JVM源码-Thread

new Thread()不会启动一个新线程,而是调用init的这个方法设置一些东西,比如设置线程组,栈大小,拿到线程名,tid。创建一个ThreadLocalMap。
而start方法才会启动一个线程。

其实start方法的核心就是调用了

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private native void start0();

start0 -> JVM_StartThread

虾面是openjdk 的jvm源码http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/hotspot/file/75d40493551f/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp

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JVM_ENTRY(void, JVM_StartThread(JNIEnv* env, jobject jthread))
JVMWrapper("JVM_StartThread");
JavaThread *native_thread = NULL;

// We cannot hold the Threads_lock when we throw an exception,
// due to rank ordering issues. Example: we might need to grab the
// Heap_lock while we construct the exception.
bool throw_illegal_thread_state = false;

// We must release the Threads_lock before we can post a jvmti event
// in Thread::start.
{
// Ensure that the C++ Thread and OSThread structures aren't freed before
// we operate.
MutexLocker mu(Threads_lock);

// Since JDK 5 the java.lang.Thread threadStatus is used to prevent
// re-starting an already started thread, so we should usually find
// that the JavaThread is null. However for a JNI attached thread
// there is a small window between the Thread object being created
// (with its JavaThread set) and the update to its threadStatus, so we
// have to check for this
if (java_lang_Thread::thread(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(jthread)) != NULL) {
throw_illegal_thread_state = true;
} else {
// We could also check the stillborn flag to see if this thread was already stopped, but
// for historical reasons we let the thread detect that itself when it starts running

jlong size =
java_lang_Thread::stackSize(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(jthread));
// Allocate the C++ Thread structure and create the native thread. The
// stack size retrieved from java is signed, but the constructor takes
// size_t (an unsigned type), so avoid passing negative values which would
// result in really large stacks.
size_t sz = size > 0 ? (size_t) size : 0;
native_thread = new JavaThread(&thread_entry, sz);

// At this point it may be possible that no osthread was created for the
// JavaThread due to lack of memory. Check for this situation and throw
// an exception if necessary. Eventually we may want to change this so
// that we only grab the lock if the thread was created successfully -
// then we can also do this check and throw the exception in the
// JavaThread constructor.
if (native_thread->osthread() != NULL) {
// Note: the current thread is not being used within "prepare".
native_thread->prepare(jthread);
}
}
}

if (throw_illegal_thread_state) {
THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalThreadStateException());
}

assert(native_thread != NULL, "Starting null thread?");

if (native_thread->osthread() == NULL) {
// No one should hold a reference to the 'native_thread'.
delete native_thread;
if (JvmtiExport::should_post_resource_exhausted()) {
JvmtiExport::post_resource_exhausted(
JVMTI_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED_OOM_ERROR | JVMTI_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED_THREADS,
"unable to create new native thread");
}
THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_OutOfMemoryError(),
"unable to create new native thread");
}

Thread::start(native_thread);

JVM_END

可以注意到有native_thread->osthread() == NULL
这个判断,如果osthread为空了会抛出OutOfMemoryError
核心点在于native_thread = new JavaThread(&thread_entry, sz); 创建了一个新的线程

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/hotspot/file/75d40493551f/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp

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JavaThread::JavaThread(ThreadFunction entry_point, size_t stack_sz) :
Thread()
#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
, _satb_mark_queue(&_satb_mark_queue_set),
_dirty_card_queue(&_dirty_card_queue_set)
#endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
{
if (TraceThreadEvents) {
tty->print_cr("creating thread %p", this);
}
initialize();
_jni_attach_state = _not_attaching_via_jni;
set_entry_point(entry_point);
// Create the native thread itself.
// %note runtime_23
os::ThreadType thr_type = os::java_thread;
thr_type = entry_point == &compiler_thread_entry ? os::compiler_thread :
os::java_thread;
os::create_thread(this, thr_type, stack_sz);
// The _osthread may be NULL here because we ran out of memory (too many threads active).
// We need to throw and OutOfMemoryError - however we cannot do this here because the caller
// may hold a lock and all locks must be unlocked before throwing the exception (throwing
// the exception consists of creating the exception object & initializing it, initialization
// will leave the VM via a JavaCall and then all locks must be unlocked).
//
// The thread is still suspended when we reach here. Thread must be explicit started
// by creator! Furthermore, the thread must also explicitly be added to the Threads list
// by calling Threads:add. The reason why this is not done here, is because the thread
// object must be fully initialized (take a look at JVM_Start)
}

initialize()初始化了一堆字段,重点还是os::create_thread(this, thr_type, stack_sz);

