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  2. JDK-6963811

Deadlock-prone locking changes in Introspector

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        Locking model of Introspector changed by fix of
        bug 5102804. The code

        (new Introspector(beanClass, null, USE_ALL_BEANINFO)).getBeanInfo();

        is called under BEANINFO_CACHE lock by now, see getBeanInfo(Class) method.
        This code can invoke 3rd-party code through findExplicitBeanInfo().
        It is deadlock-prone to call 3rd-party code under some lock
        and it should be avoided where it is possible.

        See the following test-case. It shows how easily the mentioned
        changes can result in a deadlock.

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        package problemofintrospector;

        import java.awt.Point;
        import java.beans.BeanInfo;
        import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
        import java.beans.Introspector;
        import java.beans.SimpleBeanInfo;

        public class TestCase {

            public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                Thread t1 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
                    public void run() {
                        try {
                            // Get some BeanInfo in one thread
                            Introspector.getBeanInfo(CustomizedPoint.class, Object.class);
                        } catch (IntrospectionException iex) {}
                    }
                });
                Thread t2 = new Thread(new Runnable() {
                    public void run() {
                        try {
                            // Get some BeanInfo in another thread
                            Introspector.getBeanInfo(Point.class);
                        } catch (IntrospectionException iex) {}
                    }
                });
                t1.start();
                Thread.sleep(500); // increase the chance of the deadlock
                t2.start();
            }

            public static class CustomizedPoint extends Point {
            }

            public static class CustomizedPointBeanInfo extends SimpleBeanInfo {
                private BeanInfo superInfo;

                public CustomizedPointBeanInfo() {
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(1000); // increase the chance of the deadlock
                        superInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(Point.class);
                    } catch (Exception ex) {
                        ex.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }

                // Real-life BeanInfo would contain some additional
                // methods overriden and some work delegated to superInfo
                // (the corresponding code is skipped because it is not
                // necessary to reproduce the deadlock).

            }

        }

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        Note that the test-case doesn't run into deadlock on older JDK builds
        (pre JDK 6 update 21 build 02), i.e., it is a regression. Also note
        that this test-case is not an artifical one. It is based on a deadlock
        that one of our users faces regularly while using NetBeans GUI Builder.

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                malenkov Sergey Malenkov (Inactive)
                mentlich Martin Entlicher
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