Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf jvmti: Do not report error when missing debug information

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Thu May 14 2020 - 18:08:53 EST


On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:16 PM Nick Gasson <nick.gasson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If the Java sources are compiled with -g:none to disable debug
> information the perf JVMTI plugin reports a lot of errors like:
>
> java: GetLineNumberTable failed with JVMTI_ERROR_ABSENT_INFORMATION
> java: GetLineNumberTable failed with JVMTI_ERROR_ABSENT_INFORMATION
> java: GetLineNumberTable failed with JVMTI_ERROR_ABSENT_INFORMATION
> java: GetLineNumberTable failed with JVMTI_ERROR_ABSENT_INFORMATION
> java: GetLineNumberTable failed with JVMTI_ERROR_ABSENT_INFORMATION
>
> Instead if GetLineNumberTable returns JVMTI_ERROR_ABSENT_INFORMATION
> simply skip emitting line number information for that method. Unlike the
> previous patch these errors don't affect the jitdump generation, they
> just generate a lot of noise.
>
> Similarly for native methods which also don't have line tables.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Gasson <nick.gasson@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
Ian

> ---
> tools/perf/jvmti/libjvmti.c | 13 +++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/jvmti/libjvmti.c b/tools/perf/jvmti/libjvmti.c
> index 50ef524b5cd4..a9a056d68416 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/jvmti/libjvmti.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/jvmti/libjvmti.c
> @@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ do_get_line_numbers(jvmtiEnv *jvmti, void *pc, jmethodID m, jint bci,
> jvmtiError ret;
>
> ret = (*jvmti)->GetLineNumberTable(jvmti, m, &nr_lines, &loc_tab);
> - if (ret != JVMTI_ERROR_NONE) {
> + if (ret == JVMTI_ERROR_ABSENT_INFORMATION || ret == JVMTI_ERROR_NATIVE_METHOD) {
> + /* No debug information for this method */
> + *nr = 0;
> + return JVMTI_ERROR_NONE;
> + } else if (ret != JVMTI_ERROR_NONE) {
> print_error(jvmti, "GetLineNumberTable", ret);
> return ret;
> }
> @@ -93,6 +97,9 @@ get_line_numbers(jvmtiEnv *jvmti, const void *compile_info, jvmti_line_info_t **
> /* free what was allocated for nothing */
> (*jvmti)->Deallocate(jvmti, (unsigned char *)lne);
> nr_total += (int)nr;
> + } else if (ret == JVMTI_ERROR_ABSENT_INFORMATION
> + || ret == JVMTI_ERROR_NATIVE_METHOD) {
> + /* No debug information for this method */
> } else {
> print_error(jvmti, "GetLineNumberTable", ret);
> }
> @@ -262,7 +269,9 @@ compiled_method_load_cb(jvmtiEnv *jvmti,
> if (has_line_numbers && map && map_length) {
> ret = get_line_numbers(jvmti, compile_info, &line_tab, &nr_lines);
> if (ret != JVMTI_ERROR_NONE) {
> - warnx("jvmti: cannot get line table for method");
> + if (ret != JVMTI_ERROR_NOT_FOUND) {
> + warnx("jvmti: cannot get line table for method");
> + }
> nr_lines = 0;
> } else if (nr_lines > 0) {
> line_file_names = malloc(sizeof(char*) * nr_lines);
> --
> 2.26.1
>