Monitoring Locks with Java Flight Recorder and Java Mission Control
What I want to do
I have a Java program which I am trying to improve. I suspect synchronized blocks within the code to hurt performance but I would like to make sure this is my problem before touching my code.
How I went on about it
To check if synchronized blocks are indeed the issue, I recorded the execution of my program on a test server with Flight Recorder, downloaded the created jfr file on my desktop and opened it with Java Mission Control. However the Lock Instances page in Java Application does not show anything. The only clue I get is a message in the Results view which reads:
The Java Blocking rule requires event(s) to be available from the following event types: com.oracle.jdk.JavaMonitorEnter
I am therefore assuming there must be some kind of option to activate along with the flight recorder but I wasn't able to find it so far.
My question
How do you enable events from the com.oracle.jdk.JavaMonitorEnter type to be recorded by the Java Flight Recorder ?
Or I am missing something else and there is a better way to figure out how much blocking on synchronized blocks is done in a Java program ?
My environment
I am using Oracle JDK version 1.8.0_191. The version of Java Mission Control I am using on my desktop is 6.0.0. Finally, the command I use to record my program's execution is the following:
java -XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+DebugNonSafepoints -XX:+FlightRecorder -XX:StartFlightRecording=settings=profile,dumponexit=true,filename=test.jfr -classpath lib/*:src/ <my program with its arguments>
I should also add that connecting to the server directly with Java Mission Control is not an option (or is it?) as I am using an ssh rebound to actually connect to it ...
java java-8 jmc jfr java-mission-control
asked Nov 26 '18 at 5:26
PatrickPatrick
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What I want to do
I have a Java program which I am trying to improve. I suspect synchronized blocks within the code to hurt performance but I would like to make sure this is my problem before touching my code.
How I went on about it
To check if synchronized blocks are indeed the issue, I recorded the execution of my program on a test server with Flight Recorder, downloaded the created jfr file on my desktop and opened it with Java Mission Control. However the Lock Instances page in Java Application does not show anything. The only clue I get is a message in the Results view which reads:
The Java Blocking rule requires event(s) to be available from the following event types: com.oracle.jdk.JavaMonitorEnter
I am therefore assuming there must be some kind of option to activate along with the flight recorder but I wasn't able to find it so far.
My question
How do you enable events from the com.oracle.jdk.JavaMonitorEnter type to be recorded by the Java Flight Recorder ?
Or I am missing something else and there is a better way to figure out how much blocking on synchronized blocks is done in a Java program ?
My environment
I am using Oracle JDK version 1.8.0_191. The version of Java Mission Control I am using on my desktop is 6.0.0. Finally, the command I use to record my program's execution is the following:
java -XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+DebugNonSafepoints -XX:+FlightRecorder -XX:StartFlightRecording=settings=profile,dumponexit=true,filename=test.jfr -classpath lib/*:src/ <my program with its arguments>
I should also add that connecting to the server directly with Java Mission Control is not an option (or is it?) as I am using an ssh rebound to actually connect to it ...
java java-8 jmc jfr java-mission-control
asked Nov 26 '18 at 5:26
PatrickPatrick
145110
add a comment |
What I want to do
I have a Java program which I am trying to improve. I suspect synchronized blocks within the code to hurt performance but I would like to make sure this is my problem before touching my code.
How I went on about it
To check if synchronized blocks are indeed the issue, I recorded the execution of my program on a test server with Flight Recorder, downloaded the created jfr file on my desktop and opened it with Java Mission Control. However the Lock Instances page in Java Application does not show anything. The only clue I get is a message in the Results view which reads:
The Java Blocking rule requires event(s) to be available from the following event types: com.oracle.jdk.JavaMonitorEnter
I am therefore assuming there must be some kind of option to activate along with the flight recorder but I wasn't able to find it so far.
My question
How do you enable events from the com.oracle.jdk.JavaMonitorEnter type to be recorded by the Java Flight Recorder ?
Or I am missing something else and there is a better way to figure out how much blocking on synchronized blocks is done in a Java program ?
My environment
I am using Oracle JDK version 1.8.0_191. The version of Java Mission Control I am using on my desktop is 6.0.0. Finally, the command I use to record my program's execution is the following:
java -XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+DebugNonSafepoints -XX:+FlightRecorder -XX:StartFlightRecording=settings=profile,dumponexit=true,filename=test.jfr -classpath lib/*:src/ <my program with its arguments>
I should also add that connecting to the server directly with Java Mission Control is not an option (or is it?) as I am using an ssh rebound to actually connect to it ...
java java-8 jmc jfr java-mission-control
asked Nov 26 '18 at 5:26
PatrickPatrick
145110
What I want to do
I have a Java program which I am trying to improve. I suspect synchronized blocks within the code to hurt performance but I would like to make sure this is my problem before touching my code.
