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rev 8364 : 8078513: [linux]  Clean up code relevant to LinuxThreads implementation
Reviewed-by: dholmes, sla, coleenp


  26 #define _LIBPROC_H_
  27 
  28 #include <jni.h>
  29 #include <unistd.h>
  30 #include <stdint.h>
  31 #include "proc_service.h"
  32 
  33 #ifdef ALT_SASRCDIR
  34 #include "libproc_md.h"
  35 #endif
  36 
  37 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
  38 
  39 /************************************************************************************
  40 
  41 0. This is very minimal subset of Solaris libproc just enough for current application.
  42 Please note that the bulk of the functionality is from proc_service interface. This
  43 adds Pgrab__ and some missing stuff. We hide the difference b/w live process and core
  44 file by this interface.
  45 
  46 1. pthread_id unique in both NPTL & LinuxThreads. We store this in
  47 OSThread::_pthread_id in JVM code.

  48 
  49 2. All threads see the same pid when they call getpid() under NPTL.
  50 Threads receive different pid under LinuxThreads. We used to save the result of
  51 ::getpid() call in OSThread::_thread_id. This way uniqueness of OSThread::_thread_id
  52 was lost under NPTL. Now, we store the result of ::gettid() call in
  53 OSThread::_thread_id. Because gettid returns actual pid of thread (lwp id), this is
  54 unique again. We therefore use OSThread::_thread_id as unique identifier.
  55 
  56 3. There is a unique LWP id under both thread libraries. libthread_db  maps pthread_id
  57 to its underlying lwp_id under both the thread libraries. thread_info.lwp_id stores
  58 lwp_id of the thread. The lwp id is nothing but the actual pid of clone'd processes. But
  59 unfortunately libthread_db does not work very well for core dumps. So, we get pthread_id
  60 only for processes. For core dumps, we don't use libthread_db at all (like gdb).
  61 
  62 4. ptrace operates on this LWP id under both the thread libraries. When we say 'pid' for
  63 ptrace call, we refer to lwp_id of the thread.
  64 
  65 5. for core file, we parse ELF files and read data from them. For processes we  use
  66 combination of ptrace and /proc calls.
  67 
  68 *************************************************************************************/
  69 
  70 
  71 #if defined(sparc) || defined(sparcv9) || defined(ppc64)
  72 #define user_regs_struct  pt_regs
  73 #endif
  74 #if defined(aarch64)
  75 #define user_regs_struct user_pt_regs
  76 #endif
  77 
  78 // This C bool type must be int for compatibility with Linux calls and
  79 // it would be a mistake to equivalence it to C++ bool on many platforms
  80 
  81 typedef int bool;
  82 #define true  1
  83 #define false 0
  84 
  85 struct ps_prochandle;




  26 #define _LIBPROC_H_
  27 
  28 #include <jni.h>
  29 #include <unistd.h>
  30 #include <stdint.h>
  31 #include "proc_service.h"
  32 
  33 #ifdef ALT_SASRCDIR
  34 #include "libproc_md.h"
  35 #endif
  36 
  37 #include <sys/ptrace.h>
  38 
  39 /************************************************************************************
  40 
  41 0. This is very minimal subset of Solaris libproc just enough for current application.
  42 Please note that the bulk of the functionality is from proc_service interface. This
  43 adds Pgrab__ and some missing stuff. We hide the difference b/w live process and core
  44 file by this interface.
  45 
  46 1. For historical reasons there are both pthread id (stored in OSThread::_pthread_id)
  47 and kernel thread id (gettid() syscall, stored in OSThread::_thread_id) kept in OSThread.
  48 Both are unique. We use OSThread::_thread_id as unique identifier.
  49 
  50 2. There is a unique LWP id under both thread libraries. libthread_db  maps pthread_id







  51 to its underlying lwp_id under both the thread libraries. thread_info.lwp_id stores
  52 lwp_id of the thread. The lwp id is nothing but the actual pid of clone'd processes. But
  53 unfortunately libthread_db does not work very well for core dumps. So, we get pthread_id
  54 only for processes. For core dumps, we don't use libthread_db at all (like gdb).
  55 
  56 3. ptrace operates on this LWP id under both the thread libraries. When we say 'pid' for
  57 ptrace call, we refer to lwp_id of the thread.
  58 
  59 4. for core file, we parse ELF files and read data from them. For processes we  use
  60 combination of ptrace and /proc calls.
  61 
  62 *************************************************************************************/
  63 
  64 
  65 #if defined(sparc) || defined(sparcv9) || defined(ppc64)
  66 #define user_regs_struct  pt_regs
  67 #endif
  68 #if defined(aarch64)
  69 #define user_regs_struct user_pt_regs
  70 #endif
  71 
  72 // This C bool type must be int for compatibility with Linux calls and
  73 // it would be a mistake to equivalence it to C++ bool on many platforms
  74 
  75 typedef int bool;
  76 #define true  1
  77 #define false 0
  78 
  79 struct ps_prochandle;


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