参考下linux下的创建方法
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/hotspot/file/75d40493551f/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp

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bool os::create_thread(Thread* thread, ThreadType thr_type, size_t stack_size) {
assert(thread->osthread() == NULL, "caller responsible");

// Allocate the OSThread object
OSThread* osthread = new OSThread(NULL, NULL);
if (osthread == NULL) {
return false;
}

// set the correct thread state
osthread->set_thread_type(thr_type);

// Initial state is ALLOCATED but not INITIALIZED
osthread->set_state(ALLOCATED);

thread->set_osthread(osthread);

// init thread attributes
pthread_attr_t attr;
pthread_attr_init(&attr);
pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);

// stack size
if (os::Linux::supports_variable_stack_size()) {
// calculate stack size if it's not specified by caller
if (stack_size == 0) {
stack_size = os::Linux::default_stack_size(thr_type);

switch (thr_type) {
case os::java_thread:
// Java threads use ThreadStackSize which default value can be
// changed with the flag -Xss
assert (JavaThread::stack_size_at_create() > 0, "this should be set");
stack_size = JavaThread::stack_size_at_create();
break;
case os::compiler_thread:
if (CompilerThreadStackSize > 0) {
stack_size = (size_t)(CompilerThreadStackSize * K);
break;
} // else fall through:
// use VMThreadStackSize if CompilerThreadStackSize is not defined
case os::vm_thread:
case os::pgc_thread:
case os::cgc_thread:
case os::watcher_thread:
if (VMThreadStackSize > 0) stack_size = (size_t)(VMThreadStackSize * K);
break;
}
}

stack_size = MAX2(stack_size, os::Linux::min_stack_allowed);
pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stack_size);
} else {
// let pthread_create() pick the default value.
}

// glibc guard page
pthread_attr_setguardsize(&attr, os::Linux::default_guard_size(thr_type));

ThreadState state;

{
// Serialize thread creation if we are running with fixed stack LinuxThreads
bool lock = os::Linux::is_LinuxThreads() && !os::Linux::is_floating_stack();
if (lock) {
os::Linux::createThread_lock()->lock_without_safepoint_check();
}

pthread_t tid;
int ret = pthread_create(&tid, &attr, (void* (*)(void*)) java_start, thread);

pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);

if (ret != 0) {
if (PrintMiscellaneous && (Verbose || WizardMode)) {
perror("pthread_create()");
}
// Need to clean up stuff we've allocated so far
thread->set_osthread(NULL);
delete osthread;
if (lock) os::Linux::createThread_lock()->unlock();
return false;
}

// Store pthread info into the OSThread
osthread->set_pthread_id(tid);

// Wait until child thread is either initialized or aborted
{
Monitor* sync_with_child = osthread->startThread_lock();
MutexLockerEx ml(sync_with_child, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
while ((state = osthread->get_state()) == ALLOCATED) {
sync_with_child->wait(Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
}
}

if (lock) {
os::Linux::createThread_lock()->unlock();
}
}

// Aborted due to thread limit being reached
if (state == ZOMBIE) {
thread->set_osthread(NULL);
delete osthread;
return false;
}

// The thread is returned suspended (in state INITIALIZED),
// and is started higher up in the call chain
assert(state == INITIALIZED, "race condition");
return true;
}

如果new OSThread(NULL, NULL);失败了会一直返回到最上面的函数并抛出oom(如内存不够等条件)

可以看到使用glibc的int ret = pthread_create(&tid, &attr, (void* ()(void)) java_start, thread);来创建线程。如果创建失败也会thread->set_osthread(NULL); (如ZOMBIE状态-达到线程上限)最后抛出oom

关于glibc的pthread_create可以参考
http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/pdf/libc.pdf