all threads in critical regions to complete, but not allowing
  // other critical regions to be entered. The reasons for that are:
  // 1) a GC request won't be starved by overlapping JNI critical
  //    region activities, which can cause unnecessary OutOfMemory errors.
  // 2) even if allocation requests can still be satisfied before GC locker
  //    becomes inactive, for example, in tenured generation possibly with
  //    heap expansion, those allocations can trigger lots of safepointing
  //    attempts (ineffective GC attempts) and require Heap_lock which
  //    slow down allocations tremendously.
  //
  // Note that critical regions can be nested in a single thread, so
  // we must allow threads already in critical regions to continue.
  //
  // JNI critical regions are the only participants in this scheme
  // because they are, by spec, well bounded while in a critical region.
  //
  // Each of the following two method is split into a fast path and a slow
  // path. JNICritical_lock is only grabbed in the slow path.
  // _needs_gc is initially false and every java thread will go
  // through the fast path (which does the same thing as the slow path
  // when _needs_gc is false). When GC happens at a safepoint,
  // GC_locker::is_active() is checked. Since there is no safepoint in the
  // fast path of lock_critical() and unlock_critical(), there is no race
  // condition between the fast path and GC. After _needs_gc is set at a
  // safepoint, every thread will go through the slow path after the safepoint.
  // Since after a safepoint, each of the following two methods is either
  // entered from the method entry and falls into the slow path, or is
  // resumed from the safepoints in the method, which only exist in the slow
  // path. So when _needs_gc is set, the slow path is always taken, till
  // _needs_gc is cleared.
  static void lock_critical(JavaThread* thread);
  static void unlock_critical(JavaThread* thread);
};


// A No_GC_Verifier object can be placed in methods where one assumes that
// no garbage collection will occur. The destructor will verify this property
// unless the constructor is called with argument false (not verifygc).
//
// The check will only be done in debug mode and if verifygc true.

class No_GC_Verifier: public StackObj {
 friend class Pause_No_GC_Verifier;

 protected:
  bool _verifygc;
  unsigned int _old_invocations;

 public:
#ifdef ASSERT
  No_GC_Verifier(bool verifygc = true);
  ~No_GC_Verifier();
#else
  No_GC_Verifier(bool verifygc = true) {}
  ~No_GC_Verifier() {}
#endif
};

// A Pause_No_GC_Verifier is used to temporarily pause the behavior
// of a No_GC_Verifier object. If we are not in debug mode or if the
// No_GC_Verifier object has a _verifygc value of false, then there
// is nothing to do.

class Pause_No_GC_Verifier: public StackObj {
 private:
  No_GC_Verifier * _ngcv;

 public:
#ifdef ASSERT
  Pause_No_GC_Verifier(No_GC_Verifier * ngcv);
  ~Pause_No_GC_Verifier();
#else
  Pause_No_GC_Verifier(No_GC_Verifier * ngcv) {}
  ~Pause_No_GC_Verifier() {}
#endif
};


// A No_Safepoint_Verifier object will throw an assertion failure if
// the current thread passes a possible safepoint while this object is
// instantiated. A safepoint, will either be: an oop allocation, blocking
// on a Mutex or JavaLock, or executing a VM operation.
//
// If StrictSafepointChecks is turned off, it degrades into a No_GC_Verifier
//
class No_Safepoint_Verifier : public No_GC_Verifier {
 friend class Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier;

 private:
  bool _activated;
  Thread *_thread;
 public:
#ifdef ASSERT
  No_Safepoint_Verifier(bool activated = true, bool verifygc = true ) :
    No_GC_Verifier(verifygc),
    _activated(activated) {
    _thread = Thread::current();
    if (_activated) {
      _thread->_allow_allocation_count++;
      _thread->_allow_safepoint_count++;
    }
  }

  ~No_Safepoint_Verifier() {
    if (_activated) {
      _thread->_allow_allocation_count--;
      _thread->_allow_safepoint_count--;
    }
  }
#else
  No_Safepoint_Verifier(bool activated = true, bool verifygc = true) : No_GC_Verifier(verifygc){}
  ~No_Safepoint_Verifier() {}
#endif
};

// A Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier is used to temporarily pause the
// behavior of a No_Safepoint_Verifier object. If we are not in debug
// mode then there is nothing to do. If the No_Safepoint_Verifier
// object has an _activated value of false, then there is nothing to
// do for safepoint and allocation checking, but there may still be
// something to do for the underlying No_GC_Verifier object.

class Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier : public Pause_No_GC_Verifier {
 private:
  No_Safepoint_Verifier * _nsv;

 public:
#ifdef ASSERT
  Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier(No_Safepoint_Verifier * nsv)
    : Pause_No_GC_Verifier(nsv) {

    _nsv = nsv;
    if (_nsv->_activated) {
      _nsv->_thread->_allow_allocation_count--;
      _nsv->_thread->_allow_safepoint_count--;
    }
  }

  ~Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier() {
    if (_nsv->_activated) {
      _nsv->_thread->_allow_allocation_count++;
      _nsv->_thread->_allow_safepoint_count++;
    }
  }
#else
  Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier(No_Safepoint_Verifier * nsv)
    : Pause_No_GC_Verifier(nsv) {}
  ~Pause_No_Safepoint_Verifier() {}
#endif
};

// A SkipGCALot object is used to elide the usual effect of gc-a-lot
// over a section of execution by a thread. Currently, it's used only to
// prevent re-entrant calls to GC.
class SkipGCALot : public StackObj {
  private:
   bool _saved;
   Thread* _t;

  public:
#ifdef ASSERT
    SkipGCALot(Thread* t) : _t(t) {
      _saved = _t->skip_gcalot();
      _t->set_skip_gcalot(true);
    }

    ~SkipGCALot() {
      assert(_t->skip_gcalot(), "Save-restore protocol invariant");
      _t->set_skip_gcalot(_saved);
    }
#else
    SkipGCALot(Thread* t) { }
    ~SkipGCALot() { }
#endif
};

// JRT_LEAF currently can be called from either _thread_in_Java or
// _thread_in_native mode. In _thread_in_native, it is ok
// for another thread to trigger GC. The rest of the JRT_LEAF
// rules apply.
class JRT_Leaf_Verifier : public No_Safepoint_Verifier {
  static bool should_verify_GC();
 public:
#ifdef ASSERT
  JRT_Leaf_Verifier();
  ~JRT_Leaf_Verifier();
#else
  JRT_Leaf_Verifier() {}
  ~JRT_Leaf_Verifier() {}
#endif
};

// A No_Alloc_Verifier object can be placed in methods where one assumes that
// no allocation will occur. The destructor will verify this property
// unless the constructor is called with argument false (not activated).
//
// The check will only be done in debug mode and if activated.
// Note: this only makes sense at safepoints (otherwise, other threads may
// allocate concurrently.)

class No_Alloc_Verifier : public StackObj {
 private:
  bool  _activated;

 public:
#ifdef ASSERT
  No_Alloc_Verifier(bool activated = true) {
    _activated = activated;
    if (_activated) Thread::current()->_allow_allocation_count++;
  }

  ~No_Alloc_Verifier() {
    if (_activated) Thread::current()->_allow_allocation_count--;
  }
#else
  No_Alloc_Verifier(bool activated = true) {}
  ~No_Alloc_Verifier() {}
#endif
};