在前面的博客中(http://blog.csdn.net/raintungli/article/details/7034005)所提到的信号转发线程,Attach Listener 线程都只是操作socket文件,并没有去执行比如stack 分析,或者heap的分析,真正的工作线程其实是vm thread.
(一)启动vm thread
- jint Threads::create_vm(JavaVMInitArgs* args, bool* canTryAgain) {
- ...
- // Create the VMThread
- { TraceTime timer("Start VMThread", TraceStartupTime);
- VMThread::create();
- Thread* vmthread = VMThread::vm_thread();
- if (!os::create_thread(vmthread, os::vm_thread))
- vm_exit_during_initialization("Cannot create VM thread. Out of system resources.");
- // Wait for the VM thread to become ready, and VMThread::run to initialize
- // Monitors can have spurious returns, must always check another state flag
- {
- MutexLocker ml(Notify_lock);
- os::start_thread(vmthread);
- while (vmthread->active_handles() == NULL) {
- Notify_lock->wait();
- }
- }
- }
- ...
- }
我们可以看到,在thread.cpp里启动了线程vm thread,在这里我们同时也稍微的略带的讲一下jvm在linux里如何启动线程的。
通常在linux中启动线程,是调用:
- int pthread_create((pthread_t *__thread, __const pthread_attr_t *__attr,void *(*__start_routine) (void *), void *__arg));
而在java里却增加了os:create_thread --初始化线程 和os:start_thread--启动线程。
我们去看一下jvm里面是如何在linux里做到的。
在os_linux.cpp中来看create_thread的方法:
- bool os::create_thread(Thread* thread, ThreadType thr_type, size_t stack_size) {
- ....
- int ret = pthread_create(&tid, &attr, (void* (*)(void*)) java_start, thread);
- ....
- }
继续看java_start方法:
- static void *java_start(Thread *thread) {
- ....
- // handshaking with parent thread
- {
- MutexLockerEx ml(sync, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
- // notify parent thread
- osthread->set_state(INITIALIZED);
- sync->notify_all();
- // wait until os::start_thread()
- while (osthread->get_state() == INITIALIZED) {
- sync->wait(Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
- }
- }
- // call one more level start routine
- thread->run();
- return 0;
- }
首先jvm先设置了当前线程的状态是Initialized, 然后notify所有的线程,
- while (osthread->get_state() == INITIALIZED) {
- sync->wait(Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
- }
不停的查看线程的当前状态是不是Initialized, 如果是的话,调用了sync->wait()的方法等待。
来看os:start_thread的方法 os.cpp
- void os::start_thread(Thread* thread) {
- // guard suspend/resume
- MutexLockerEx ml(thread->SR_lock(), Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
- OSThread* osthread = thread->osthread();
- osthread->set_state(RUNNABLE);
- pd_start_thread(thread);
- }
这时候设置了线程的状态为runnable,但没有notify线程。
在 pd_start_thread(thread)中, os_linux.cpp中:
- void os::pd_start_thread(Thread* thread) {
- OSThread * osthread = thread->osthread();
- assert(osthread->get_state() != INITIALIZED, "just checking");
- Monitor* sync_with_child = osthread->startThread_lock();
- MutexLockerEx ml(sync_with_child, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
- sync_with_child->notify();
- }
这时候我们看到了notify 线程的操作,也就是这时候notify了线程,因为这时候的线程的状态是RUNNABLE, 方法java_start继续往下执行,于是调用了thread->run()的方法。
对于线程vm Thread 也就是调用了vmthread::run方法。
vmThread.cpp
- void VMThread::run() {
- ...
- this->loop();
- ...
- }
调用了loop函数,处理了VM_Operation 的queue 关于queue的级别和优先级处理算法:可以参考 另一篇博客:http://blog.csdn.net/raintungli/article/details/6553337
(二)Jstack 运行在vm thread里的VM_Operation
jstack 处理也就是在前面博客所提到的attach Listener 线程所做的 operation
- static jint thread_dump(AttachOperation* op, outputStream* out) {
- bool print_concurrent_locks = false;
- if (op->arg(0) != NULL && strcmp(op->arg(0), "-l") == 0) {
- print_concurrent_locks = true;
- }
- // thread stacks
- VM_PrintThreads op1(out, print_concurrent_locks);
- VMThread::execute(&op1);
- // JNI global handles
- VM_PrintJNI op2(out);
- VMThread::execute(&op2);
- // Deadlock detection
- VM_FindDeadlocks op3(out);
- VMThread::execute(&op3);
- return JNI_OK;
- }
简单看一下类VM_PrintThreads 它 继承了VM_Operation
- class VM_PrintThreads: public VM_Operation {
- private:
- outputStream* _out;
- bool _print_concurrent_locks;
- public:
- VM_PrintThreads() { _out = tty; _print_concurrent_locks = PrintConcurrentLocks; }
- VM_PrintThreads(outputStream* out, bool print_concurrent_locks) { _out = out; _print_concurrent_locks = print_concurrent_locks; }
- VMOp_Type type() const { return VMOp_PrintThreads; }
- void doit();
- bool doit_prologue();
- void doit_epilogue();
- };
当调用VMThread::execute()也就是将VM_PrintThreads 放入了_vm_queue中,交给vm thread 处理,对vm thread来说取出queue里的VM_Operation,并且调用doit方法。
在jstack里,attach listener 的线程产生了VM_PrintThreads,VM_PrintJNI,VM_FindDeadlocks 3个operations,交给了vm thread 的线程处理。
原文链接:http://blog.csdn.net/raintungli/article/details/7045024
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