On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:38:13 GMT, Serguei Spitsyn <[email protected]> wrote:

>> This change fixes a long standing performance issue related to the debugger 
>> single stepping that is using JVMTI `FramePop` events as a part of step over 
>> handling. The performance issue is that the target thread continues its 
>> execution in very slow `interp-only` mode in a context of frame marked for 
>> `FramePop` notification with the JVMTI `NotifyFramePop`. It includes other 
>> method calls recursively upon a return from the frame.
>> 
>> This fix is to avoid enforcing the `interp-only` execution mode for threads 
>> when `FramePop` events are enabled with the JVMTI 
>> `SetEventNotificationMode()`. Instead, the target frame has been deoptimized 
>> and kept interpreted by disabling `OSR` optimization by the function 
>> `InterpreterRuntime::frequency_counter_overflow_inner()`. (Big thanks to 
>> @fisk for this suggestion!) Additionally, some tweaks are applied in several 
>> places where the `java_thread->is_interp_only_mode()` is checked.
>> The other details will be provided in the first PR request comment.
>> 
>> Testing:
>>  - test `serviceability/jvmti/vthread/ThreadStateTest` was updated to 
>> provide some extra test coverage
>>  - submitted mach5 tiers 1-6
>> 
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>
> Serguei Spitsyn has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 28 commits:
> 
>  - Merge
>  - review: 1. move set_frame_pop call; 2. decrease test execution time and 
> its timeout
>  - review: (1) remove unneeded assert, (2) simplify one statement in 
> JvmtiEnvBase::set_frame_pop
>  - update copyright year
>  - review: (1) rename one method (2) remove unneeded changes
>  - review: renamed test to StepOverStressTest.java
>  - fix some merge error
>  - add com/sun/jdi performance test: SingleStepPerformanceTest.java
>  - add test coverage for two FramePop event requests
>  - fix one previous merge conlict error
>  - ... and 18 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/69455d59...0272af1b

I've simplified the deopt approach which is to get rid of the pending deopts. 
The mach5 testing with tiers 1-6 looks good so far. So, I've pushed this update.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28407#issuecomment-4356694794

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