How to Identify Class Loader Synchronization Performance Bottlenecks in AIX, Linux and Windows
Class loader synchronization bottlenecks are common
problems brought to the attention of WebSphere Application Server L2
Support by our clients. This is a common type of performance problem
called a livelock
where many threads are contending on a set of locks. The performance
overhead is proportional to the lock contention, so the problem might
not show up in a test environment with a low number of concurrent
requests, or patterns of requests which aren't exercising the lock at
the same time. From the viewpoint of the application end user, this is
seen as an application that is moving slowly. From the viewpoint of the
WebSphere Administrator viewing the WebSphere Application Server SystemOut.log, this is typically seen as a series of hung (WSVR0605W) thread messages which "complete" (WSVR0606W) on their own....eventually.
To diagnose, manually capture a javacore DURING the time while the thread is still hung, (o
As you can see, the thread which has been reported "hung"
is waiting in line with multiple other threads which are all waiting on
the "owner" thread to complete. Once the owner thread completes, it
will release the lock on "com
To identify the offending code, the next step is to
investigate the stack of the "owner" thread (the one holding the lock
while the rest of the threads wait), to identify where the bottleneck
originates. Search further down in the javacore to locate the stack of
the owner thread. Generally, walk down from the top of the stack,
skipping any java/* and com/ibm/ws/* method frames until you reach the
application or third party library code that's driving the livelock :
In the case of the example above, the development team using the "org/MYAPP/myclass" code will need to implement coding best practices to avoid class loader bottlenecks in this code:
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