JDK-6299862 : Apparent intermitent VM Crash during startup.
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: 5.0
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: linux
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2005-07-21
  • Updated: 2011-02-16
  • Resolved: 2005-08-01
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-5099186 - Linux: JVM does not work well with exec-shield
Description
FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0_04"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_04-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_04-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

FULL OS VERSION :
Linux cadorecreation.com 2.6.11-1.35_FC3smp #1 SMP Mon Jun 13 01:17:35 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The following is printed perhaps 2% of the time during VM startup in 2 applications that have always worked in the past and have not changed.  I have now verified the problem occurs in Hello World as well.  We did recently upgrade the kernel from a one that was several months old to the latest:

#
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00000000, pid=28267, tid=3086837440
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_04-b05 mixed mode, sharing)
# Problematic frame:
#
[error occurred during error reporting, step 60, id 0xb]

# An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid28267.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#

THE PROBLEM WAS REPRODUCIBLE WITH -Xint FLAG: Did not try

THE PROBLEM WAS REPRODUCIBLE WITH -server FLAG: Did not try

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Use sample code provided below.

> javac Test.java
>java Test
repeat java Test 30 or 50 times.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
Expected:
Hello World

Actual:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00000000, pid=28267, tid=3086837440
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_04-b05 mixed mode, sharing)
# Problematic frame:
#
[error occurred during error reporting, step 60, id 0xb]

# An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid28267.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00000000, pid=28267, tid=3086837440
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_04-b05 mixed mode, sharing)
# Problematic frame:
# 
[error occurred during error reporting, step 60, id 0xb]


---------------  T H R E A D  ---------------

Current thread (0x0937b668):  JavaThread  [_thread_in_vm, id=28267]

siginfo:si_signo=11, si_errno=0, si_code=1, si_addr=0x00000000

Registers:
EAX=0xbfe00000, EBX=0xbfe00000, ECX=0x00003000, EDX=0x00000007
ESP=0xbfe007ac, EBP=0x00000000, ESI=0x00000032, EDI=0xffffffff
EIP=0x00000000, CR2=0x00000000, EFLAGS=0x00010256

  Top of Stack: (sp=0xbfe007ac)
0xbfe007ac:   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0xbfe007bc:   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0xbfe007cc:   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0xbfe007dc:   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0xbfe007ec:   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0xbfe007fc:   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0xbfe0080c:   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0xbfe0081c:   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

Instructions: (pc=0x00000000)
0xfffffff0:

Stack: [0xbfe00000,0xc0000000),  sp=0xbfe007ac,  free space=1k

---------------  P R O C E S S  ---------------

Java Threads: ( => current thread )

Other Threads:

VM state:not at safepoint (not fully initilizated)

VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None

Heap

[error occurred during error reporting, step 190, id 0xb]

