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Add premature garbage collection prevention parameter for Java

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William S Fulton 2006-10-29 22:08:26 +00:00
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@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ from <tt>modulename</tt> to <tt>modulenameModule</tt>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
There is no additional 'premature garbage collection prevention parameter' as the marshalling of the <tt>HandleRef</tt> object
takes care of ensuring a reference to the proxy class is held until the unmanaged call completed.
</li>
</ul>

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@ -2067,16 +2067,17 @@ JNI functions. The JNI functions have to follow a particular naming convention s
<div class="code">
<pre>
JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_new_1Foo(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls);
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_delete_1Foo(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jlong jarg1);
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_Foo_1x_1set(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jlong jarg1, jint jarg2);
JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_Foo_1x_1get(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jlong jarg1);
JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_Foo_1spam(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jlong jarg1, jint jarg2, jlong jarg3);
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_egg(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls, jlong jarg1);
SWIGEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_new_1Foo(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls);
SWIGEXPORT void JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_delete_1Foo(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jlong jarg1);
SWIGEXPORT void JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_Foo_1x_1set(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jlong jarg1, jobject jarg1_, jint jarg2);
SWIGEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_Foo_1x_1get(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jlong jarg1, jobject jarg1_);
SWIGEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_Foo_1spam(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jlong jarg1, jobject jarg1_, jint jarg2, jlong jarg3, jobject jarg3_);
SWIGEXPORT void JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_egg(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jlong jarg1, jobject jarg1_);
</pre>
</div>
@ -2089,10 +2090,10 @@ For every JNI C function there has to be a static native Java function. These ap
class exampleJNI {
public final static native long new_Foo();
public final static native void delete_Foo(long jarg1);
public final static native void Foo_x_set(long jarg1, int jarg2);
public final static native int Foo_x_get(long jarg1);
public final static native int Foo_spam(long jarg1, int jarg2, long jarg3);
public final static native void egg(long jarg1);
public final static native void Foo_x_set(long jarg1, Foo jarg1_, int jarg2);
public final static native int Foo_x_get(long jarg1, Foo jarg1_);
public final static native int Foo_spam(long jarg1, Foo jarg1_, int jarg2, long jarg3, Foo jarg3_);
public final static native void egg(long jarg1, Foo jarg1_);
}
</pre>
</div>
@ -2103,9 +2104,12 @@ As this class acts as a go-between for all JNI calls to C/C++ code from the Java
</p>
<p>
You may notice that SWIG uses a Java long wherever a pointer or class object needs traversing the Java-C/C++ boundary.
You may notice that SWIG uses a Java long wherever a pointer or class object needs to be marshalled across the Java-C/C++ boundary.
This approach leads to minimal JNI code which makes for better performance as JNI code involves a lot of string manipulation.
SWIG uses Java code wherever possible as it is compiled into byte code which requires fewer string operations.
SWIG favours generating Java code over JNI code as Java code is compiled into byte code and avoids the costly string operations needed in JNI code.
This approach has a downside though as the proxy class might get collected before the native method has completed.
You might notice above that there is an additional parameters with a underscore postfix, eg <tt>jarg1_</tt>.
These are added in order to prevent <a href="java_pgcpp">premature garbage collection when marshalling proxy classes</a>.
</p>
<p>
@ -2219,7 +2223,7 @@ All global functions and variable getters/setters appear in the module class. Fo
<pre>
public class example {
public static void egg(Foo chips) {
exampleJNI.egg(Foo.getCPtr(chips));
exampleJNI.egg(Foo.getCPtr(chips), chips);
}
}
</pre>
@ -2310,7 +2314,7 @@ public class Foo {
}
protected static long getCPtr(Foo obj) {
return obj.swigCPtr;
return (obj == null) ? 0 : obj.swigCPtr;
}
protected void finalize() {
@ -2319,27 +2323,28 @@ public class Foo {
public synchronized void delete() {
if(swigCPtr != 0 &amp;&amp; swigCMemOwn) {
exampleJNI.delete_Foo(swigCPtr);
swigCMemOwn = false;
exampleJNI.delete_Foo(swigCPtr);
}
swigCPtr = 0;
}
public void setX(int x) {
exampleJNI.Foo_x_set(swigCPtr, x);
