Javaでは、Thread.javaのstartメソッドを呼ぶとrunメソッドがマルチスレッドで実行されます。
ですが、startメソッド内で呼ばれるstart0メソッドはc++のnativeメソッドのため通常のソースでは中身を見れません。
今回はc++の中身も見れるopenjdkでstart0メソッドを追ってみました。
（間違っているとこがあるかもしれませんが、ご了承を。）
まずはここからnativeコードも見れちゃうopenJDKをダウンロード。
せっかくなのでjava8を見てみます。
Thread.java(jdk/src/share//classes/java/lang/Thread.java)
public synchronized void start() {
/**
* This method is not invoked for the main method thread or "system"
* group threads created/set up by the VM. Any new functionality added
* to this method in the future may have to also be added to the VM.
*
* A zero status value corresponds to state "NEW".
*/
if (threadStatus != 0)
throw new IllegalThreadStateException();
/* Notify the group that this thread is about to be started
* so that it can be added to the group's list of threads
* and the group's unstarted count can be decremented. */
group.add(this);
boolean started = false;
try {
start0();
started = true;
} finally {
try {
if (!started) {
group.threadStartFailed(this);
}
} catch (Throwable ignore) {
/* do nothing. If start0 threw a Throwable then
it will be passed up the call stack */
}
}
}
private native void start0();
/**
* If this thread was constructed using a separate
* <code>Runnable</code> run object, then that
* <code>Runnable</code> object's <code>run</code> method is called;
* otherwise, this method does nothing and returns.
* <p>
* Subclasses of <code>Thread</code> should override this method.
*
* @see #start()
* @see #stop()
* @see #Thread(ThreadGroup, Runnable, String)
*/
@Override
public void run() {
if (target != null) {
target.run();
}
}
startメソッドの中でnativeメソッドのstart0が呼ばれます。
Thread.c(jdk/src/share/native/java/lang/Thread.c)
static JNINativeMethod methods[] = {
{"start0", "()V", (void *)&JVM_StartThread},
Thread.c内でJNI(Java Native Intarface)でstart0がJVM_StartThreadとして登録されています。
ちなみにJNIはjavaからCやC++の関数を呼んだり、C++からJavaの関数を呼ぶ仕組みです。
jvm.cpp(hotspot/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp)
JVM_ENTRY(void, JVM_StartThread(JNIEnv* env, jobject jthread))
JVMWrapper("JVM_StartThread");
JavaThread *native_thread = NULL;
// We cannot hold the Threads_lock when we throw an exception,
// due to rank ordering issues. Example: we might need to grab the
// Heap_lock while we construct the exception.
bool throw_illegal_thread_state = false;
// We must release the Threads_lock before we can post a jvmti event
// in Thread::start.
{
// Ensure that the C++ Thread and OSThread structures aren't freed before
// we operate.
MutexLocker mu(Threads_lock);
// Since JDK 5 the java.lang.Thread threadStatus is used to prevent
// re-starting an already started thread, so we should usually find
// that the JavaThread is null. However for a JNI attached thread
// there is a small window between the Thread object being created
// (with its JavaThread set) and the update to its threadStatus, so we
// have to check for this
if (java_lang_Thread::thread(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(jthread)) != NULL) {
throw_illegal_thread_state = true;
} else {
// We could also check the stillborn flag to see if this thread was already stopped, but
// for historical reasons we let the thread detect that itself when it starts running
jlong size =
java_lang_Thread::stackSize(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(jthread));
// Allocate the C++ Thread structure and create the native thread. The
// stack size retrieved from java is signed, but the constructor takes
// size_t (an unsigned type), so avoid passing negative values which would
// result in really large stacks.
size_t sz = size > 0 ? (size_t) size : 0;
native_thread = new JavaThread(&thread_entry, sz);
// At this point it may be possible that no osthread was created for the
// JavaThread due to lack of memory. Check for this situation and throw
// an exception if necessary. Eventually we may want to change this so
// that we only grab the lock if the thread was created successfully -
// then we can also do this check and throw the exception in the
// JavaThread constructor.
if (native_thread->osthread() != NULL) {
// Note: the current thread is not being used within "prepare".
native_thread->prepare(jthread);
}
}
}
if (throw_illegal_thread_state) {
THROW(vmSymbols::java_lang_IllegalThreadStateException());
}
assert(native_thread != NULL, "Starting null thread?");
if (native_thread->osthread() == NULL) {
// No one should hold a reference to the 'native_thread'.
delete native_thread;
if (JvmtiExport::should_post_resource_exhausted()) {
JvmtiExport::post_resource_exhausted(
JVMTI_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED_OOM_ERROR | JVMTI_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED_THREADS,
"unable to create new native thread");
}
THROW_MSG(vmSymbols::java_lang_OutOfMemoryError(),
"unable to create new native thread");
}
Thread::start(native_thread);
JVM_END
jvm.cppのJVM_StartThreadでJavaThreadが生成されます。
thread.cpp(hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp)
JavaThread::JavaThread(ThreadFunction entry_point, size_t stack_sz) :
Thread()
#if INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
, _satb_mark_queue(&_satb_mark_queue_set),
_dirty_card_queue(&_dirty_card_queue_set)
#endif // INCLUDE_ALL_GCS
{
if (TraceThreadEvents) {
tty->print_cr("creating thread %p", this);
}
initialize();
_jni_attach_state = _not_attaching_via_jni;
set_entry_point(entry_point);
// Create the native thread itself.