How I went on about it
To check if synchronized blocks are indeed the issue, I recorded the execution of my program on a test server with Flight Recorder, downloaded the created jfr file on my desktop and opened it with Java Mission Control. However the Lock Instances page in Java Application does not show anything. The only clue I get is a message in the Results view which reads:
The Java Blocking rule requires event(s) to be available from the following event types: com.oracle.jdk.JavaMonitorEnter
I am therefore assuming there must be some kind of option to activate along with the flight recorder but I wasn't able to find it so far.
My question
How do you enable events from the com.oracle.jdk.JavaMonitorEnter type to be recorded by the Java Flight Recorder ?
Or I am missing something else and there is a better way to figure out how much blocking on synchronized blocks is done in a Java program ?
My environment
I am using Oracle JDK version 1.8.0_191. The version of Java Mission Control I am using on my desktop is 6.0.0. Finally, the command I use to record my program's execution is the following:
java -XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures -XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+DebugNonSafepoints -XX:+FlightRecorder -XX:StartFlightRecording=settings=profile,dumponexit=true,filename=test.jfr -classpath lib/*:src/ <my program with its arguments>
I should also add that connecting to the server directly with Java Mission Control is not an option (or is it?) as I am using an ssh rebound to actually connect to it ...
java java-8 jmc jfr java-mission-control
java java-8 jmc jfr java-mission-control
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A liitle more research on my own provided me with the answer.
The JavaMonitorEnter events (and other events that one would like to monitor) need to be specified in a flight recorder configuration file. In this situation, I was using the profile configuration which is provided along with the default configuration with the Oracle JDK.
I created my own configuration using Java Mission Control. This blog was very helpful in presenting how to find the tool to create custom recording configurations in Java Mission Control.
I then exported my newly created configuration, uploaded it on my test environment and specified this configuration in my command (below the modified option only):
-XX:StartFlightRecording=settings=/home/<username>/Custom,<other options>...
answered Nov 26 '18 at 7:50
PatrickPatrick
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In Java 8, the event is called "java/monitor_enter", and should be enabled by default for both default and profile configurations.... So you should have seen it from the beginning.. (JMC 6 translates from the old Java 8 event ids (java/monitor_enter) into the new Java 9+ ids (JavaMonitorEnter) )
– Klara
Nov 27 '18 at 8:12
1
@Klara You are right, the java/monitor_enter event is activated in bothdefaultandprofileconfigurations. Except that the threshold in these settings is too long for my application (10ms in theprofileconfiguration, 20ms in thedefaultconfiguration). In my application, the individual blockings I was trying to monitor were about 20 microseconds long so they would not show with these previous configurations.
– Patrick
Nov 27 '18 at 8:28
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A liitle more research on my own provided me with the answer.
The JavaMonitorEnter events (and other events that one would like to monitor) need to be specified in a flight recorder configuration file. In this situation, I was using the profile configuration which is provided along with the default configuration with the Oracle JDK.
I created my own configuration using Java Mission Control. This blog was very helpful in presenting how to find the tool to create custom recording configurations in Java Mission Control.
I then exported my newly created configuration, uploaded it on my test environment and specified this configuration in my command (below the modified option only):
-XX:StartFlightRecording=settings=/home/<username>/Custom,<other options>...
answered Nov 26 '18 at 7:50
PatrickPatrick
145110
1
In Java 8, the event is called "java/monitor_enter", and should be enabled by default for both default and profile configurations.... So you should have seen it from the beginning.. (JMC 6 translates from the old Java 8 event ids (java/monitor_enter) into the new Java 9+ ids (JavaMonitorEnter) )
– Klara
Nov 27 '18 at 8:12
1
@Klara You are right, the java/monitor_enter event is activated in bothdefaultandprofileconfigurations. Except that the threshold in these settings is too long for my application (10ms in theprofileconfiguration, 20ms in thedefaultconfiguration). In my application, the individual blockings I was trying to monitor were about 20 microseconds long so they would not show with these previous configurations.
– Patrick
Nov 27 '18 at 8:28
add a comment |
A liitle more research on my own provided me with the answer.
The JavaMonitorEnter events (and other events that one would like to monitor) need to be specified in a flight recorder configuration file. In this situation, I was using the profile configuration which is provided along with the default configuration with the Oracle JDK.
I created my own configuration using Java Mission Control. This blog was very helpful in presenting how to find the tool to create custom recording configurations in Java Mission Control.
