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  24 
  25 #include "precompiled.hpp"
  26 #include "code/compiledIC.hpp"
  27 #include "code/compiledMethod.inline.hpp"
  28 #include "code/scopeDesc.hpp"
  29 #include "code/codeCache.hpp"
  30 #include "interpreter/bytecode.inline.hpp"
  31 #include "logging/log.hpp"
  32 #include "logging/logTag.hpp"
  33 #include "memory/resourceArea.hpp"
  34 #include "oops/methodData.hpp"
  35 #include "oops/method.inline.hpp"
  36 #include "prims/methodHandles.hpp"
  37 #include "runtime/handles.inline.hpp"
  38 #include "runtime/mutexLocker.hpp"
  39 
  40 CompiledMethod::CompiledMethod(Method* method, const char* name, CompilerType type, const CodeBlobLayout& layout, int frame_complete_offset, int frame_size, ImmutableOopMapSet* oop_maps, bool caller_must_gc_arguments)
  41   : CodeBlob(name, type, layout, frame_complete_offset, frame_size, oop_maps, caller_must_gc_arguments),
  42   _method(method), _mark_for_deoptimization_status(not_marked) {
  43   init_defaults();
  44 }
  45 
  46 CompiledMethod::CompiledMethod(Method* method, const char* name, CompilerType type, int size, int header_size, CodeBuffer* cb, int frame_complete_offset, int frame_size, OopMapSet* oop_maps, bool caller_must_gc_arguments)
  47   : CodeBlob(name, type, CodeBlobLayout((address) this, size, header_size, cb), cb, frame_complete_offset, frame_size, oop_maps, caller_must_gc_arguments),
  48   _method(method), _mark_for_deoptimization_status(not_marked) {
  49   init_defaults();
  50 }
  51 
  52 void CompiledMethod::init_defaults() {
  53   _has_unsafe_access          = 0;
  54   _has_method_handle_invokes  = 0;
  55   _lazy_critical_native       = 0;
  56   _has_wide_vectors           = 0;
  57   _unloading_clock            = 0;
  58 }
  59 
  60 bool CompiledMethod::is_method_handle_return(address return_pc) {
  61   if (!has_method_handle_invokes())  return false;
  62   PcDesc* pd = pc_desc_at(return_pc);
  63   if (pd == NULL)
  64     return false;
  65   return pd->is_method_handle_invoke();
  66 }
  67 
  68 // Returns a string version of the method state.
  69 const char* CompiledMethod::state() const {
  70   int state = get_state();
  71   switch (state) {
  72   case not_installed:
  73     return "not installed";
  74   case in_use:
  75     return "in use";
  76   case not_used:
  77     return "not_used";
  78   case not_entrant:
  79     return "not_entrant";
  80   case zombie:
  81     return "zombie";
  82   case unloaded:
  83     return "unloaded";
  84   default:
  85     fatal("unexpected method state: %d", state);
  86     return NULL;
  87   }
  88 }
  89 
  90 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  91 
  92 void CompiledMethod::add_exception_cache_entry(ExceptionCache* new_entry) {
  93   assert(ExceptionCache_lock->owned_by_self(),"Must hold the ExceptionCache_lock");
  94   assert(new_entry != NULL,"Must be non null");
  95   assert(new_entry->next() == NULL, "Must be null");
  96 
  97   ExceptionCache *ec = exception_cache();
  98   if (ec != NULL) {
  99     new_entry->set_next(ec);
 100   }
 101   release_set_exception_cache(new_entry);
 102 }
 103 
 104 void CompiledMethod::clean_exception_cache() {
 105   ExceptionCache* prev = NULL;
 106   ExceptionCache* curr = exception_cache();
 107 
 108   while (curr != NULL) {
 109     ExceptionCache* next = curr->next();
 110 
 111     Klass* ex_klass = curr->exception_type();
 112     if (ex_klass != NULL && !ex_klass->is_loader_alive()) {
 113       if (prev == NULL) {
 114         set_exception_cache(next);
 115       } else {
 116         prev->set_next(next);
 117       }
 118       delete curr;
 119       // prev stays the same.
