On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:18:46 GMT, Tyler Steele <d...@openjdk.java.net> wrote:
>> Just in time for the holidays I have completed an implementation of the JFR >> functionality for AIX. As a side note, this is my first submission to >> OpenJDK đź‘‹ >> >> ### Implementation notes and alternatives considered >> >> After modifying the build system to allow the --enable-jvm-feature-jfr to >> work on AIX, my task was to implement the interfaces from os_perf.hpp. The >> os_perf_aix.cpp implementation that existed was, I believe, a copy of the >> Linux implementation. A review of the code in that file showed that >> NetworkInterface, CPUPerformanceInterface, and SystemProcessInterface would >> require modification to work on AIX. Using the Linux implementation as a >> guide, I initially expected to use files from the aix procfs like >> /proc/<pid>/psinfo, and /proc/<pid>/status in a manner similar to the Linux >> implementation. However, I ended up using libperfstat for all functionality >> required by the interfaces. >> >> ### Testing >> >> Testing for JFR seems to be quite light in the repo both before and after >> this change. In addition to performing manual testing, I have added some >> basic sanity checks that ensure events can be created and committed (using >> jtreg), and performs some basic checks on the results of the interface >> member functions (using gtest). >> >> ### More notes >> >> I've sent an email to the JFR group about a TOC overflow warning I >> encountered while building (for the release server target). I believe the >> fix is to pass -qpic=large when using the xlc toolchain, but my >> modifications to flags-cflags.m4 have not been successful in removing this >> warning. > > Tyler Steele has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a > merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains five commits: > > - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8203290 > - Clean up & testing > > - Run JFR tests in test/jdk/jdk/jfr > - Fix issues found from above test suite > - Remove unecessary jtreg & gtest tests > - Remove ineffective `qpic=large` > - TODO: jdk/jfr/event/runtime/TestNativeLibrariesEvent.java > - Merge branch 'JDK-8203290' of github.com:backwaterred/jdk into JDK-8203290 > - 8203290: Implements Java Flight Recorder on AIX > > - changes build system to allow jfr feature on aix > - implements NetworkPerformance, CPUPerformance, and SystemProcess > interfaces from os_perf.hpp > - implements jfr sanity tests > - 8203290: Implements Java Flight Recorder on AIX > > - changes build system to allow jfr feature on aix > - implements NetworkPerformance, CPUPerformance, and SystemProcess > interfaces from os_perf.hpp > - implements jfr sanity tests Hi Tyler, Good work in getting JFR ported - thank you. Most of the work revolved around implementing the platform-specific os_perf* functionality. I had assumed you would need more work concerning the thread sampler, i.e. JFR method sampling, but it seems that os/posix/signals_posix.cpp can be used as-is (for suspend / resume) and that pd_get_top_frame_for_profiling() already have implementations - that's good in that case. Speaking of the thread sampler, to ensure stability, you also need a working implementation of os::ThreadCrashProtection. I can see there is the one in os_posix.cpp, and maybe that is the one already in use? Or does there need to be a specialization in os_aix.cpp? Please see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8279077 for more details about crash protection. I can't comment on the os_perf_aix.cpp changes from a ppc/aix viewpoint - I think Martin has taken care of that already. I am ok with this from a JFR standpoint. Thanks again Markus ------------- Marked as reviewed by mgronlun (Reviewer). PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6885
