On Fri, 24 Nov 2023 06:57:33 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Can I please get a review of this change which proposes to fix the issue 
>> noted in https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8320687?
>> 
>> As noted in the issue, the 
>> `sun.jvmstat.monitor.MonitoredHost.getMonitoredHost()` uses a shared 
>> instance of `java.util.ServiceLoader` to load `MonitoredHostService` 
>> services. The `ServiceLoader` class javadoc explicitly notes that it isn't 
>> thread safe. The issue at hand is caused to due using an instance of 
>> `ServiceLoader` concurrently by multiple threads.
>> 
>> The fix proposes to guard the usage of the shared `ServiceLoader` instance 
>> through the `monitoredHosts` object monitor. We already use that monitor 
>> when dealing with the internal cache which is populated after loading the 
>> relevant `MonitoredHostService`(s).
>> 
>> A new jtreg test has been introduced which always reproduces the issue 
>> without the source changes and passes with this fix.
>> 
>> tier1, tier2, tier3 and svc_tools tests have been run with this change and 
>> all passed.
>
> Jaikiran Pai has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional 
> commits since the last revision:
> 
>  - Alan's review suggestion - rename GetMonitoredHost to 
> ConcurrentGetMonitoredHost
>  - fix code comment

Hello Kevin,

> Do we really need both synchronized(monitoredHosts) blocks -- is the first 
> one needed, now at lines 159 -164 ?
If we don't, then you might not feel the need to create the 
getCachedMonitoredHost() method which separates the locking from the access you 
want to protect.

That's a good point. I have taken your input and updated the PR to simplify the 
synchronized block. The test continues to pass locally (I'll re-run tier 
testing and svc_tools later today).

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16805#issuecomment-1825536913

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