I then exported my newly created configuration, uploaded it on my test environment and specified this configuration in my command (below the modified option only):
-XX:StartFlightRecording=settings=/home/<username>/Custom,<other options>...
answered Nov 26 '18 at 7:50
PatrickPatrick
145110
1
In Java 8, the event is called "java/monitor_enter", and should be enabled by default for both default and profile configurations.... So you should have seen it from the beginning.. (JMC 6 translates from the old Java 8 event ids (java/monitor_enter) into the new Java 9+ ids (JavaMonitorEnter) )
– Klara
Nov 27 '18 at 8:12
1
@Klara You are right, the java/monitor_enter event is activated in bothdefaultandprofileconfigurations. Except that the threshold in these settings is too long for my application (10ms in theprofileconfiguration, 20ms in thedefaultconfiguration). In my application, the individual blockings I was trying to monitor were about 20 microseconds long so they would not show with these previous configurations.
– Patrick
Nov 27 '18 at 8:28
add a comment |
A liitle more research on my own provided me with the answer.
The JavaMonitorEnter events (and other events that one would like to monitor) need to be specified in a flight recorder configuration file. In this situation, I was using the profile configuration which is provided along with the default configuration with the Oracle JDK.
I created my own configuration using Java Mission Control. This blog was very helpful in presenting how to find the tool to create custom recording configurations in Java Mission Control.
I then exported my newly created configuration, uploaded it on my test environment and specified this configuration in my command (below the modified option only):
-XX:StartFlightRecording=settings=/home/<username>/Custom,<other options>...
answered Nov 26 '18 at 7:50
PatrickPatrick
145110
A liitle more research on my own provided me with the answer.
The JavaMonitorEnter events (and other events that one would like to monitor) need to be specified in a flight recorder configuration file. In this situation, I was using the profile configuration which is provided along with the default configuration with the Oracle JDK.
I created my own configuration using Java Mission Control. This blog was very helpful in presenting how to find the tool to create custom recording configurations in Java Mission Control.
I then exported my newly created configuration, uploaded it on my test environment and specified this configuration in my command (below the modified option only):
-XX:StartFlightRecording=settings=/home/<username>/Custom,<other options>...
answered Nov 26 '18 at 7:50
PatrickPatrick
145110
answered Nov 26 '18 at 7:50
PatrickPatrick
145110
answered Nov 26 '18 at 7:50
PatrickPatrick
145110
answered Nov 26 '18 at 7:50
PatrickPatrick
145110
145110
1
In Java 8, the event is called "java/monitor_enter", and should be enabled by default for both default and profile configurations.... So you should have seen it from the beginning.. (JMC 6 translates from the old Java 8 event ids (java/monitor_enter) into the new Java 9+ ids (JavaMonitorEnter) )
– Klara
Nov 27 '18 at 8:12
1
@Klara You are right, the java/monitor_enter event is activated in bothdefaultandprofileconfigurations. Except that the threshold in these settings is too long for my application (10ms in theprofileconfiguration, 20ms in thedefaultconfiguration). In my application, the individual blockings I was trying to monitor were about 20 microseconds long so they would not show with these previous configurations.
– Patrick
Nov 27 '18 at 8:28
add a comment |
1
In Java 8, the event is called "java/monitor_enter", and should be enabled by default for both default and profile configurations.... So you should have seen it from the beginning.. (JMC 6 translates from the old Java 8 event ids (java/monitor_enter) into the new Java 9+ ids (JavaMonitorEnter) )
– Klara
Nov 27 '18 at 8:12
1
@Klara You are right, the java/monitor_enter event is activated in bothdefaultandprofileconfigurations. Except that the threshold in these settings is too long for my application (10ms in theprofileconfiguration, 20ms in thedefaultconfiguration). In my application, the individual blockings I was trying to monitor were about 20 microseconds long so they would not show with these previous configurations.
– Patrick
Nov 27 '18 at 8:28
1
1
In Java 8, the event is called "java/monitor_enter", and should be enabled by default for both default and profile configurations.... So you should have seen it from the beginning.. (JMC 6 translates from the old Java 8 event ids (java/monitor_enter) into the new Java 9+ ids (JavaMonitorEnter) )
– Klara
Nov 27 '18 at 8:12
In Java 8, the event is called "java/monitor_enter", and should be enabled by default for both default and profile configurations.... So you should have seen it from the beginning.. (JMC 6 translates from the old Java 8 event ids (java/monitor_enter) into the new Java 9+ ids (JavaMonitorEnter) )
– Klara
Nov 27 '18 at 8:12
1
1
@Klara You are right, the java/monitor_enter event is activated in both
default and profile configurations. Except that the threshold in these settings is too long for my application (10ms in the profile configuration, 20ms in the default configuration). In my application, the individual blockings I was trying to monitor were about 20 microseconds long so they would not show with these previous configurations.– Patrick
Nov 27 '18 at 8:28
@Klara You are right, the java/monitor_enter event is activated in both
default and profile configurations. Except that the threshold in these settings is too long for my application (10ms in the profile configuration, 20ms in the default configuration). In my application, the individual blockings I was trying to monitor were about 20 microseconds long so they would not show with these previous configurations.– Patrick
Nov 27 '18 at 8:28
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