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  24 
  25 #include "precompiled.hpp"
  26 #include "compiler/compileBroker.hpp"
  27 #include "gc/shared/collectedHeap.hpp"
  28 #include "memory/resourceArea.hpp"
  29 #include "oops/method.hpp"
  30 #include "oops/oop.inline.hpp"
  31 #include "oops/verifyOopClosure.hpp"
  32 #include "runtime/interfaceSupport.hpp"
  33 #include "runtime/mutexLocker.hpp"
  34 #include "runtime/os.hpp"
  35 #include "runtime/safepoint.hpp"
  36 #include "runtime/thread.inline.hpp"
  37 #include "runtime/vmThread.hpp"
  38 #include "runtime/vm_operations.hpp"
  39 #include "services/runtimeService.hpp"
  40 #include "trace/tracing.hpp"
  41 #include "utilities/dtrace.hpp"
  42 #include "utilities/events.hpp"
  43 #include "utilities/xmlstream.hpp"
  44 
  45 // Dummy VM operation to act as first element in our circular double-linked list
  46 class VM_Dummy: public VM_Operation {
  47   VMOp_Type type() const { return VMOp_Dummy; }
  48   void  doit() {};
  49 };
  50 
  51 VMOperationQueue::VMOperationQueue() {
  52   // The queue is a circular doubled-linked list, which always contains
  53   // one element (i.e., one element means empty).
  54   for(int i = 0; i < nof_priorities; i++) {
  55     _queue_length[i] = 0;
  56     _queue_counter = 0;
  57     _queue[i] = new VM_Dummy();
  58     _queue[i]->set_next(_queue[i]);
  59     _queue[i]->set_prev(_queue[i]);
  60   }
  61   _drain_list = NULL;
  62 }
  63 
  64 
  65 bool VMOperationQueue::queue_empty(int prio) {
  66   // It is empty if there is exactly one element
  67   bool empty = (_queue[prio] == _queue[prio]->next());
  68   assert( (_queue_length[prio] == 0 && empty) ||
  69           (_queue_length[prio] > 0  && !empty), "sanity check");
  70   return _queue_length[prio] == 0;
  71 }
  72 
  73 // Inserts an element to the right of the q element
  74 void VMOperationQueue::insert(VM_Operation* q, VM_Operation* n) {
  75   assert(q->next()->prev() == q && q->prev()->next() == q, "sanity check");
  76   n->set_prev(q);
  77   n->set_next(q->next());
  78   q->next()->set_prev(n);
  79   q->set_next(n);
  80 }
  81 
  82 void VMOperationQueue::queue_add_front(int prio, VM_Operation *op) {
  83   _queue_length[prio]++;
  84   insert(_queue[prio]->next(), op);
  85 }
  86 
  87 void VMOperationQueue::queue_add_back(int prio, VM_Operation *op) {
  88   _queue_length[prio]++;
  89   insert(_queue[prio]->prev(), op);
  90 }
  91 
  92 
  93 void VMOperationQueue::unlink(VM_Operation* q) {
  94   assert(q->next()->prev() == q && q->prev()->next() == q, "sanity check");
  95   q->prev()->set_next(q->next());
  96   q->next()->set_prev(q->prev());
  97 }
  98 
  99 VM_Operation* VMOperationQueue::queue_remove_front(int prio) {
 100   if (queue_empty(prio)) return NULL;
 101   assert(_queue_length[prio] >= 0, "sanity check");
 102   _queue_length[prio]--;
 103   VM_Operation* r = _queue[prio]->next();
 104   assert(r != _queue[prio], "cannot remove base element");
 105   unlink(r);
 106   return r;
 107 }
 108 
 109 VM_Operation* VMOperationQueue::queue_drain(int prio) {
 110   if (queue_empty(prio)) return NULL;
 111   DEBUG_ONLY(int length = _queue_length[prio];);
 112   assert(length >= 0, "sanity check");
 113   _queue_length[prio] = 0;
 114   VM_Operation* r = _queue[prio]->next();
 115   assert(r != _queue[prio], "cannot remove base element");
 116   // remove links to base element from head and tail
 117   r->set_prev(NULL);
 118   _queue[prio]->prev()->set_next(NULL);
 119   // restore queue to empty state
