Name: jl125535 Date: 06/10/2004 FULL PRODUCT VERSION : java version "1.5.0-beta2" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta2-b51) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta2-b51, mixed mode, sharing) ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION : Linux jupiter 2.6.5-1.358 #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM : running "java" makes an excessive number of system calls. For example it calls gettimeofday 871 times, even when I'm only running "java -version". I have not looked at other system calls, but the strace generated 1285 lines. This is actually an improvement over j2sdk1.4.2_04 which called gettimeofday 1431 times! STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM : strace java -version EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR : EXPECTED - at most one call to gettimeofday at start up. ACTUAL - 871 calls to gettimeofday ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR : $ wc -l java_linux_strace.txt 1488 java_linux_strace.txt $ sort -u java_linux_strace.txt | wc -l 1285 $ grep gettimeofday java_linux_strace.txt | wc -l 871 $ [...] gettimeofday({1086337286, 552231}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1086337286, 552496}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1086337286, 552752}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1086337286, 575736}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1086337286, 576172}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1086337286, 576397}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1086337286, 576673}, NULL) = 0 [...] REPRODUCIBILITY : This bug can be reproduced always. (Incident Review ID: 276269) ======================================================================
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