[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (JASSIST-222) Using insertBeforeBody to insert try/catch block in constructor can generate invalid bytecode for certain Java compilers

Manuel Geffken (JIRA) issues at jboss.org
Thu May 8 13:11:56 EDT 2014


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Manuel Geffken edited comment on JASSIST-222 at 5/8/14 1:11 PM:
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A sort of educated guess is that a version of the jikes compiler was used. I've tried some versions of jikes on S.java. Appearantly only versions before 1.18 generate .class files with minor version: 3 and major version: 45. However, both 1.13 and 1.17 do not seem to generate the bytecode sequence that caused the trouble.



was (Author: manuel.geffken):
A sort of educated guess is that a version of the jikes compiler was used. I've tried some versions of jikes on S.java. Appearantly only versions before 1.18 generate .class files with minor version: 3 and major version: 45. However, both 1.13 and 1.17 does not seem to generate the bytecode sequence that caused the trouble.


> Using insertBeforeBody to insert try/catch block in constructor can generate invalid bytecode for certain Java compilers
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JASSIST-222
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JASSIST-222
>             Project: Javassist
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 3.18.0-GA
>         Environment: Unknown java compiler generating class files with major version 45, minor version 3.
> Mint Linux, JDK 1.7.
>            Reporter: Manuel Geffken
>            Assignee: Shigeru Chiba
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: S.class, S.java, S_instr_error.class, S_instr_success.class
>
>
> The class S in the "boyer" benchmark of the Ashes Suite Collection (http://www.sable.mcgill.ca/ashes/) (no original source code available) has the following bytecode according to javap:
> {noformat}
> Classfile ashesSuiteCollection/suites/ashesHardTestSuite/benchmarks/boyer/classes/S.class
>   Last modified May 2, 2014; size 154 bytes
>   MD5 checksum e79a1481a39d40004bc504cc4f7c2641
> class S
>   minor version: 3
>   major version: 45
>   flags: ACC_SUPER
> Constant pool:
> ...
> {
>   protected int $;
>     flags: ACC_PROTECTED
>   protected S(int);
>     flags: ACC_PROTECTED
>     Code:
>       stack=3, locals=2, args_size=2
>          0: aload_0       
>          1: iload_1       
>          2: aload_0       
>          3: invokespecial #14                 // Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
>          6: putfield      #13                 // Field $:I
>          9: return        
> }
> {noformat}
> An instrumentation of this class' constructor with a try/catch block as in
> {noformat}
>             CtConstructor[] ctors = target.getDeclaredConstructors();
>             for (CtConstructor ctor : ctors) {
>             	StringBuilder headerSB = new StringBuilder();
>             	headerSB.append("{");
>                 headerSB.append("  try {");
>                 headerSB.append("    throw new java.lang.Exception();");
>                 headerSB.append("  } catch(java.lang.Exception e) {}");
>                 headerSB.append("}");
>                 ctor.insertBeforeBody(headerSB.toString());
>             } 
> {noformat}
> causes an invalid class file that _does not verify_:
> {noformat}
> Classfile ashesSuiteCollection/suites/ashesHardTestSuite/benchmarks/boyer/out_classes/S_instr_error.class
>   Last modified May 5, 2014; size 356 bytes
>   MD5 checksum d4ef556ee82cee6c4c2960b43d7e71e1
> class S
>   minor version: 3
>   major version: 45
>   flags: ACC_SUPER
> Constant pool:
> ...
> {
>   protected int $;
>     flags: ACC_PROTECTED
>   protected S(int);
>     flags: ACC_PROTECTED
>     Code:
>       stack=5, locals=3, args_size=2
>          0: aload_0       
>          1: iload_1       
>          2: aload_0       
>          3: invokespecial #14                 // Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
>          6: new           #22                 // class java/lang/Exception
>          9: dup           
>         10: invokespecial #23                 // Method java/lang/Exception."<init>":()V
>         13: athrow        
>         14: astore_2      
>         15: goto          18
>         18: putfield      #13                 // Field $:I
>         21: return        
>       Exception table:
>          from    to  target type
>              6    14    14   Class java/lang/Exception
> }
> {noformat}
> The problem is that the operand stack can be empty when the {{putfield}} instruction is reached. The problem seems to be rooted in the fact that the original bytecode sequence assumes that the two entries of the operand stack reach the {{putfield}} instruction. However, this assumption is invalid in the instrumented code.
> In contrast the reconstructed source code (the original source is not available)
> {noformat}
> class S {
>    int $;
>  
>    public S(int i) {
>      $ = i;
>    }
> }
> {noformat}
> compiled with javac 1.7.0_51 ({{javac -source 1.3 -target 1.1}}) produces
> {noformat}
> Classfile S.class
>   Last modified May 5, 2014; size 222 bytes
>   MD5 checksum 9700e6458db9d62e640018421a079761
>   Compiled from "S.java"
> public class S
>   SourceFile: "S.java"
>   minor version: 3
>   major version: 45
>   flags: ACC_SUPER
> Constant pool:
> ...
> {
>   int $;
>     flags: 
>   public S(int);
>     flags: ACC_PUBLIC
>     Code:
>       stack=2, locals=2, args_size=2
>          0: aload_0       
>          1: invokespecial #1                  // Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
>          4: aload_0       
>          5: iload_1       
>          6: putfield      #2                  // Field $:I
>          9: return        
> }
> {noformat}
> This version can be instrumented as shown above without problems. Here the operand of the putfield instruction are pushed on the stack _after_ the {{invokespecial}} instruction.
> {noformat}
>          1: invokespecial #1                  // Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
>          4: aload_0       
>          5: iload_1       
> {noformat}
> This sequence seems easier to instrument (after the super call) with code containing a try/catch block.



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