 120     } else {
 121       prev = curr;
 122     }
 123 
 124     curr = next;
 125   }
 126 }
 127 
 128 // public method for accessing the exception cache
 129 // These are the public access methods.
 130 address CompiledMethod::handler_for_exception_and_pc(Handle exception, address pc) {
 131   // We never grab a lock to read the exception cache, so we may
 132   // have false negatives. This is okay, as it can only happen during
 133   // the first few exception lookups for a given nmethod.
 134   ExceptionCache* ec = exception_cache();
 135   while (ec != NULL) {
 136     address ret_val;
 137     if ((ret_val = ec->match(exception,pc)) != NULL) {
 138       return ret_val;
 139     }
 140     ec = ec->next();
 141   }
 142   return NULL;
 143 }
 144 
 145 void CompiledMethod::add_handler_for_exception_and_pc(Handle exception, address pc, address handler) {
 146   // There are potential race conditions during exception cache updates, so we
 147   // must own the ExceptionCache_lock before doing ANY modifications. Because
 148   // we don't lock during reads, it is possible to have several threads attempt
 149   // to update the cache with the same data. We need to check for already inserted
 150   // copies of the current data before adding it.
 151 
 152   MutexLocker ml(ExceptionCache_lock);
 153   ExceptionCache* target_entry = exception_cache_entry_for_exception(exception);
 154 
 155   if (target_entry == NULL || !target_entry->add_address_and_handler(pc,handler)) {
 156     target_entry = new ExceptionCache(exception,pc,handler);
 157     add_exception_cache_entry(target_entry);
 158   }
 159 }
 160 
 161 //-------------end of code for ExceptionCache--------------
 162 
 163 // private method for handling exception cache
 164 // These methods are private, and used to manipulate the exception cache
 165 // directly.
 166 ExceptionCache* CompiledMethod::exception_cache_entry_for_exception(Handle exception) {
 167   ExceptionCache* ec = exception_cache();
 168   while (ec != NULL) {
 169     if (ec->match_exception_with_space(exception)) {
 170       return ec;
 171     }
 172     ec = ec->next();
 173   }
 174   return NULL;
 175 }
 176 
 177 bool CompiledMethod::is_at_poll_return(address pc) {
 178   RelocIterator iter(this, pc, pc+1);
 179   while (iter.next()) {
 180     if (iter.type() == relocInfo::poll_return_type)
 181       return true;
 182   }
 183   return false;
 184 }
 185 
 186 
 187 bool CompiledMethod::is_at_poll_or_poll_return(address pc) {
 188   RelocIterator iter(this, pc, pc+1);
 189   while (iter.next()) {
 190     relocInfo::relocType t = iter.type();
 191     if (t == relocInfo::poll_return_type || t == relocInfo::poll_type)
 192       return true;
 193   }
 194   return false;
 195 }
 196 
 197 void CompiledMethod::verify_oop_relocations() {
 198   // Ensure sure that the code matches the current oop values
 199   RelocIterator iter(this, NULL, NULL);
 200   while (iter.next()) {
 201     if (iter.type() == relocInfo::oop_type) {
 202       oop_Relocation* reloc = iter.oop_reloc();
 203       if (!reloc->oop_is_immediate()) {
 204         reloc->verify_oop_relocation();
 205       }
 206     }
 207   }
 208 }
 209 
 210 
 211 ScopeDesc* CompiledMethod::scope_desc_at(address pc) {
 212   PcDesc* pd = pc_desc_at(pc);
 213   guarantee(pd != NULL, "scope must be present");
 214   return new ScopeDesc(this, pd->scope_decode_offset(),
 215                        pd->obj_decode_offset(), pd->should_reexecute(), pd->rethrow_exception(),
 216                        pd->return_oop());
 217 }
 218 
 219 ScopeDesc* CompiledMethod::scope_desc_near(address pc) {
 220   PcDesc* pd = pc_desc_near(pc);
 221   guarantee(pd != NULL, "scope must be present");
 222   return new ScopeDesc(this, pd->scope_decode_offset(),
 223                        pd->obj_decode_offset(), pd->should_reexecute(), pd->rethrow_exception(),
 224                        pd->return_oop());
 225 }
 226 
 227 address CompiledMethod::oops_reloc_begin() const {
 228   // If the method is not entrant or zombie then a JMP is plastered over the
 229   // first few bytes.  If an oop in the old code was there, that oop
 230   // should not get GC'd.  Skip the first few bytes of oops on
 231   // not-entrant methods.
