JDK-8161993 : G1 crashes if active_processor_count changes during startup
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: 9
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2016-07-21
  • Updated: 2018-06-21
  • Resolved: 2016-07-26
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Description
If os::active_processor_count changes during startup, G1 will crash because it sizes some data structures based on the first call, and then potentially accesses these data structures out of bounds.

This bugfix is about fixing the G1 crash by introducing an initial_active_processor_count() call, but not reusing it for other purposes.
Comments
noreg-hard justification: it is hard to reproducably change the number of processors returned by the function exactly after initialization and before second use; further setting the number of threads depends on OS specific functions.
21-07-2016

Using the patch provided by JDK-8147970.
21-07-2016