public void setX(int value) {
exampleJNI.Foo_x_set(swigCPtr, this, value);
}
public int getX() {
return exampleJNI.Foo_x_get(swigCPtr);
return exampleJNI.Foo_x_get(swigCPtr, this);
}
public int spam(int num, Foo foo) {
return exampleJNI.Foo_spam(swigCPtr, num, Foo.getCPtr(foo));
return exampleJNI.Foo_spam(swigCPtr, this, num, Foo.getCPtr(foo), foo);
}
public Foo() {
this(exampleJNI.new_Foo(), true);
}
}
</pre>
</div>
@ -2560,7 +2565,7 @@ public class Base {
}
protected static long getCPtr(Base obj) {
return obj.swigCPtr;
return (obj == null) ? 0 : obj.swigCPtr;
}
protected void finalize() {
@ -2569,19 +2574,20 @@ public class Base {
public synchronized void delete() {
if(swigCPtr != 0 &amp;&amp; swigCMemOwn) {
exampleJNI.delete_Base(swigCPtr);
swigCMemOwn = false;
exampleJNI.delete_Base(swigCPtr);
}
swigCPtr = 0;
}
public double foo() {
return exampleJNI.Base_foo(swigCPtr);
return exampleJNI.Base_foo(swigCPtr, this);
}
public Base() {
this(exampleJNI.new_Base(), true);
}
}
</pre></div>
@ -2599,7 +2605,7 @@ public class Derived extends Base {
}
protected static long getCPtr(Derived obj) {
return obj.swigCPtr;
return (obj == null) ? 0 : obj.swigCPtr;
}
protected void finalize() {
@ -2608,20 +2614,21 @@ public class Derived extends Base {
public synchronized void delete() {
if(swigCPtr != 0 &amp;&amp; swigCMemOwn) {
exampleJNI.delete_Derived(swigCPtr);
swigCMemOwn = false;
exampleJNI.delete_Derived(swigCPtr);
}
swigCPtr = 0;
super.delete();
}
public double foo() {
return exampleJNI.Derived_foo(swigCPtr);
return exampleJNI.Derived_foo(swigCPtr, this);
}
public Derived() {
this(exampleJNI.new_Derived(), true);
}
}
</pre></div>
@ -2711,12 +2718,133 @@ The SWIG generated code ensures that the memory is not deleted twice, in the eve
</li>
<li>
<p>
Write your own object manager in Java.
You could derive all SWIG classes from a single base class which could track which objects have had their finalizers run, then call the rest of them on program termination.
The section on <a href="#java_typemaps">Java typemaps</a> details how to specify a pure Java base class.
</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>
See the <a href="http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/30192">How to Handle Java Finalization's Memory-Retention Issues</a> article for alternative approaches to managing memory by avoiding finalizers altogether.
</p>
<H4><a name="java_pgcpp"></a>20.4.3.3 The premature garbage collection prevention parameter for proxy class marshalling</H4>
<p>
As covered earlier, the C/C++ struct/class pointer is stored in the proxy class as a Java long and when needed is passed
into the native method where it is cast into the appropriate type.
This approach provides very fast marshalling but could be susceptible to premature garbage collection.
Consider the following C++ code:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
class Wibble {
};
void wobble(Wibble &amp;w);
</pre></div>
<p>
The module class contains the Java wrapper for the global <tt>wobble</tt> method:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
public class example {
...
public static void wobble(Wibble w) {
exampleJNI.wobble(Wibble.getCPtr(w), w);
}
}
</pre></div>
<p>
where <tt>example</tt> is the name of the module.
All native methods go through the intermediary class which has the native method declared as such:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
public class exampleJNI {
...
public final static native void wobble(long jarg1, Wibble jarg1_);
}
</pre></div>
<p>
The second parameter, <tt>jarg1_</tt>, is the premature garbage collection prevention parameter and is added to the native method parameter list whenever a C/C++ struct or class is marshalled as a Java long.
In order to understand why, consider the alternative where the intermediary class method is declared without the additional parameter:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
public class exampleJNI {
...
public final static native void wobble(long jarg1);
}
</pre></div>
<p>
and the following simple call to <tt>wobble</tt>:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
{
Wibble w = new Wibble();
example.wobble(w);
}
</pre></div>
<p>
The hotspot compiler effectively sees something like:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
{
Wibble w = new Wibble();
long w_ptr = Wibble.getCPtr(w);
// w is no longer reachable
exampleJNI.wobble(w_ptr);
}
</pre></div>
<p>
The <tt>Wibble</tt> object is no longer reachable after the point shown as in this bit of code, the <tt>Wibble</tt> object is not referenced again after this point.
This means that it is a candidate for garbage collection.
Should <tt>wobble</tt> be a long running method, it is quite likely that the finalizer for the <tt>Wibble</tt> instance will be called.
This in turn will call its underlying C++ destructor which
is obviously disastrous while the method <tt>wobble</tt> is running using this object.
Even if <tt>wobble</tt> is not a long running method, it is possible for the <tt>Wibble</tt> instance to be finalized.
By passing the <tt>Wibble</tt> instance into the native method, it will not be finalized as the JVM guarantees not to
finalize any objects until the native method returns.