 232   address low_boundary = verified_entry_point();
 233   if (!is_in_use() && is_nmethod()) {
 234     low_boundary += NativeJump::instruction_size;
 235     // %%% Note:  On SPARC we patch only a 4-byte trap, not a full NativeJump.
 236     // This means that the low_boundary is going to be a little too high.
 237     // This shouldn't matter, since oops of non-entrant methods are never used.
 238     // In fact, why are we bothering to look at oops in a non-entrant method??
 239   }
 240   return low_boundary;
 241 }
 242 
 243 int CompiledMethod::verify_icholder_relocations() {
 244   ResourceMark rm;
 245   int count = 0;
 246 
 247   RelocIterator iter(this);
 248   while(iter.next()) {
 249     if (iter.type() == relocInfo::virtual_call_type) {
 250       if (CompiledIC::is_icholder_call_site(iter.virtual_call_reloc(), this)) {
 251         CompiledIC *ic = CompiledIC_at(&iter);
 252         if (TraceCompiledIC) {
 253           tty->print("noticed icholder " INTPTR_FORMAT " ", p2i(ic->cached_icholder()));
 254           ic->print();
 255         }
 256         assert(ic->cached_icholder() != NULL, "must be non-NULL");
 257         count++;
 258       }
 259     }
 260   }
 261 
 262   return count;
 263 }
 264 
 265 // Method that knows how to preserve outgoing arguments at call. This method must be
 266 // called with a frame corresponding to a Java invoke
 267 void CompiledMethod::preserve_callee_argument_oops(frame fr, const RegisterMap *reg_map, OopClosure* f) {
 268   if (method() != NULL && !method()->is_native()) {
 269     address pc = fr.pc();
 270     SimpleScopeDesc ssd(this, pc);
 271     Bytecode_invoke call(ssd.method(), ssd.bci());
 272     bool has_receiver = call.has_receiver();
 273     bool has_appendix = call.has_appendix();
 274     Symbol* signature = call.signature();
 275 
 276     // The method attached by JIT-compilers should be used, if present.
 277     // Bytecode can be inaccurate in such case.
 278     Method* callee = attached_method_before_pc(pc);
 279     if (callee != NULL) {
 280       has_receiver = !(callee->access_flags().is_static());
 281       has_appendix = false;
 282       signature = callee->signature();
 283     }
 284 
 285     fr.oops_compiled_arguments_do(signature, has_receiver, has_appendix, reg_map, f);
 286   }
 287 }
 288 
 289 Method* CompiledMethod::attached_method(address call_instr) {
 290   assert(code_contains(call_instr), "not part of the nmethod");
 291   RelocIterator iter(this, call_instr, call_instr + 1);
 292   while (iter.next()) {
 293     if (iter.addr() == call_instr) {
 294       switch(iter.type()) {
 295         case relocInfo::static_call_type:      return iter.static_call_reloc()->method_value();
 296         case relocInfo::opt_virtual_call_type: return iter.opt_virtual_call_reloc()->method_value();
 297         case relocInfo::virtual_call_type:     return iter.virtual_call_reloc()->method_value();
 298         default:                               break;
 299       }
 300     }
 301   }
 302   return NULL; // not found
 303 }
 304 
 305 Method* CompiledMethod::attached_method_before_pc(address pc) {
 306   if (NativeCall::is_call_before(pc)) {
 307     NativeCall* ncall = nativeCall_before(pc);
 308     return attached_method(ncall->instruction_address());
 309   }
 310   return NULL; // not a call
 311 }
 312 
 313 void CompiledMethod::clear_inline_caches() {
 314   assert(SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint(), "cleaning of IC's only allowed at safepoint");
 315   if (is_zombie()) {
 316     return;
 317   }
 318 
 319   RelocIterator iter(this);
 320   while (iter.next()) {
 321     iter.reloc()->clear_inline_cache();
 322   }
 323 }
 324 
 325 // Clear IC callsites, releasing ICStubs of all compiled ICs
 326 // as well as any associated CompiledICHolders.
