No problem. Sorry for the delay in someone from Runtime getting to
this review.

I _think_ the build-dev guys still trust my ability to review
Makefile changes, but after imposing FDS on the world, they may
want to see my Makefile changes rot in a dungeon somewhere... :-)
Or at least somewhere where diskspace is available... :-(

Dan


On 6/4/13 6:25 PM, Tao Mao wrote:
Thank you for your explanation and a "OK", Dan.

Tao

On 6/4/13 5:21 PM, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:
OK, based on the largefiles.pdf write-up, your use of _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
is going to cause ostream.o to bind to various 64-bit versions of some
functions. Based on my very hazy memory of my days in file system code,
this binding is going to affect ostream.o only unless ostream.o is
writing to some file with the foo64() function and some other code is
also writing to the same file at the same time with foo(). However, if we
have two different functions writing to the same open file at the same
time, then we have bigger issues. :-)

I'm good with these changes now. I agree that solving the problem of
setting _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 for the entire VM build doesn't have to
solved right now.

Dan


On 6/4/13 6:06 PM, Tao Mao wrote:
Thank you for review, Dan.

I'll try to answer as much as I can. Please see inline.

Thanks.
Tao

On 6/4/13 4:35 PM, Daniel D. Daugherty wrote:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~tamao/7122222/webrev.00/

Tao,

I think the lack of response to this review request is the absolutely
strange nature of these changes. And I thought I put out some weird
code reviews... :-)

make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
    Build ostream.o with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS==64 on Linux. Nothing
    obvious in this webrev about what this will mean so I took a
    look at src/share/vm/utilities/ostream.{c,h}pp and I see no
    use of _FILE_OFFSET_BITS in either of those source files.

    Must be in the source files somewhere, but I can't find any
    use of _FILE_OFFSET_BITS in the entire hotspot source base.

make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
Build ostream.o with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS==64 on Solaris.

    OK, I looked for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS in /usr/include on my
    Solaris box. Lots of references, but nothing that helps me
    understand what you're doing here.
src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.inline.hpp
    The addition of _FILE_OFFSET_BITS==64 means that the
    os::readdir() function will use the safer, multi-threaded
    version of readdir_r(). Seems fine to me.

Here's what I need to know:

- what effect does _FILE_OFFSET_BITS have on building ostream.{c,h}pp?
_FILE_OFFSET_BITS is set to be picked by c++ compiler.

For why we need to set _FILE_OFFSET_BITS==64 in this case, please refer to the following document

This Sun White Paper (http://unix.business.utah.edu/doc/os/solaris/misc/largefiles.pdf) summarizes the usage of the flags on solaris (page "5-26"). And, it should apply to Linux the same way as was agreed across platforms (http://linuxmafia.com/faq/VALinux-kb/2gb-filesize-limit.html).

- if ostream.o has one idea about the value of _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
  what happens if another part of the VM has a different idea about
  the value of _FILE_OFFSET_BITS?
_FILE_OFFSET_BITS is not set for other particular effects, but for extending the ability to deal with large files in ostream.{c,h}pp. So, if other files have a different idea about _FILE_OFFSET_BITS, they can't deal with large files. No more no less.


I saw this in the post to the Runtime alias:

> Included runtime dev to see whether they have some idea to handle
> the compilation choices.

And I still have no idea what you're asking here? What compilation
choices? Are you asking about your Makefile changes? Are asking
about defining _FILE_OFFSET_BITS for the entire build instead of
just one object (ostream.o)? Are you worried that this VM is going
to have mis-matched pieces and be unstable?
"Are asking about defining _FILE_OFFSET_BITS for the entire build instead of just one object (ostream.o)?" is my main question I originally tried to ask.


So I reviewed it, but I definitely can't approve it without more
info. I realize that you're up against the RDP2 limit, but this
change has too many open questions (for now)...

BTW, it is not at all clear whether Win32 will be able to write a 2GB+
GC log or not. The conversation below didn't help me at all.
I used a jdk7 (just any) to successfully generate a log file larger than 4GB. So, it shouldn't be a problem for Win32.

Dan



On 6/4/13 5:03 PM, Tao Mao wrote:
Since the changeset touched makefiles, I've included build-dev@openjdk.java.net .

I need to push the hsx24 bug asap. Please review it.

Thanks.
Tao

On 6/4/13 2:37 PM, Tao Mao wrote:
Hi all,

Need reviews to catch RDP2.

The current webrev is a working solution to all platforms, Linux, Windows, and Solaris.
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~tamao/7122222/webrev.00/

Thanks.
Tao

On 5/30/13 10:21 AM, Tao Mao wrote:
Included runtime dev to see whether they have some idea to handle the compilation choices.

For now, it's been verified that the fix is functionally sufficient.

Thanks.
Tao

On 5/29/13 5:27 PM, Tao Mao wrote:
Thank you, Mikael.

Please see inline.

Reviewers, please review it based on the following new observation.

Tao

On 5/27/13 2:05 AM, Mikael Gerdin wrote:
Tao,

On 2013-05-25 02:19, Tao Mao wrote:
7ux bug

webrev:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~tamao/7122222/webrev.00/

changeset:
(1) make -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 only available to generating ostream.o

Why conservative rather than making -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 globally
applicable?

Global setting of -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 on linux works fine; however, there are at least five code conflicts if introducing the flag globally
to Solaris.

One was resolved as in os_solaris.inline.hpp, but the rest four files had conflicts deep in c library. Even if they are excluded from setting
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64, the compiled VM is corrupted.

(2) For now, no Windows solution.
I haven't found any clean solution for solving this problem on Windows.

This seems like an insufficient fix if you can't make it work on all platforms. I tried building with "-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64" ons Solaris and hit an #error in libelf.h saying it wasn't supported so I understand your problem there.
Yes, that's my grief :( you touched them, a bunch of them. That's why I chose to apply the flag only to the files (ostream.cpp and ostream.hpp) I want the effect.

Instead I suggest that you use the compatibility API described in lf64(5) on Solaris. This API consists of fopen64, ftell64 and friends and is exposed when "-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE" is set.

The same "-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE" is available on Linux and has the added advantage of not changing any existing symbols and therefore we can set the define for all files instead of just ostream

This approach has the added advantage that it more closely resembles the changes which will be needed for Windows anyway. Those changes would consist of changing calls to ftell/fseek to 64-bit versions and changing fopen to fopen64 on Solaris/Linux.
Both ways have pros and cons. The current implementation excludes the usage of fopen64, providing portability (since there's no fopen64 for Windows). Meanwhile, I understand your suggestion provides other benefits.

This Sun White Paper (http://unix.business.utah.edu/doc/os/solaris/misc/largefiles.pdf) summarizes the usage of the flags on solaris (Page 5-26). And, it should apply to Linux the same way as was agreed across platforms.


Since there is no fopen64 on Windows it seems that the default fopen already supports large files.
I tested, and you are correct that the 32-bit VM on Windows can write beyond 2GB (and beyond 4GB). Thank you, it's solved "half of my problem" :)

/Mikael


test:
(1) Ability to write over 2g file for 32-bit builds were verified on the
following configurations.

Linux * i586
Solaris * i586
Solaris * sparc

(2) Need a JPRT test for sanity check.





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