On Sun, 11 May 2025 04:57:44 GMT, Ioi Lam <ik...@openjdk.org> wrote: > https://openjdk.org/jeps/483 mentions: > >> To enjoy the benefits of the AOT cache generated during a training run, the >> training run and all subsequent runs must be essentially similar. [...] All >> runs must not use JVMTI agents that can arbitrarily rewrite classfiles >> using ClassFileLoadHook. > > However, when *any* java agent is specified in the training run, the JVM > fails at start-up. E.g., > > > $ java -XX:AOTMode=record -javaagent:agent.jar -cp app.jar App > Error occurred during CDS dumping > Must enable AllowArchivingWithJavaAgent in order to run Java agent during CDS > dumping > > > With the AOT cache, the main concern for JVMTI agents is that they can modify > the contents of loaded Java classes. If we store such modified classes into > the AOT cache, their contents will no longer match the original class files > (from application JAR files, etc). As a result, when using the AOT cache in > production runs, the application may have unexpected behavior. > > With this PR, we allow JVMTI agents in the AOT workflow. To address the above > concern, we ensure that JVMTI agents cannot affect the contents of AOT cache: > > - In training runs (`java -XX:AOTMode=record`), JVMTI agents are allowed, > but the AOT configuration file should filter out classes that are transformed > by the agents. This can be checking `InstanceKlass::has_been_redefined()` and > `ClassFileStream::from_class_file_load_hook()`. > > - In the assembly phase (`java -XX:AOTMode=record`), agents can be specified > in the command-line. However, since the assembly phase doesn't execute any > application logic, we will also not load any of the specified agents. > Therefore, the agents cannot affect the contents of the AOT cache created in > the assembly phase.
This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: b66ab8eb Author: Ioi Lam <ik...@openjdk.org> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/b66ab8ebe254c674ce6a5b731773c41111fa6bc5 Stats: 253 lines in 12 files changed: 246 ins; 2 del; 5 mod 8356693: AOT assembly phase fails with -javaagent Reviewed-by: asmehra, ccheung, shade ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25170
