JDK-6760316 : JVM crashes on systems without swapping and no space left in temp dir
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: hs14
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2008-10-16
  • Updated: 2011-01-10
  • Resolved: 2009-01-15
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-6447182 - temp dir locations should not be hardcoded for hsperfdata_ dirctories
Relates :  
JDK-6964232 - JVM should report an error instead of crashing on systems without swapping and no space left in /tmp
Relates :  
JDK-7007769 - VM crashes with SIGBUS writing PerfData if tmp space is full
Description
JVM crashes with SIGBUS on systems without swapping and when no space is left in temp dir (/tmp for example).

Example:
> java -version
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGBUS (0x7) at pc=0x400c97fc, pid=5195, tid=1084716176
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (11.0-b14 mixed mode, sharing linux-xxx)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libc.so.6+0x6c7fc]  memset+0x2c
#
Segmentation fault
Comments
EVALUATION this is actually a duplicate of 7007769 which is fixed.
10-01-2011
SUGGESTED FIX Looks like during the startup of the VM there is no check for out of space. Would be good to check and report a reasonable error rather than crashing.
16-10-2008