 327 void CompiledMethod::clear_ic_callsites() {
 328   assert_locked_or_safepoint(CompiledIC_lock);
 329   ResourceMark rm;
 330   RelocIterator iter(this);
 331   while(iter.next()) {
 332     if (iter.type() == relocInfo::virtual_call_type) {
 333       CompiledIC* ic = CompiledIC_at(&iter);
 334       ic->set_to_clean(false);
 335     }
 336   }
 337 }
 338 
 339 #ifdef ASSERT
 340 // Check class_loader is alive for this bit of metadata.
 341 static void check_class(Metadata* md) {
 342    Klass* klass = NULL;
 343    if (md->is_klass()) {
 344      klass = ((Klass*)md);
 345    } else if (md->is_method()) {
 346      klass = ((Method*)md)->method_holder();
 347    } else if (md->is_methodData()) {
 348      klass = ((MethodData*)md)->method()->method_holder();
 349    } else {
 350      md->print();
 351      ShouldNotReachHere();
 352    }
 353    assert(klass->is_loader_alive(), "must be alive");
 354 }
 355 #endif // ASSERT
 356 
 357 
 358 void CompiledMethod::clean_ic_if_metadata_is_dead(CompiledIC *ic) {
 359   if (ic->is_icholder_call()) {
 360     // The only exception is compiledICHolder metdata which may
 361     // yet be marked below. (We check this further below).
 362     CompiledICHolder* cichk_metdata = ic->cached_icholder();
 363 
 364     if (cichk_metdata->is_loader_alive()) {
 365       return;
 366     }
 367   } else {
 368     Metadata* ic_metdata = ic->cached_metadata();
 369     if (ic_metdata != NULL) {
 370       if (ic_metdata->is_klass()) {
 371         if (((Klass*)ic_metdata)->is_loader_alive()) {
 372           return;
 373         }
 374       } else if (ic_metdata->is_method()) {
 375         Method* method = (Method*)ic_metdata;
 376         assert(!method->is_old(), "old method should have been cleaned");
 377         if (method->method_holder()->is_loader_alive()) {
 378           return;
 379         }
 380       } else {
 381         ShouldNotReachHere();
 382       }
 383     }
 384   }
 385 
 386   ic->set_to_clean();
 387 }
 388 
 389 unsigned char CompiledMethod::_global_unloading_clock = 0;
 390 
 391 void CompiledMethod::increase_unloading_clock() {
 392   _global_unloading_clock++;
 393   if (_global_unloading_clock == 0) {
 394     // _nmethods are allocated with _unloading_clock == 0,
 395     // so 0 is never used as a clock value.
 396     _global_unloading_clock = 1;
 397   }
 398 }
 399 
 400 void CompiledMethod::set_unloading_clock(unsigned char unloading_clock) {
 401   OrderAccess::release_store(&_unloading_clock, unloading_clock);
 402 }
 403 
 404 unsigned char CompiledMethod::unloading_clock() {
 405   return OrderAccess::load_acquire(&_unloading_clock);
 406 }
 407 
 408 
 409 // static_stub_Relocations may have dangling references to
 410 // nmethods so trim them out here.  Otherwise it looks like
 411 // compiled code is maintaining a link to dead metadata.
 412 void CompiledMethod::clean_ic_stubs() {
 413 #ifdef ASSERT
 414   address low_boundary = oops_reloc_begin();
 415   RelocIterator iter(this, low_boundary);
 416   while (iter.next()) {
 417     address static_call_addr = NULL;
 418     if (iter.type() == relocInfo::opt_virtual_call_type) {
 419       CompiledIC* cic = CompiledIC_at(&iter);
 420       if (!cic->is_call_to_interpreted()) {
 421         static_call_addr = iter.addr();
 422       }
 423     } else if (iter.type() == relocInfo::static_call_type) {
 424       CompiledStaticCall* csc = compiledStaticCall_at(iter.reloc());
 425       if (!csc->is_call_to_interpreted()) {
 426         static_call_addr = iter.addr();
 427       }
 428     }
 429     if (static_call_addr != NULL) {
 430       RelocIterator sciter(this, low_boundary);
 431       while (sciter.next()) {
 432         if (sciter.type() == relocInfo::static_stub_type &&
 433             sciter.static_stub_reloc()->static_call() == static_call_addr) {
 434           sciter.static_stub_reloc()->clear_inline_cache();
 435         }
 436       }
 437     }
 438   }
 439 #endif
 440 }
 441 
 442 // This is called at the end of the strong tracing/marking phase of a
 443 // GC to unload an nmethod if it contains otherwise unreachable
 444 // oops.
