8044406: JVM crash with JDK8 (build 1.8.0-b132) with G1 GC
authorpoonam
Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:30:24 -0700
changeset 26159 6033a6fc63cc
parent 26158 9eb4348732f3
child 26160 aba6b01cb988
8044406: JVM crash with JDK8 (build 1.8.0-b132) with G1 GC Summary: Fill the last card that has been allocated into with a dummy object Reviewed-by: tschatzl, mgerdin
hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1AllocRegion.hpp
hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1AllocRegion.hpp	Mon Aug 18 15:43:29 2014 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1AllocRegion.hpp	Mon Aug 18 19:30:24 2014 -0700
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 
   // Should be called when we want to release the active region which
   // is returned after it's been retired.
-  HeapRegion* release();
+  virtual HeapRegion* release();
 
 #if G1_ALLOC_REGION_TRACING
   void trace(const char* str, size_t word_size = 0, HeapWord* result = NULL);
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp	Mon Aug 18 15:43:29 2014 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp	Mon Aug 18 19:30:24 2014 -0700
@@ -6833,6 +6833,35 @@
   _g1h->retire_gc_alloc_region(alloc_region, allocated_bytes,
                                GCAllocForTenured);
 }
+
+HeapRegion* OldGCAllocRegion::release() {
+  HeapRegion* cur = get();
+  if (cur != NULL) {
+    // Determine how far we are from the next card boundary. If it is smaller than
+    // the minimum object size we can allocate into, expand into the next card.
+    HeapWord* top = cur->top();
+    HeapWord* aligned_top = (HeapWord*)align_ptr_up(top, G1BlockOffsetSharedArray::N_bytes);
+
+    size_t to_allocate_words = pointer_delta(aligned_top, top, HeapWordSize);
+
+    if (to_allocate_words != 0) {
+      // We are not at a card boundary. Fill up, possibly into the next, taking the
+      // end of the region and the minimum object size into account.
+      to_allocate_words = MIN2(pointer_delta(cur->end(), cur->top(), HeapWordSize),
+                               MAX2(to_allocate_words, G1CollectedHeap::min_fill_size()));
+
+      // Skip allocation if there is not enough space to allocate even the smallest
+      // possible object. In this case this region will not be retained, so the
+      // original problem cannot occur.
+      if (to_allocate_words >= G1CollectedHeap::min_fill_size()) {
+        HeapWord* dummy = attempt_allocation(to_allocate_words, true /* bot_updates */);
+        CollectedHeap::fill_with_object(dummy, to_allocate_words);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return G1AllocRegion::release();
+}
+
 // Heap region set verification
 
 class VerifyRegionListsClosure : public HeapRegionClosure {
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp	Mon Aug 18 15:43:29 2014 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.hpp	Mon Aug 18 19:30:24 2014 -0700
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@
 public:
   OldGCAllocRegion()
   : G1AllocRegion("Old GC Alloc Region", true /* bot_updates */) { }
+
+  // This specialization of release() makes sure that the last card that has been
+  // allocated into has been completely filled by a dummy object.
+  // This avoids races when remembered set scanning wants to update the BOT of the
+  // last card in the retained old gc alloc region, and allocation threads
+  // allocating into that card at the same time.
+  virtual HeapRegion* release();
 };
 
 // The G1 STW is alive closure.