Bug ID: JDK-8242181 [Linux] Show source information when printing native stack traces in hs

JDK-8242181 : [Linux] Show source information when printing native stack traces in hs_err files

Type: Enhancement
Component: hotspot
Sub-Component: runtime
Affected Version: 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20

Priority: P4
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Fixed
OS: linux

Submitted: 2020-04-06
Updated: 2025-05-07
Resolved: 2022-08-24

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JDK 20
20 b12Fixed

Related Reports

Blocks :	JDK-8287021 - [Linux] Extend DWARF parser to support DWARF 5
Blocks :	JDK-8284066 - [Linux] Unify Hotspot and SA DWARF parser
Relates :	JDK-8293201 - Library detection in runtime/ErrorHandling/TestDwarf.java fails on some systems
Relates :	JDK-8305005 - hs_err source line information is incorrect
Relates :	JDK-8296931 - NMT tests slowed down considerably by JDK-8242181
Relates :	JDK-8193318 - ELF decoder should be able to use external debug info file
Relates :	JDK-8297588 - Timeout during error reporting
Relates :	JDK-8354467 - Several problems with TestDwarf.java
Relates :	JDK-8293402 - hs-err file printer should reattempt stack trace printing if it fails
Relates :	JDK-8185712 - [windows] Improve native symbol decoder
Relates :	JDK-8295646 - Ignore zero pairs in address descriptors read by dwarf parser
Relates :	JDK-8303068 - Memory leak in DwarfFile::LineNumberProgram::run_line_number_program
Relates :	JDK-8331389 - runtime/ErrorHandling/TestDwarf.java fails with "Crash JVM should not exit gracefully"
Relates :	JDK-8293344 - JDK-8242181 broke stack printing for non-attached threads
Relates :	JDK-8293422 - DWARF emitted by Clang cannot be parsed

Description

As a follow-up to the implementation for Windows (JDK-8185712) to show source information (filename and line numbers) in the stack trace in the hs_err file of a VM crash, we should also provide this information in hs_err files for Linux. The Windows implementation provided the foundation to add support for other platforms (Decoder::get_source_info()).

Stack trace from a crash on Windows:
V  [jvm.dll+0x4238fe]  nmethodBucket::next_not_unloading+0x7e  (dependencycontext.cpp:345)

vs. same crash on Linux:
V  [libjvm.so+0x8f38d5]  nmethodBucket::next_not_unloading()+0x45

which makes it hard to exactly know which line caused the crash. The line information would improve the analysis of a VM crash.


More information about the Windows version: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-runtime-dev/2017-August/024286.html


A first version supports the following:
- DWARF version 4 (emitted by GCC by default)
- 32 and 64-bit Linux builds

Not (yet) supported:
- DWARF version 1
- Partially supported only: DWARF version 2, 3
- DWARF version 5 (still experimental in GCC 10 while being the default for GCC 11)

Filed JDK-8287021 to add support for DWARF 5 while the other older versions (1-3) are most likely not gonna be supported in the future as they are too old (DWARF 4 is already 12 years old).

Comments

[17u-no] Hi [~asmehra], I see the benefit in having the line numbers. But this is a large change and it has a lot of follow-up issues. I think the risk of destabilizing the JVM or the testing is to big. After all, the next LTS is available now.
15-12-2023
Fix request 17u. Backporting this patch would help in debugging crashes, thus improving serviceability. Patch applies with minor adjustments.
12-12-2023
Fix request 17u. I am working on backporting it.
06-12-2023
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2021 Date: 2023-12-06 00:32:31 +0000
06-12-2023
Changeset: 13c03696 Author: Christian Hagedorn <chagedorn@openjdk.org> Date: 2022-08-24 06:44:06 +0000 URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/13c03696463cb3ba77663edfd2dfb78d3f45cbaa
24-08-2022
A pull request was submitted for review. URL: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7126 Date: 2022-01-18 13:19:39 +0000
24-01-2022
Assigned it to myself out of interest. If anyone wants to step forward to do it, feel free to do so.
06-04-2020