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Re: One JNI Usage Bug in Java binding

From: Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 21:41:46 -0400

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 20:32, Hyrum K. Wright
<hyrum_wright_at_mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Byeongcheol Lee <lineonking_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear Subversion Developers:
>>
>> My JNI bug detector (Jinn) found several bugs in the JavaHL. I'd like
>> to hear your opinion about the bug before filing all the bugs. The bug
>> appears the Line 774 in the following slice of source files.
>>
>> subversion/bindings/javahl/native/CreateJ.cpp
>> ....
>>  634  jobject
>>  635  CreateJ::NotifyInformation(const svn_wc_notify_t *wcNotify)
>>  636  {
>> ....
>>  754    static jmethodID add_mid = 0;
>> ....
>>  757        add_mid = env->GetMethodID(clazz, "add",
>> "(Ljava/lang/Object;)Z");
>> ....
>>  774        env->CallObjectMethod(jranges, add_mid, jrange);
>> ....
>>
>> The "add" method at Line 757 returns a Java boolean value, but the JNI
>> function at Line 774 expects that the "add" method returns a Java
>> reference. This usage violates usage rules in JNI specifcation.
>>
>> "You should replace type in Call<type>Method with the Java type of the
>> method you are calling (or use one of the actual method calling
>> routine names from the table) and replace NativeType with the
>> corresponding native type for that routine."
>> [
>> http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jni/spec/functions.html#wp4256
>> ]
>>
>> I propose the following patch:
>>
>> Index: subversion/bindings/javahl/native/CreateJ.cpp
>> ===================================================================
>> --- subversion/bindings/javahl/native/CreateJ.cpp       (revision 944458)
>> +++ subversion/bindings/javahl/native/CreateJ.cpp       (working copy)
>> @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@
>>     if (JNIUtil::isJavaExceptionThrown())
>>       POP_AND_RETURN_NULL;
>>
>> -      env->CallObjectMethod(jranges, add_mid, jrange);
>> +      env->CallBooleanMethod(jranges, add_mid, jrange);
>>     if (JNIUtil::isJavaExceptionThrown())
>>       POP_AND_RETURN_NULL;
>>
>
> Byeong,
> Thanks for running your tool on our code and reporting the results back to
> us.  I wrote a log message for the above patch, and committed it in r944525.
>
> For the other instances you mentioned, there isn't a need to create
> individual issues.  The best way would be to submit the fixes in a series of
> logically-grouped patches, following our patch submission guidelines, and
> with appropriate log messages.

And those guidelines are at:
  http://subversion.apache.org/docs/community-guide/general.html#patches

Thanks!
-g
Received on 2010-05-15 03:42:11 CEST

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