Dynamic libraries:
00111000-00117000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 83468      /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_04/jre/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so
00117000-00118000 rwxp 00006000 08:03 83468      /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_04/jre/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so
00118000-0012a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 327114     /lib/libnsl-2.3.5.so
0012a000-0012b000 r-xp 00011000 08:03 327114     /lib/libnsl-2.3.5.so
0012b000-0012c000 rwxp 00012000 08:03 327114     /lib/libnsl-2.3.5.so
0012c000-0012e000 rwxp 0012c000 00:00 0
002eb000-002f4000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 327088     /lib/libnss_files-2.3.5.so
002f4000-002f5000 r-xp 00008000 08:03 327088     /lib/libnss_files-2.3.5.so
002f5000-002f6000 rwxp 00009000 08:03 327088     /lib/libnss_files-2.3.5.so
0050d000-00522000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 327048     /lib/ld-2.3.5.so
00523000-00524000 r-xp 00015000 08:03 327048     /lib/ld-2.3.5.so
00524000-00525000 rwxp 00016000 08:03 327048     /lib/ld-2.3.5.so
00527000-0064a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 327052     /lib/tls/libc-2.3.5.so
0064a000-0064b000 --xp 00123000 08:03 327052     /lib/tls/libc-2.3.5.so
0064b000-0064d000 r-xp 00123000 08:03 327052     /lib/tls/libc-2.3.5.so
0064d000-0064f000 rwxp 00125000 08:03 327052     /lib/tls/libc-2.3.5.so
0064f000-00651000 rwxp 0064f000 00:00 0
00653000-00655000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 327063     /lib/libdl-2.3.5.so
00655000-00656000 r-xp 00001000 08:03 327063     /lib/libdl-2.3.5.so
00656000-00657000 rwxp 00002000 08:03 327063     /lib/libdl-2.3.5.so
00659000-0067a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 327071     /lib/tls/libm-2.3.5.so
0067a000-0067b000 r-xp 00020000 08:03 327071     /lib/tls/libm-2.3.5.so
0067b000-0067c000 rwxp 00021000 08:03 327071     /lib/tls/libm-2.3.5.so
006d0000-006de000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 327057     /lib/tls/libpthread-2.3.5.so
006de000-006df000 r-xp 0000d000 08:03 327057     /lib/tls/libpthread-2.3.5.so
006df000-006e0000 rwxp 0000e000 08:03 327057     /lib/tls/libpthread-2.3.5.so
006e0000-006e2000 rwxp 006e0000 00:00 0
006e2000-00a0a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 83474      /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_04/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
00a0a000-00a28000 rwxp 00327000 08:03 83474      /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_04/jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
00a28000-00e3d000 rwxp 00a28000 00:00 0
08048000-08056000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 84113      /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_04/bin/java
08056000-08058000 rwxp 0000e000 08:03 84113      /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_04/bin/java
09378000-09399000 rwxp 09378000 00:00 0
b7fce000-b7fd6000 rwxs 00000000 08:03 1389930    /tmp/hsperfdata_root/28267
b7fd6000-b7fd8000 rwxp b7fd6000 00:00 0
b7fdf000-b7fe0000 rwxp b7fdf000 00:00 0
b7fe0000-b7fe1000 r-xp b7fe0000 00:00 0
bfdfd000-bfe00000 rwxp bfdfd000 00:00 0
bfe00000-bfe03000 rwxp bfe00000 00:00 0
bfe03000-c0000000 rw-p bfe03000 00:00 0
ffffe000-fffff000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0

VM Arguments:
java_command: Test

Environment Variables:

Signal Handlers:
SIGSEGV: [libjvm.so+0x2e52f0], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x14000004
SIGBUS: [libjvm.so+0x2e52f0], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x14000004
SIGFPE: [libjvm.so+0x25d640], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x14000004
SIGPIPE: [libjvm.so+0x25d640], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x14000004
SIGILL: [libjvm.so+0x25d640], sa_mask[0]=0x7ffbfeff, sa_flags=0x14000004
SIGUSR1: SIG_DFL, sa_mask[0]=0x00000000, sa_flags=0x00000000
SIGUSR2: [libjvm.so+0x25f980], sa_mask[0]=0x00000000, sa_flags=0x14000004
SIGHUP: SIG_DFL, sa_mask[0]=0x00000000, sa_flags=0x00000000
SIGINT: SIG_DFL, sa_mask[0]=0x00000000, sa_flags=0x00000000
SIGQUIT: SIG_DFL, sa_mask[0]=0x00000000, sa_flags=0x00000000
SIGTERM: SIG_DFL, sa_mask[0]=0x00000000, sa_flags=0x00000000


---------------  S Y S T E M  ---------------

OS:Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg)

uname:Linux 2.6.11-1.35_FC3smp #1 SMP Mon Jun 13 01:17:35 EDT 2005 i686
libc:glibc 2.3.5 NPTL 2.3.5
rlimit: STACK 10240k, CORE 0k, NPROC 16384, NOFILE 1024, AS infinity
load average:0.17 0.04 0.01

CPU:total 2

Memory: 4k page, physical 1033656k(133492k free), swap 2048276k(2048068k free)

vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_04-b05) for linux-x86, built on Jun  3 2005 03:17:33 by java_re with gcc 3.2.1-7a (J2SE release)



REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced occasionally.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class Test {

        public static void main(String[] args) {
                System.err.println("Hello World");
        }

}
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Rerun the application that failed.
###@###.### 2005-07-21 06:48:14 GMT
Comments
EVALUATION Note that the primordial thread is created near the bottom of its stack (sp is close to lower end of stack): Stack: [0xbfe00000,0xc0000000), sp=0xbfe007ac, free space=1k It is a known bug in exec-shield where it could waste too much stack space. A possible workaround is to disable stack randomization. See 5099186. You could also try to set a different ulimit -s value (set it to something smaller than 2048).
01-08-2005