Java event replacement in Fault Analyzer event list

When an abend includes Java™ events, Fault Analyzer requests a system dump of the JVM. This Java™ system dump is analyzed by Fault Analyzer using Diagnostic Tool Framework for Java (DTFJ) APIs.

The DTFJ processing occurs asynchronously and does not delay the initial real-time abend analysis. This means that the real-time Fault Analyzer report contains only internal JVM events, not Java™ events.

When DTFJ processing has completed, the additional Java™ information is added into the fault entry so when reanalysis of the fault entry is performed, the more concise and useful Java™ event information is shown instead.

For example, the real-time event summary might show the following:


Event           Fail  Module   Program   EP
#  Type         Point Name     Name      Name     Event Location (*) Description
-- ------------ ----- -------- --------  -------- ------------------ --------------------------------------------
 1 Call               JVMLDM71 CEEROOTA  n/a      P+D4               BOOTSTRAP MODULE FOR LE; From CTEST.AUTHLOAD
 2 Call               CEEPLPKA n/a       CEEBBEXT E+1D2              BOOTSTRAP MODULE FOR Language Environment; From LPA
 3 Call               CELHV003 n/a       EDCZHINV E+B4               CRTL Main invocation event XPLINK; From CEE.SCEERUN2
 4 >>> XPLink         CEEPLPKA n/a       CEEVROND E+127E             Run on down stack swap; From LPA
 5 Call               JVMLDM71 JzosVM#C  main     E+A6               From CTEST.AUTHLOAD
 6 Call               JVMLDM71 JzosVM#C  JzosVM::run(int,char**)
                                                  E+34A              From CTEST.AUTHLOAD
 7 Call               JVMLDM71 JzosVM#C  JzosVM::invokeMain()
                                                  E+50A              From CTEST.AUTHLOAD
 8 Call               JVMLDM71 JzosVM#C  JNIEnv_::CallStaticVoidMethod(_jclass*,_jmethodID*,...)
                                                  E+30               From CTEST.AUTHLOAD
 9 Call               libj9vm27.so
                                n/a      callStaticVoidMethodV
                                                  E+4E               From /apc/java710/31bit/usr/lpp/java/J7.1/lib/s390/default/
10 Call               libj9vm27.so
                               n/a       gpCheckCallin
                                                  E+5C               From /apc/java710/31bit/usr/lpp/java/J7.1/lib/s390/default/
11 Call               n/a      n/a       gpProtectAndRun
                                                  n/a                From not determined
12 Call               libj9prt27.so
                               n/a       j9sig_protect_ceehdlr
                                                  E+176              From /apc/java710/31bit/usr/lpp/java/J7.1/lib/s390/default/
13 Call               libj9vm27.so
                               n/a       signalProtectAndRunGlue
                                                  E+14               From /apc/java710/31bit/usr/lpp/java/J7.1/lib/s390/default/
14 Call               n/a      n/a       gpProtectedRunCallInMethod
                                                  n/a                From not determined
15 Call               n/a      n/a       RUNCALLINMETHOD
                                                  n/a                From not determined
16 <<< XPLink         CEEPLPKA n/a       CEEVRONU E+10CE             CEL Common Runtime; From LPA
17 Abend S0C4   ***** libHelloWorld.so
                               n/a       Java_HelloWorld_badArrayAccess
                                                  E+112              From /u/ctest/javatest-j2c/bin/

After DTFJ processing has completed, Java™ events are displayed:


The following events are presented in chronological order.

 Event           Fail  Module   Program  EP
 #  Type         Point Name     Name     Name     Event Location (*) Description
 -- ------------ ----- -------- -------- -------- ------------------ --------------------------------------------
  1 Call               JVMLDM71 CEEROOTA n/a      P+D4               BOOTSTRAP MODULE FOR LE; From CTEST.AUTHLOAD
  2 Call               CEEPLPKA n/a      CEEBBEXT E+1D2              BOOTSTRAP MODULE FOR Language Environment; From LPA
  3 Call               CELHV003 n/a      EDCZHINV E+B4               CRTL Main invocation event XPLINK; From CEE.SCEERUN2
  4 >>> XPLink         CEEPLPKA n/a      CEEVROND E+127E             Run on down stack swap; From LPA
  5 Call               JVMLDM71 JzosVM#C main     E+A6               From CTEST.AUTHLOAD
  6 Java               n/a      n/a      com.ibm.j9ddr.vm27.view.dtfj.java.DTFJJavaStackFrame@300676d
                                                  L#1                From not determined
  7 Call               n/a      n/a      RUNCALLINMETHOD
                                                  n/a                From not determined
  8 <<< XPLink         CEEPLPKA n/a      CEEVRONU E+10CE             CEL Common Runtime; From LPA
  9 Abend S0C4   ***** libHelloWorld.so
                                n/a      Java_HelloWorld_badArrayAccess
                                                  E+112              From /u/ctest/javatest-j2c/bin/