 120   _queue[prio]->set_next(_queue[prio]);
 121   _queue[prio]->set_prev(_queue[prio]);
 122   assert(queue_empty(prio), "drain corrupted queue");
 123 #ifdef ASSERT
 124   int len = 0;
 125   VM_Operation* cur;
 126   for(cur = r; cur != NULL; cur=cur->next()) len++;
 127   assert(len == length, "drain lost some ops");
 128 #endif
 129   return r;
 130 }
 131 
 132 void VMOperationQueue::queue_oops_do(int queue, OopClosure* f) {
 133   VM_Operation* cur = _queue[queue];
 134   cur = cur->next();
 135   while (cur != _queue[queue]) {
 136     cur->oops_do(f);
 137     cur = cur->next();
 138   }
 139 }
 140 
 141 void VMOperationQueue::drain_list_oops_do(OopClosure* f) {
 142   VM_Operation* cur = _drain_list;
 143   while (cur != NULL) {
 144     cur->oops_do(f);
 145     cur = cur->next();
 146   }
 147 }
 148 
 149 //-----------------------------------------------------------------
 150 // High-level interface
 151 bool VMOperationQueue::add(VM_Operation *op) {
 152 
 153   HOTSPOT_VMOPS_REQUEST(
 154                    (char *) op->name(), strlen(op->name()),
 155                    op->evaluation_mode());
 156 
 157   // Encapsulates VM queue policy. Currently, that
 158   // only involves putting them on the right list
 159   if (op->evaluate_at_safepoint()) {
 160     queue_add_back(SafepointPriority, op);
 161     return true;
 162   }
 163 
 164   queue_add_back(MediumPriority, op);
 165   return true;
 166 }
 167 
 168 VM_Operation* VMOperationQueue::remove_next() {
 169   // Assuming VMOperation queue is two-level priority queue. If there are
 170   // more than two priorities, we need a different scheduling algorithm.
 171   assert(SafepointPriority == 0 && MediumPriority == 1 && nof_priorities == 2,
 172          "current algorithm does not work");
 173 
 174   // simple counter based scheduling to prevent starvation of lower priority
 175   // queue. -- see 4390175
 176   int high_prio, low_prio;
 177   if (_queue_counter++ < 10) {
 178       high_prio = SafepointPriority;
 179       low_prio  = MediumPriority;
 180   } else {
 181       _queue_counter = 0;
 182       high_prio = MediumPriority;
 183       low_prio  = SafepointPriority;
 184   }
 185 
 186   return queue_remove_front(queue_empty(high_prio) ? low_prio : high_prio);
 187 }
 188 
 189 void VMOperationQueue::oops_do(OopClosure* f) {
 190   for(int i = 0; i < nof_priorities; i++) {
 191     queue_oops_do(i, f);
 192   }
 193   drain_list_oops_do(f);
 194 }
 195 
 196 
 197 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 198 // Implementation of VMThread stuff
 199 
 200 bool                VMThread::_should_terminate   = false;
 201 bool              VMThread::_terminated         = false;
 202 Monitor*          VMThread::_terminate_lock     = NULL;
 203 VMThread*         VMThread::_vm_thread          = NULL;
 204 VM_Operation*     VMThread::_cur_vm_operation   = NULL;
 205 VMOperationQueue* VMThread::_vm_queue           = NULL;
 206 PerfCounter*      VMThread::_perf_accumulated_vm_operation_time = NULL;
 207 
 208 
 209 void VMThread::create() {
 210   assert(vm_thread() == NULL, "we can only allocate one VMThread");
 211   _vm_thread = new VMThread();
 212 
 213   // Create VM operation queue
 214   _vm_queue = new VMOperationQueue();
 215   guarantee(_vm_queue != NULL, "just checking");
 216 
 217   _terminate_lock = new Monitor(Mutex::safepoint, "VMThread::_terminate_lock", true,
 218                                 Monitor::_safepoint_check_never);
 219 
 220   if (UsePerfData) {
 221     // jvmstat performance counters