Effectively, the code then becomes
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
{
Wibble w = new Wibble();
long w_ptr = Wibble.getCPtr(w);
exampleJNI.wobble(w_ptr, w);
// w is no longer reachable
}
</pre></div>
<p>
and therefore there is no possibility of premature garbage collection. In practice, this premature garbage collection was only ever observed in Sun's server JVM from jdk-1.3 onwards and in Sun's client JVM from jdk-1.6 onwards.
</p>
<p>
The premature garbage collection prevention parameter for proxy classes is generated by default.
It does impose a slight overhead and can be suppressed by specifying the 'nopgcpp' attribute in the "jnitype" <a href="#java_typemaps">Java typemap</a>.
The attribute is a flag and so should be set to "1" to enable the suppression, or it can be omitted or set to "0" to disable.
For example:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
%typemap(jtype, nopgcpp="1") Wibble &amp; "long"
</pre></div>
<p>
<b>Compatibility note:</b> The generation of this additional parameter did not occur in versions prior to SWIG-1.3.30.
</p>
<H3><a name="type_wrapper_classes"></a>20.4.4 Type wrapper classes</H3>
@ -4157,7 +4285,7 @@ and the JNI function would look like this:
</p>
<div class="code"> <pre>
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_func(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
SWIGEXPORT void JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_func(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls,
jint jarg1, jstring jarg2, jint jarg3, jobject jarg4) {...}
</pre> </div>
@ -4458,20 +4586,17 @@ resulting in the following code which breaks the aliasing rules:
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_FooBar(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls, jlong jarg1) {
SWIGEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_exampleJNI_FooBar(JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls, jlong jarg1, jobject jarg1_) {
jlong jresult = 0 ;
struct Foo *arg1 = (struct Foo *) 0 ;
struct Bar *result = 0 ;
(void)jenv;
(void)jcls;
arg1 = *(struct Foo **)&amp;jarg1; /* cast jlong into C ptr */
(void)jarg1_;
arg1 = *(struct Foo **)&amp;jarg1;
result = (struct Bar *)FooBar(arg1);
*(struct Bar **)&amp;jresult = result; /* cast C ptr into jlong */
*(struct Bar **)&amp;jresult = result;
return jresult;
}
</pre></div>
@ -4611,6 +4736,10 @@ the union of the exception classes is added to the throws clause ensuring there
See the <a href="#nan_exception_typemap">NaN exception example</a> for further usage.
</p>
<p>
The "jnitype" typemap has the 'nopgcpp' attribute which can be used to suppress the generation of the <a href="java_pgcpp">premature garbage collection prevention parameter</a>.
</p>
<H3><a name="special_variables"></a>20.8.7 Java special variables</H3>
@ -4650,7 +4779,7 @@ If the typemap gets put into a function with void as return, $null will expand t
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_jnifn(...) {
SWIGEXPORT void JNICALL Java_jnifn(...) {
if (error) {
SWIG_JavaThrowException(jenv, SWIG_JavaIndexOutOfBoundsException, "Array element error");
return ;
@ -4664,7 +4793,7 @@ otherwise $null expands to <i>NULL</i>
</p>
<div class="code"><pre>
JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_jnifn(...) {
SWIGEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_jnifn(...) {
if (error) {
SWIG_JavaThrowException(jenv, SWIG_JavaIndexOutOfBoundsException, "Array element error");
return NULL;
@ -4704,7 +4833,7 @@ The generated proxy code is then:
<div class="code"><pre>
public static Class bar(Class cls, int ush) {
return new Class(exampleJNI.bar(Class.getCPtr(cls), ush), false);
return new Class(exampleJNI.bar(Class.getCPtr(cls), cls, ush), false);
}
</pre></div>
@ -4724,7 +4853,7 @@ The generated code constructs the return type using <tt>true</tt> indicating the
<div class="code"><pre>
public static Class bar(Class cls, int ush) {
return new Class(exampleJNI.bar(Class.getCPtr(cls), ush), true);
return new Class(exampleJNI.bar(Class.getCPtr(cls), cls, ush), true);
}
</pre></div>
@ -5412,7 +5541,7 @@ public class FileException extends java.lang.Exception {
public FileException(String msg) { ... }
public String what() {
return exampleJNI.FileException_what(swigCPtr);
return exampleJNI.FileException_what(swigCPtr, this);
}
}
</pre>
@ -6476,7 +6605,7 @@ public class Wheel {
public class Bike {
...
public Wheel getWheel() {
long cPtr = exampleJNI.Bike_getWheel(swigCPtr);
long cPtr = exampleJNI.Bike_getWheel(swigCPtr, this);
Wheel ret = null;
if (cPtr != 0) {
ret = new Wheel(cPtr, false);
@ -6579,7 +6708,7 @@ public class Container {
}
public void setElement(Element e) {
exampleJNI.Container_setElement(swigCPtr, getCPtrAndAddReference(e));
exampleJNI.Container_setElement(swigCPtr, this, getCPtrAndAddReference(e), e);
}
}
</pre>