 445 
 446 void CompiledMethod::do_unloading(BoolObjectClosure* is_alive) {
 447   // Make sure the oop's ready to receive visitors
 448   assert(!is_zombie() && !is_unloaded(),
 449          "should not call follow on zombie or unloaded nmethod");
 450 
 451   address low_boundary = oops_reloc_begin();
 452 
 453   if (do_unloading_oops(low_boundary, is_alive)) {
 454     return;
 455   }
 456 
 457 #if INCLUDE_JVMCI
 458   if (do_unloading_jvmci()) {
 459     return;
 460   }
 461 #endif
 462 
 463   // Cleanup exception cache and inline caches happens
 464   // after all the unloaded methods are found.
 465 }
 466 
 467 // Clean references to unloaded nmethods at addr from this one, which is not unloaded.
 468 template <class CompiledICorStaticCall>
 469 static bool clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(CompiledICorStaticCall *ic, address addr, CompiledMethod* from,
 470                                          bool parallel, bool clean_all) {
 471   // Ok, to lookup references to zombies here
 472   CodeBlob *cb = CodeCache::find_blob_unsafe(addr);
 473   CompiledMethod* nm = (cb != NULL) ? cb->as_compiled_method_or_null() : NULL;
 474   if (nm != NULL) {
 475     if (parallel && nm->unloading_clock() != CompiledMethod::global_unloading_clock()) {
 476       // The nmethod has not been processed yet.
 477       return true;
 478     }
 479 
 480     // Clean inline caches pointing to both zombie and not_entrant methods
 481     if (clean_all || !nm->is_in_use() || (nm->method()->code() != nm)) {
 482       ic->set_to_clean(from->is_alive());
 483       assert(ic->is_clean(), "nmethod " PTR_FORMAT "not clean %s", p2i(from), from->method()->name_and_sig_as_C_string());
 484     }
 485   }
 486 
 487   return false;
 488 }
 489 
 490 static bool clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(CompiledIC *ic, CompiledMethod* from,
 491                                          bool parallel, bool clean_all = false) {
 492   return clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(ic, ic->ic_destination(), from, parallel, clean_all);
 493 }
 494 
 495 static bool clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(CompiledStaticCall *csc, CompiledMethod* from,
 496                                          bool parallel, bool clean_all = false) {
 497   return clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(csc, csc->destination(), from, parallel, clean_all);
 498 }
 499 
 500 bool CompiledMethod::do_unloading_parallel(BoolObjectClosure* is_alive, bool unloading_occurred) {
 501   ResourceMark rm;
 502 
 503   // Make sure the oop's ready to receive visitors
 504   assert(!is_zombie() && !is_unloaded(),
 505          "should not call follow on zombie or unloaded nmethod");
 506 
 507   address low_boundary = oops_reloc_begin();
 508 
 509   if (do_unloading_oops(low_boundary, is_alive)) {
 510     return false;
 511   }
 512 
 513 #if INCLUDE_JVMCI
 514   if (do_unloading_jvmci()) {
 515     return false;
 516   }
 517 #endif
 518 
 519   return unload_nmethod_caches(/*parallel*/true, unloading_occurred);
 520 }
 521 
 522 // Cleans caches in nmethods that point to either classes that are unloaded
 523 // or nmethods that are unloaded.
 524 //
 525 // Can be called either in parallel by G1 currently or after all
 526 // nmethods are unloaded.  Return postponed=true in the parallel case for
 527 // inline caches found that point to nmethods that are not yet visited during
 528 // the do_unloading walk.