 222     Thread* THREAD = Thread::current();
 223     _perf_accumulated_vm_operation_time =
 224                  PerfDataManager::create_counter(SUN_THREADS, "vmOperationTime",
 225                                                  PerfData::U_Ticks, CHECK);
 226   }
 227 }
 228 
 229 VMThread::VMThread() : NamedThread() {
 230   set_name("VM Thread");
 231 }
 232 
 233 void VMThread::destroy() {
 234   _vm_thread = NULL;      // VM thread is gone
 235 }
 236 
 237 void VMThread::run() {
 238   assert(this == vm_thread(), "check");
 239 
 240   this->initialize_named_thread();
 241   this->record_stack_base_and_size();
 242   // Notify_lock wait checks on active_handles() to rewait in
 243   // case of spurious wakeup, it should wait on the last
 244   // value set prior to the notify
 245   this->set_active_handles(JNIHandleBlock::allocate_block());
 246 
 247   {
 248     MutexLocker ml(Notify_lock);
 249     Notify_lock->notify();
 250   }
 251   // Notify_lock is destroyed by Threads::create_vm()
 252 
 253   int prio = (VMThreadPriority == -1)
 254     ? os::java_to_os_priority[NearMaxPriority]
 255     : VMThreadPriority;
 256   // Note that I cannot call os::set_priority because it expects Java
 257   // priorities and I am *explicitly* using OS priorities so that it's
 258   // possible to set the VM thread priority higher than any Java thread.
 259   os::set_native_priority( this, prio );
 260 
 261   // Wait for VM_Operations until termination
 262   this->loop();
 263 
 264   // Note the intention to exit before safepointing.
 265   // 6295565  This has the effect of waiting for any large tty
 266   // outputs to finish.
 267   if (xtty != NULL) {
 268     ttyLocker ttyl;
 269     xtty->begin_elem("destroy_vm");
 270     xtty->stamp();
 271     xtty->end_elem();
 272     assert(should_terminate(), "termination flag must be set");
 273   }
 274 
 275   // 4526887 let VM thread exit at Safepoint
 276   SafepointSynchronize::begin();
 277 
 278   if (VerifyBeforeExit) {
 279     HandleMark hm(VMThread::vm_thread());
 280     // Among other things, this ensures that Eden top is correct.
 281     Universe::heap()->prepare_for_verify();
 282     // Silent verification so as not to pollute normal output,
 283     // unless we really asked for it.
 284     Universe::verify();
 285   }
 286 
 287   CompileBroker::set_should_block();
 288 
 289   // wait for threads (compiler threads or daemon threads) in the
 290   // _thread_in_native state to block.
 291   VM_Exit::wait_for_threads_in_native_to_block();
 292 
 293   // signal other threads that VM process is gone
 294   {
 295     // Note: we must have the _no_safepoint_check_flag. Mutex::lock() allows
 296     // VM thread to enter any lock at Safepoint as long as its _owner is NULL.
 297     // If that happens after _terminate_lock->wait() has unset _owner
 298     // but before it actually drops the lock and waits, the notification below
 299     // may get lost and we will have a hang. To avoid this, we need to use
 300     // Mutex::lock_without_safepoint_check().
 301     MutexLockerEx ml(_terminate_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
 302     _terminated = true;
 303     _terminate_lock->notify();
 304   }
 305 
 306   // We are now racing with the VM termination being carried out in
 307   // another thread, so we don't "delete this". Numerous threads don't
 308   // get deleted when the VM terminates
 309 
 310 }
 311 
 312 
 313 // Notify the VMThread that the last non-daemon JavaThread has terminated,
 314 // and wait until operation is performed.
