JDK-8074696 : Remote debugging session hangs for several minutes when calling findBootType
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-svc
  • Sub-Component: debugger
  • Affected Version: 8
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2015-03-09
  • Updated: 2016-04-27
  • Resolved: 2015-11-03
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Description
A remote debugging session can hang for long periods of time when calling findBootType on a high delay network.

VirtualMachineImpl.findBootType loops over all loaded classes and does a remote call to check if the signature matches.
It will wait for the server response for each class before moving on to the next class, thus for many classes and high delay this will take a long time.

Since we have a signature that should match, we should use retrieveClassesBySignature command that only returns matching classes.
Then we would at worst have to loop over the number of active classloader since we want the class loaded by the boot classloader (null class loader);
Comments
UR SQE OK to take it in PSU16_01
09-11-2015

Splitting this bug into two, and will use this bug to push the smaller change to findBootType. I'll use https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8140515 to track and push the similar problem that visibleClasses has.
27-10-2015

The changes in JDK-6457137 will have to be done separately, I'll work towards pushing this fix as is.
20-10-2015

Upon closer inspection the findBootType problem looks to be fixed in close to the same way I was planning. I think the visibleClasses problem is still there though.
13-10-2015

Thanks for the pointer, however I took a quick look at the patch from that bug, and I think these are separate problems. This problem has to do with signature lookups on classes already transferred to the client. The problem in JDK-6457137 looks related to lots of classes being prepared and/or unloaded at once. I'll try applying the patch and see if it fixes the problem anyway.
13-10-2015

Please have a look at JDK-6457137. I've already tried to address this issue, there is a patch attached. We should be able to get rid of the request for all loaded classes, IMHO.
13-10-2015

Noreg-hard / noreg-perf justification: The problem is that commands take long time to execute on high delay network where lots of classes are loaded. I've been using linux netem (linux network emulator) to simulate high delays, but this requires root access to setup.
13-10-2015