// %note runtime_23
os::ThreadType thr_type = os::java_thread;
thr_type = entry_point == &compiler_thread_entry ? os::compiler_thread :
os::java_thread;
os::create_thread(this, thr_type, stack_sz);
_safepoint_visible = false;
thread.cppのJavaThreadでos::create_threadメソッドが呼ばれます。
create_threadメソッドはOSごとに、os_windows.cpp、os_solaris.cpp、os_linux.cpp、java8から新たに追加されたos_bsd.cpp（BSD(Berkeley Software Distribution)を元にしたOSらしい）の４つのファイル内でそれぞれのOSに対応した処理が行われます。
ここではos_linux.cppを見ておきます。
os_linux.cpp(hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp)
bool os::create_thread(Thread* thread, ThreadType thr_type, size_t stack_size) {
assert(thread->osthread() == NULL, "caller responsible");
// Allocate the OSThread object
OSThread* osthread = new OSThread(NULL, NULL);
if (osthread == NULL) {
return false;
}
// set the correct thread state
osthread->set_thread_type(thr_type);
// Initial state is ALLOCATED but not INITIALIZED
osthread->set_state(ALLOCATED);
thread->set_osthread(osthread);
// init thread attributes
pthread_attr_t attr;
pthread_attr_init(&attr);
pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
// stack size
if (os::Linux::supports_variable_stack_size()) {
// calculate stack size if it's not specified by caller
if (stack_size == 0) {
stack_size = os::Linux::default_stack_size(thr_type);
switch (thr_type) {
case os::java_thread:
// Java threads use ThreadStackSize which default value can be
// changed with the flag -Xss
assert (JavaThread::stack_size_at_create() > 0, "this should be set");
stack_size = JavaThread::stack_size_at_create();
break;
case os::compiler_thread:
if (CompilerThreadStackSize > 0) {
stack_size = (size_t)(CompilerThreadStackSize * K);
break;
} // else fall through:
// use VMThreadStackSize if CompilerThreadStackSize is not defined
case os::vm_thread:
case os::pgc_thread:
case os::cgc_thread:
case os::watcher_thread:
if (VMThreadStackSize > 0) stack_size = (size_t)(VMThreadStackSize * K);
break;
}
}
stack_size = MAX2(stack_size, os::Linux::min_stack_allowed);
pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stack_size);
} else {
// let pthread_create() pick the default value.
}
// glibc guard page
pthread_attr_setguardsize(&attr, os::Linux::default_guard_size(thr_type));
ThreadState state;
{
// Serialize thread creation if we are running with fixed stack LinuxThreads
bool lock = os::Linux::is_LinuxThreads() && !os::Linux::is_floating_stack();
if (lock) {
os::Linux::createThread_lock()->lock_without_safepoint_check();
}
pthread_t tid;
int ret = pthread_create(&tid, &attr, (void* (*)(void*)) java_start, thread);
pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
if (ret != 0) {
if (PrintMiscellaneous && (Verbose || WizardMode)) {
perror("pthread_create()");
}
// Need to clean up stuff we've allocated so far
thread->set_osthread(NULL);
delete osthread;
if (lock) os::Linux::createThread_lock()->unlock();
return false;
}
// Store pthread info into the OSThread
osthread->set_pthread_id(tid);
// Wait until child thread is either initialized or aborted
{
Monitor* sync_with_child = osthread->startThread_lock();
MutexLockerEx ml(sync_with_child, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
while ((state = osthread->get_state()) == ALLOCATED) {
sync_with_child->wait(Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
}
}
if (lock) {
os::Linux::createThread_lock()->unlock();
}
}
// Aborted due to thread limit being reached
if (state == ZOMBIE) {
thread->set_osthread(NULL);
delete osthread;
return false;
}
// The thread is returned suspended (in state INITIALIZED),
// and is started higher up in the call chain
assert(state == INITIALIZED, "race condition");
return true;
}
,,,
// Thread start routine for all newly created threads
static void *java_start(Thread *thread) {
// Try to randomize the cache line index of hot stack frames.
// This helps when threads of the same stack traces evict each other's
// cache lines. The threads can be either from the same JVM instance, or
// from different JVM instances. The benefit is especially true for
// processors with hyperthreading technology.
static int counter = 0;
int pid = os::current_process_id();
alloca(((pid ^ counter++) & 7) * 128);
ThreadLocalStorage::set_thread(thread);
OSThread* osthread = thread->osthread();
Monitor* sync = osthread->startThread_lock();
// non floating stack LinuxThreads needs extra check, see above
if (!_thread_safety_check(thread)) {
// notify parent thread
MutexLockerEx ml(sync, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
osthread->set_state(ZOMBIE);
sync->notify_all();
return NULL;
}
// thread_id is kernel thread id (similar to Solaris LWP id)
osthread->set_thread_id(os::Linux::gettid());
if (UseNUMA) {
int lgrp_id = os::numa_get_group_id();
if (lgrp_id != -1) {
thread->set_lgrp_id(lgrp_id);
}
}
// initialize signal mask for this thread
os::Linux::hotspot_sigmask(thread);
// initialize floating point control register
os::Linux::init_thread_fpu_state();
// handshaking with parent thread
{
MutexLockerEx ml(sync, Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
// notify parent thread
osthread->set_state(INITIALIZED);
sync->notify_all();
// wait until os::start_thread()
while (osthread->get_state() == INITIALIZED) {
sync->wait(Mutex::_no_safepoint_check_flag);
}
}
// call one more level start routine
thread->run();
return 0;
}
create_thread内でjava_startが呼ばれ、java_start内でthread->run()が呼ばれます。
runメソッドがここで呼ばれてJNIでThread.javaのrunメソッドが呼ばれるのでした。
以上、Thread.javaのstart()からrun()がどのように呼ばれるか、でした。
途中、既存のthreadの確認などなど色んな処理がなされてるいますが書ききれないので気になる人はぜひダウンロードして処理を追ってみてください。