 315 void VMThread::wait_for_vm_thread_exit() {
 316   { MutexLocker mu(VMOperationQueue_lock);
 317     _should_terminate = true;
 318     VMOperationQueue_lock->notify();
 319   }
 320 
 321   // Note: VM thread leaves at Safepoint. We are not stopped by Safepoint
 322   // because this thread has been removed from the threads list. But anything
 323   // that could get blocked by Safepoint should not be used after this point,
 324   // otherwise we will hang, since there is no one can end the safepoint.
 325 
 326   // Wait until VM thread is terminated
 327   // Note: it should be OK to use Terminator_lock here. But this is called
 328   // at a very delicate time (VM shutdown) and we are operating in non- VM
 329   // thread at Safepoint. It's safer to not share lock with other threads.
 330   { MutexLockerEx ml(_terminate_lock, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
 331     while(!VMThread::is_terminated()) {
 332         _terminate_lock->wait(Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
 333     }
 334   }
 335 }
 336 
 337 void VMThread::evaluate_operation(VM_Operation* op) {
 338   ResourceMark rm;
 339 
 340   {
 341     PerfTraceTime vm_op_timer(perf_accumulated_vm_operation_time());
 342     HOTSPOT_VMOPS_BEGIN(
 343                      (char *) op->name(), strlen(op->name()),
 344                      op->evaluation_mode());
 345 
 346     EventExecuteVMOperation event;
 347 
 348     op->evaluate();
 349 
 350     if (event.should_commit()) {
 351       const bool is_concurrent = op->evaluate_concurrently();
 352       const bool evaluate_at_safepoint = op->evaluate_at_safepoint();
 353       event.set_operation(op->type());
 354       event.set_safepoint(evaluate_at_safepoint);
 355       event.set_blocking(!is_concurrent);
 356       // Only write caller thread information for non-concurrent vm operations.
 357       // For concurrent vm operations, the thread id is set to 0 indicating thread is unknown.
 358       // This is because the caller thread could have exited already.
 359       event.set_caller(is_concurrent ? 0 : THREAD_TRACE_ID(op->calling_thread()));
 360       event.set_safepointId(evaluate_at_safepoint ? SafepointSynchronize::safepoint_counter() : 0);
 361       event.commit();
 362     }
 363 
 364     HOTSPOT_VMOPS_END(
 365                      (char *) op->name(), strlen(op->name()),
 366                      op->evaluation_mode());
 367   }
 368 
 369   // Last access of info in _cur_vm_operation!
 370   bool c_heap_allocated = op->is_cheap_allocated();
 371 
 372   // Mark as completed
 373   if (!op->evaluate_concurrently()) {
 374     op->calling_thread()->increment_vm_operation_completed_count();
 375   }
 376   // It is unsafe to access the _cur_vm_operation after the 'increment_vm_operation_completed_count' call,
 377   // since if it is stack allocated the calling thread might have deallocated
 378   if (c_heap_allocated) {
 379     delete _cur_vm_operation;
 380   }
 381 }
 382 
 383 
 384 void VMThread::loop() {
 385   assert(_cur_vm_operation == NULL, "no current one should be executing");
 386 
 387   while(true) {
 388     VM_Operation* safepoint_ops = NULL;
 389     //
 390     // Wait for VM operation
 391     //
 392     // use no_safepoint_check to get lock without attempting to "sneak"
 393     { MutexLockerEx mu_queue(VMOperationQueue_lock,
 394                              Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
 395 
 396       // Look for new operation
 397       assert(_cur_vm_operation == NULL, "no current one should be executing");
 398       _cur_vm_operation = _vm_queue->remove_next();
 399 
 400       // Stall time tracking code
 401       if (PrintVMQWaitTime && _cur_vm_operation != NULL &&
 402           !_cur_vm_operation->evaluate_concurrently()) {
 403         long stall = os::javaTimeMillis() - _cur_vm_operation->timestamp();
 404         if (stall > 0)
 405           tty->print_cr("%s stall: %ld",  _cur_vm_operation->name(), stall);
 406       }
 407 
