JVM Tool Interface

Iterate over objects reachable from object (Heap 1.0)

#include <vector>
#include <string>


#include "agent_util.hpp"
//this file can be found in Java SE Development Kit 8u101 Demos and Samples
//see http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u101-b13-demos/jdk-8u101-windows-x64-demos.zip
//jdk1.8.0_101.zip!\demo\jvmti\versionCheck\src\agent_util.h

/*
*   Struct used for jvmti->SetTag(object, <pointer to tag>);
*   http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html#SetTag
*
*/
typedef struct Tag
{
    jlong referrer_tag;
    jlong size;
    char* classSignature;
    jint hashCode;
} Tag;

/*
* Utility function: jlong -> Tag*
*/
static Tag* pointerToTag(jlong tag_ptr)
{
    if (tag_ptr == 0)
    {
        return new Tag();
    }
    return (Tag*)(ptrdiff_t)(void*)tag_ptr;
}

/*
* Utility function: Tag* -> jlong
*/
static jlong tagToPointer(Tag* tag)
{
    return (jlong)(ptrdiff_t)(void*)tag;
}

/*
*  Heap 1.0 Callback
*  http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html#jvmtiObjectReferenceCallback
*/
static jvmtiIterationControl JNICALL heabObjectReferencesCallback(
    jvmtiObjectReferenceKind reference_kind,
    jlong class_tag,
    jlong size,
    jlong* tag_ptr,
    jlong referrer_tag,
    jint referrer_index,
    void* user_data)
{
    //iterate only over reference field
    if (reference_kind != JVMTI_HEAP_REFERENCE_FIELD)
    {
        return JVMTI_ITERATION_IGNORE;
    }
    auto tag_ptr_list = (std::vector<jlong>*)(ptrdiff_t)(void*)user_data;
    //create and assign tag
    auto t = pointerToTag(*tag_ptr);
    t->referrer_tag = referrer_tag;
    t->size = size;
    *tag_ptr = tagToPointer(t);
    //collect tag
    (*tag_ptr_list).push_back(*tag_ptr);

    return JVMTI_ITERATION_CONTINUE;
}

/*
*  Main function for demonstration of Iterate Over Objects Reachable From Object
*  http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html#IterateOverObjectsReachableFromObject
*
*/
void iterateOverObjectHeapReferences(jvmtiEnv* jvmti, JNIEnv* env, jobject object)
{
    std::vector<jlong> tag_ptr_list;

    auto t = new Tag();
    jvmti->SetTag(object, tagToPointer(t));
    tag_ptr_list.push_back(tagToPointer(t));

    stdout_message("tag list size before call callback:  %d\n", tag_ptr_list.size());
    /*
    *    Call Callback for every reachable object reference
    *    see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html#IterateOverObjectsReachableFromObject
    */
    jvmti->IterateOverObjectsReachableFromObject(object, &heabObjectReferencesCallback, (void*)&tag_ptr_list);
    stdout_message("tag list size after call callback:  %d\n", tag_ptr_list.size());

    if (tag_ptr_list.size() > 0)
    {
        jint found_count = 0;
        jlong* tags = &tag_ptr_list[0];
        jobject* found_objects;
        jlong* found_tags;

        /*
        *    collect all tagged object (via *tag_ptr = pointer to tag )
        *    see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html#GetObjectsWithTags
        */
        jvmti->GetObjectsWithTags(tag_ptr_list.size(), tags, &found_count, &found_objects, &found_tags);
        stdout_message("found %d objects\n", found_count);

        for (auto i = 0; i < found_count; ++i)
        {
            jobject found_object = found_objects[i];

            char* classSignature;
            jclass found_object_class = env->GetObjectClass(found_object);
            /*
            *    Get string representation of found_object_class
            *    see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html#GetClassSignature
            */
            jvmti->GetClassSignature(found_object_class, &classSignature, nullptr);

            jint hashCode;
            /*
            *    Getting hash code for found_object
            *    see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html#GetObjectHashCode
            */
            jvmti->GetObjectHashCode(found_object, &hashCode);

            //save all it in Tag
            Tag* t = pointerToTag(found_tags[i]);
            t->classSignature = classSignature;
            t->hashCode = hashCode;
        }

        //print all saved information
        for (auto i = 0; i < found_count; ++i)
        {
            auto t = pointerToTag(found_tags[i]);
            auto rt = pointerToTag(t->referrer_tag);

            if (t->referrer_tag != 0)
            {
                stdout_message("referrer object %s#%d --> object %s#%d (size: %2d)\n",
                    rt->classSignature, rt->hashCode, t->classSignature, t->hashCode, t->size);
            }
        }
    }
}

Get JVMTI environment

Inside Agent_OnLoad method:

jvmtiEnv* jvmti;
/* Get JVMTI environment */
vm->GetEnv(reinterpret_cast<void **>(&jvmti), JVMTI_VERSION);

Example of initialization inside of Agent_OnLoad method

/* Callback for JVMTI_EVENT_VM_INIT */
static void JNICALL vm_init(jvmtiEnv* jvmti, JNIEnv* env, jthread thread)
{
    jint runtime_version;
    jvmti->GetVersionNumber(&runtime_version);
    stdout_message("JVMTI Version: %d\n", runtime_verision);
}

/* Agent_OnLoad() is called first, we prepare for a VM_INIT event here. */
JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL
Agent_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, char* options, void* reserved)
{
    jint rc;
    jvmtiEventCallbacks callbacks;
    jvmtiCapabilities capabilities;
    jvmtiEnv* jvmti;

    /* Get JVMTI environment */
    rc = vm->GetEnv(reinterpret_cast<void **>(&jvmti), JVMTI_VERSION);
    if (rc != JNI_OK)
    {
        return -1;
    }

    /* Immediately after getting the jvmtiEnv* we need to ask for the
    *  capabilities this agent will need.
    */
    jvmti->GetCapabilities(&capabilities);
    capabilities.can_tag_objects = 1;
    jvmti->AddCapabilities(&capabilities);

    /* Set callbacks and enable event notifications */
    memset(&callbacks, 0, sizeof(callbacks));
    callbacks.VMInit = &vm_init;

    jvmti->SetEventCallbacks(&callbacks, sizeof(callbacks));
    jvmti->SetEventNotificationMode(JVMTI_ENABLE, JVMTI_EVENT_VM_INIT, nullptr);

    return JNI_OK;
}

Remarks

JVM TM Tool Interface

Version 1.2

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/platform/jvmti/jvmti.html