From Swamy:

Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:59:42 -0500
> From: swamy venkataramanappa <###@###.###>
> Subject: Error msg printing in infinite loop?
> 
> Have you seen this error running in a infinite loop. It is
> annoying. ctrl-c does not work. But "kill" command works.
> 
> after -XX: or in .hotspotrc:  SuppressErrorAt=/os_solaris.cpp:1377
> # To suppress the following error report, specify this argument
> # after -XX: or in .hotspotrc:  SuppressErrorAt=/os_solaris.cpp:1377
> # To suppress the following error report, specify this argument
> # after -XX: or in .hotspotrc:  SuppressErrorAt=/os_solaris.cpp:1377

os_solaris.cpp:1377 is in os::thread_local_storage_at():

   void* os::thread_local_storage_at(int index) {
     // %%% this is used only in threadLocalStorage.cpp
     void* r = NULL;
     if (thr_getspecific((thread_key_t)index, &r))
==>    fatal1("os::thread_local_storage_at: thr_getspecific failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
     return r;
   }

The infinite loop can happen if a fatal error happened very early during 
VM initialization, when ThreadLocalStorage is not yet initialized.


###@###.### 2003-08-15

Do you need information attached so you can reproduce this?