 408       while (!should_terminate() && _cur_vm_operation == NULL) {
 409         // wait with a timeout to guarantee safepoints at regular intervals
 410         bool timedout =
 411           VMOperationQueue_lock->wait(Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag,
 412                                       GuaranteedSafepointInterval);
 413 
 414         // Support for self destruction
 415         if ((SelfDestructTimer != 0) && !is_error_reported() &&
 416             (os::elapsedTime() > (double)SelfDestructTimer * 60.0)) {
 417           tty->print_cr("VM self-destructed");
 418           exit(-1);
 419         }
 420 
 421         if (timedout && (SafepointALot ||
 422                          SafepointSynchronize::is_cleanup_needed())) {
 423           MutexUnlockerEx mul(VMOperationQueue_lock,
 424                               Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
 425           // Force a safepoint since we have not had one for at least
 426           // 'GuaranteedSafepointInterval' milliseconds.  This will run all
 427           // the clean-up processing that needs to be done regularly at a
 428           // safepoint
 429           SafepointSynchronize::begin();
 430           #ifdef ASSERT
 431             if (GCALotAtAllSafepoints) InterfaceSupport::check_gc_alot();
 432           #endif
 433           SafepointSynchronize::end();
 434         }
 435         _cur_vm_operation = _vm_queue->remove_next();
 436 
 437         // If we are at a safepoint we will evaluate all the operations that
 438         // follow that also require a safepoint
 439         if (_cur_vm_operation != NULL &&
 440             _cur_vm_operation->evaluate_at_safepoint()) {
 441           safepoint_ops = _vm_queue->drain_at_safepoint_priority();
 442         }
 443       }
 444 
 445       if (should_terminate()) break;
 446     } // Release mu_queue_lock
 447 
 448     //
 449     // Execute VM operation
 450     //
 451     { HandleMark hm(VMThread::vm_thread());
 452 
 453       EventMark em("Executing VM operation: %s", vm_operation()->name());
 454       assert(_cur_vm_operation != NULL, "we should have found an operation to execute");
 455 
 456       // Give the VM thread an extra quantum.  Jobs tend to be bursty and this
 457       // helps the VM thread to finish up the job.
 458       // FIXME: When this is enabled and there are many threads, this can degrade
 459       // performance significantly.
 460       if( VMThreadHintNoPreempt )
 461         os::hint_no_preempt();
 462 
 463       // If we are at a safepoint we will evaluate all the operations that
 464       // follow that also require a safepoint
 465       if (_cur_vm_operation->evaluate_at_safepoint()) {
 466 
 467         _vm_queue->set_drain_list(safepoint_ops); // ensure ops can be scanned
 468 
 469         SafepointSynchronize::begin();
 470         evaluate_operation(_cur_vm_operation);
 471         // now process all queued safepoint ops, iteratively draining
 472         // the queue until there are none left
 473         do {
 474           _cur_vm_operation = safepoint_ops;
 475           if (_cur_vm_operation != NULL) {
 476             do {
 477               // evaluate_operation deletes the op object so we have
 478               // to grab the next op now
 479               VM_Operation* next = _cur_vm_operation->next();
 480               _vm_queue->set_drain_list(next);
 481               evaluate_operation(_cur_vm_operation);
 482               _cur_vm_operation = next;
 483               if (PrintSafepointStatistics) {
 484                 SafepointSynchronize::inc_vmop_coalesced_count();
 485               }
 486             } while (_cur_vm_operation != NULL);
 487           }
 488           // There is a chance that a thread enqueued a safepoint op
 489           // since we released the op-queue lock and initiated the safepoint.
 490           // So we drain the queue again if there is anything there, as an
 491           // optimization to try and reduce the number of safepoints.
