C ++ Multithreaded Java JNI Call Method
I have a simple class in Java:
public class MyClass
{
public static void dummyTest()
{
}
}
And in C ++ I am making the following JNI call:
void c_call_function()
{
JNIEnv *env ...// the JNIEnv initialization in JNI...
jclass clazz ...// the class initialization in JNI...
jmethodID mid_dummyTest = env->GetStaticMethodID(clazz, "dummyTest", "()V");
env->CallStaticIntMethod(clazz, mid_dummyTest);
}
If a single program calls the static c_call_function () method, that's fine.
But if the multithreaded program calls c_call_function (), it gives me the following message when the env-> CallStaticIntMethod (clazz, mid_dummyTest); line passes:
Access Violation at 0x000000006FC77154 read by 0x0000000000000000
If the program is multithreaded, it uses the same JNIEnv variable. But I also tried to load the same JNIEnv using the AttachCurrentThread method and it gives me the same problem.
What restriction is called when a method is called by multiple threads if I don't create any local references or even delete or modify anything?
env->CallStaticIntMethod(clazz, mid_dummyTest);
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I can run similar code (see below) where I have multiple threads accessing the same JVM (macOS). I am using pthread.
Few important things
- attaching a thread to the JVM (according to the docs, only one thread can use the JVM at a time)
- pooling streams
- I think it's a good idea to use a mutex to prevent multiple threads from joining.
main.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <jni.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#define NUM_THREADS 6
pthread_mutex_t mutexjvm;
pthread_t threads[NUM_THREADS];
struct JVM {
JNIEnv *env;
JavaVM *jvm;
};
void invoke_class(JNIEnv* env);
void *jvmThreads(void* myJvm) {
struct JVM *myJvmPtr = (struct JVM*) myJvm;
JavaVM *jvmPtr = myJvmPtr -> jvm;
JNIEnv *env = myJvmPtr -> env;
pthread_mutex_lock (&mutexjvm);
printf("I will call JVM\n");
(*jvmPtr)->AttachCurrentThread(jvmPtr, (void**) &(env), NULL);
invoke_class( env );
(*jvmPtr)->DetachCurrentThread(jvmPtr);
pthread_mutex_unlock (&mutexjvm);
pthread_exit(NULL);
}
JNIEnv* create_vm(struct JVM *jvm)
{
JNIEnv* env;
JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
JavaVMOption options;
options.optionString = "-Djava.class.path=./";
vm_args.options = &options;
vm_args.ignoreUnrecognized = 0;
vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_6;
vm_args.nOptions = 1;
int status = JNI_CreateJavaVM(&jvm->jvm, (void**)&env, &vm_args);
if (status < 0 || !env)
printf("Error\n");
return env;
}
void invoke_class(JNIEnv* env)
{
jclass Main_class;
jmethodID fun_id;
Main_class = (*env)->FindClass(env, "Main");
fun_id = (*env)->GetStaticMethodID(env, Main_class, "fun", "()I");
(*env)->CallStaticIntMethod(env, Main_class, fun_id);
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
struct JVM myJvm;
myJvm.env = create_vm(&myJvm);
if(myJvm.env == NULL)
return 1;
pthread_mutex_init(&mutexjvm, NULL);
for(int i=0; i<NUM_THREADS; i++){
pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, jvmThreads, (void*) &myJvm);
pthread_join(threads[i], 0);
}
(*myJvm.jvm)->DestroyJavaVM(myJvm.jvm);
}
Main.java
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println("Hello, world");
}
public static int fun() {
System.out.println("From JVM");
return 0;
}
}
Makefile
all: Main.class main
Main.class: Main.java
javac Main.java
main.o: main.c
llvm-gcc -c main.c \
-I${JAVA_HOME}/include \
-I${JAVA_HOME}/include/darwin/ \
main: main.o
ld -o main -L${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/server/ \
-ljvm \
-rpath ${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/server \
-L/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.12.sdk \
-demangle -dynamic -arch x86_64 \
-macosx_version_min 10.12.0 \
-lSystem \
-rpath ${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/server/ \
main.o
clean:
rm -f Main.class main main.o
After running the code, you will get the following output:
./main
I will call JVM
From JVM
I will call JVM
From JVM
I will call JVM
From JVM
I will call JVM
From JVM
I will call JVM
From JVM
I will call JVM
From JVM
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env should be obtained separately for each stream. You should use AttachCurrentThread () if and only if the thread was created * not started by the JVM. For each thread that issues AttachCurrentThread () , you must call DetachCurrentThread () .
clazz must be retrieved separately for each thread, or you can store a global reference to the result returned by FindClass () .
mid_dummyTest can be stored in a global variable: this id is independent of thread, env and clazz .
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