 529 bool CompiledMethod::unload_nmethod_caches(bool parallel, bool unloading_occurred) {
 530 
 531   // Exception cache only needs to be called if unloading occurred
 532   if (unloading_occurred) {
 533     clean_exception_cache();
 534   }
 535 
 536   bool postponed = cleanup_inline_caches_impl(parallel, unloading_occurred, /*clean_all*/false);
 537 
 538   // All static stubs need to be cleaned.
 539   clean_ic_stubs();
 540 
 541   // Check that the metadata embedded in the nmethod is alive
 542   DEBUG_ONLY(metadata_do(check_class));
 543 
 544   return postponed;
 545 }
 546 
 547 // Called to clean up after class unloading for live nmethods and from the sweeper
 548 // for all methods.
 549 bool CompiledMethod::cleanup_inline_caches_impl(bool parallel, bool unloading_occurred, bool clean_all) {
 550   assert_locked_or_safepoint(CompiledIC_lock);
 551   bool postponed = false;
 552   ResourceMark rm;
 553 
 554   // Find all calls in an nmethod and clear the ones that point to non-entrant,
 555   // zombie and unloaded nmethods.
 556   RelocIterator iter(this, oops_reloc_begin());
 557   while(iter.next()) {
 558 
 559     switch (iter.type()) {
 560 
 561     case relocInfo::virtual_call_type:
 562       if (unloading_occurred) {
 563         // If class unloading occurred we first clear ICs where the cached metadata
 564         // is referring to an unloaded klass or method.
 565         clean_ic_if_metadata_is_dead(CompiledIC_at(&iter));
 566       }
 567 
 568       postponed |= clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(CompiledIC_at(&iter), this, parallel, clean_all);
 569       break;
 570 
 571     case relocInfo::opt_virtual_call_type:
 572       postponed |= clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(CompiledIC_at(&iter), this, parallel, clean_all);
 573       break;
 574 
 575     case relocInfo::static_call_type:
 576       postponed |= clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(compiledStaticCall_at(iter.reloc()), this, parallel, clean_all);
 577       break;
 578 
 579     case relocInfo::oop_type:
 580       // handled by do_unloading_oops already
 581       break;
 582 
 583     case relocInfo::metadata_type:
 584       break; // nothing to do.
 585 
 586     default:
 587       break;
 588     }
 589   }
 590 
 591   return postponed;
 592 }
 593 
 594 void CompiledMethod::do_unloading_parallel_postponed() {
 595   ResourceMark rm;
 596 
 597   // Make sure the oop's ready to receive visitors
 598   assert(!is_zombie(),
 599          "should not call follow on zombie nmethod");
 600 
 601   RelocIterator iter(this, oops_reloc_begin());
 602   while(iter.next()) {
 603 
 604     switch (iter.type()) {
 605 
 606     case relocInfo::virtual_call_type:
 607       clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(CompiledIC_at(&iter), this, true);
 608       break;
 609 
 610     case relocInfo::opt_virtual_call_type:
 611       clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(CompiledIC_at(&iter), this, true);
 612       break;
 613 
 614     case relocInfo::static_call_type:
 615       clean_if_nmethod_is_unloaded(compiledStaticCall_at(iter.reloc()), this, true);
 616       break;
 617 
 618     default:
 619       break;
 620     }
 621   }
 622 }
 623 
 624 // Iterating over all nmethods, e.g. with the help of CodeCache::nmethods_do(fun) was found
 625 // to not be inherently safe. There is a chance that fields are seen which are not properly
 626 // initialized. This happens despite the fact that nmethods_do() asserts the CodeCache_lock
 627 // to be held.
 628 // To bundle knowledge about necessary checks in one place, this function was introduced.
 629 // It is not claimed that these checks are sufficient, but they were found to be necessary.
 630 bool CompiledMethod::nmethod_access_is_safe(nmethod* nm) {
 631   Method* method = (nm == NULL) ? NULL : nm->method();  // nm->method() may be uninitialized, i.e. != NULL, but invalid
 632   return (nm != NULL) && (method != NULL) && (method->signature() != NULL) &&
 633          !nm->is_zombie() && !nm->is_not_installed() &&
 634          os::is_readable_pointer(method) &&
 635          os::is_readable_pointer(method->constants()) &&
 636          os::is_readable_pointer(method->signature());
 637 }