 492           // As the safepoint synchronizes us with JavaThreads we will see
 493           // any enqueue made by a JavaThread, but the peek will not
 494           // necessarily detect a concurrent enqueue by a GC thread, but
 495           // that simply means the op will wait for the next major cycle of the
 496           // VMThread - just as it would if the GC thread lost the race for
 497           // the lock.
 498           if (_vm_queue->peek_at_safepoint_priority()) {
 499             // must hold lock while draining queue
 500             MutexLockerEx mu_queue(VMOperationQueue_lock,
 501                                      Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
 502             safepoint_ops = _vm_queue->drain_at_safepoint_priority();
 503           } else {
 504             safepoint_ops = NULL;
 505           }
 506         } while(safepoint_ops != NULL);
 507 
 508         _vm_queue->set_drain_list(NULL);
 509 
 510         // Complete safepoint synchronization
 511         SafepointSynchronize::end();
 512 
 513       } else {  // not a safepoint operation
 514         if (TraceLongCompiles) {
 515           elapsedTimer t;
 516           t.start();
 517           evaluate_operation(_cur_vm_operation);
 518           t.stop();
 519           double secs = t.seconds();
 520           if (secs * 1e3 > LongCompileThreshold) {
 521             // XXX - _cur_vm_operation should not be accessed after
 522             // the completed count has been incremented; the waiting
 523             // thread may have already freed this memory.
 524             tty->print_cr("vm %s: %3.7f secs]", _cur_vm_operation->name(), secs);
 525           }
 526         } else {
 527           evaluate_operation(_cur_vm_operation);
 528         }
 529 
 530         _cur_vm_operation = NULL;
 531       }
 532     }
 533 
 534     //
 535     //  Notify (potential) waiting Java thread(s) - lock without safepoint
 536     //  check so that sneaking is not possible
 537     { MutexLockerEx mu(VMOperationRequest_lock,
 538                        Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
 539       VMOperationRequest_lock->notify_all();
 540     }
 541 
 542     //
 543     // We want to make sure that we get to a safepoint regularly.
 544     //
 545     if (SafepointALot || SafepointSynchronize::is_cleanup_needed()) {
 546       long interval          = SafepointSynchronize::last_non_safepoint_interval();
 547       bool max_time_exceeded = GuaranteedSafepointInterval != 0 && (interval > GuaranteedSafepointInterval);
 548       if (SafepointALot || max_time_exceeded) {
 549         HandleMark hm(VMThread::vm_thread());
 550         SafepointSynchronize::begin();
 551         SafepointSynchronize::end();
 552       }
 553     }
 554   }
 555 }
 556 
 557 void VMThread::execute(VM_Operation* op) {
 558   Thread* t = Thread::current();
 559 
 560   if (!t->is_VM_thread()) {
 561     SkipGCALot sgcalot(t);    // avoid re-entrant attempts to gc-a-lot
 562     // JavaThread or WatcherThread
 563     bool concurrent = op->evaluate_concurrently();
 564     // only blocking VM operations need to verify the caller's safepoint state:
 565     if (!concurrent) {
 566       t->check_for_valid_safepoint_state(true);
 567     }
 568 
 569     // New request from Java thread, evaluate prologue
 570     if (!op->doit_prologue()) {
 571       return;   // op was cancelled
 572     }
 573 
 574     // Setup VM_operations for execution
 575     op->set_calling_thread(t, Thread::get_priority(t));
 576 
 577     // It does not make sense to execute the epilogue, if the VM operation object is getting
 578     // deallocated by the VM thread.
 579     bool execute_epilog = !op->is_cheap_allocated();
 580     assert(!concurrent || op->is_cheap_allocated(), "concurrent => cheap_allocated");
 581 
 582     // Get ticket number for non-concurrent VM operations
 583     int ticket = 0;
 584     if (!concurrent) {
 585       ticket = t->vm_operation_ticket();
 586     }
 587 
 588     // Add VM operation to list of waiting threads. We are guaranteed not to block while holding the
 589     // VMOperationQueue_lock, so we can block without a safepoint check. This allows vm operation requests
 590     // to be queued up during a safepoint synchronization.
 591     {
 592       VMOperationQueue_lock->lock_without_safepoint_check();
 593       bool ok = _vm_queue->add(op);
 594     op->set_timestamp(os::javaTimeMillis());
 595       VMOperationQueue_lock->notify();
 596       VMOperationQueue_lock->unlock();
 597       // VM_Operation got skipped
 598       if (!ok) {
 599         assert(concurrent, "can only skip concurrent tasks");
 600         if (op->is_cheap_allocated()) delete op;
 601         return;
 602       }
 603     }
 604 
 605     if (!concurrent) {
 606       // Wait for completion of request (non-concurrent)
 607       // Note: only a JavaThread triggers the safepoint check when locking
 608       MutexLocker mu(VMOperationRequest_lock);
 609       while(t->vm_operation_completed_count() < ticket) {
 610         VMOperationRequest_lock->wait(!t->is_Java_thread());
 611       }
 612     }
 613 
 614     if (execute_epilog) {
 615       op->doit_epilogue();
 616     }
 617   } else {
 618     // invoked by VM thread; usually nested VM operation
 619     assert(t->is_VM_thread(), "must be a VM thread");
 620     VM_Operation* prev_vm_operation = vm_operation();
 621     if (prev_vm_operation != NULL) {
 622       // Check the VM operation allows nested VM operation. This normally not the case, e.g., the compiler
 623       // does not allow nested scavenges or compiles.
 624       if (!prev_vm_operation->allow_nested_vm_operations()) {
 625         fatal("Nested VM operation %s requested by operation %s",
 626               op->name(), vm_operation()->name());
 627       }
 628       op->set_calling_thread(prev_vm_operation->calling_thread(), prev_vm_operation->priority());
 629     }
 630 
 631     EventMark em("Executing %s VM operation: %s", prev_vm_operation ? "nested" : "", op->name());
 632 
 633     // Release all internal handles after operation is evaluated
 634     HandleMark hm(t);
 635     _cur_vm_operation = op;
 636 
 637     if (op->evaluate_at_safepoint() && !SafepointSynchronize::is_at_safepoint()) {
 638       SafepointSynchronize::begin();
 639       op->evaluate();
 640       SafepointSynchronize::end();
 641     } else {
 642       op->evaluate();
 643     }
 644 
 645     // Free memory if needed
 646     if (op->is_cheap_allocated()) delete op;
 647 
 648     _cur_vm_operation = prev_vm_operation;
 649   }
 650 }
 651 
 652 
 653 void VMThread::oops_do(OopClosure* f, CodeBlobClosure* cf) {
 654   Thread::oops_do(f, cf);
 655   _vm_queue->oops_do(f);
 656 }
 657 
 658 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 659 #ifndef PRODUCT
 660 
 661 void VMOperationQueue::verify_queue(int prio) {
 662   // Check that list is correctly linked
 663   int length = _queue_length[prio];
 664   VM_Operation *cur = _queue[prio];
 665   int i;
 666 
 667   // Check forward links
 668   for(i = 0; i < length; i++) {
 669     cur = cur->next();
 670     assert(cur != _queue[prio], "list to short (forward)");
 671   }
 672   assert(cur->next() == _queue[prio], "list to long (forward)");
 673 
 674   // Check backwards links
 675   cur = _queue[prio];
 676   for(i = 0; i < length; i++) {
 677     cur = cur->prev();
 678     assert(cur != _queue[prio], "list to short (backwards)");
 679   }
 680   assert(cur->prev() == _queue[prio], "list to long (backwards)");
 681 }
 682 
 683 #endif
 684 
 685 void VMThread::verify() {
 686   oops_do(&VerifyOopClosure::verify_oop, NULL);
 687 }