JDK-6686769 : jvm 1.5.0 crash running on huron due to possible GC problem
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: 5.0u15
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • OS: solaris_10
  • CPU: sparc
  • Submitted: 2008-04-10
  • Updated: 2011-02-16
  • Resolved: 2008-08-29
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-6590196 - JVM crash with SEGV in PSScavengeRootsClosure::do_oop
Description
Customer wanted to run their J2EE application on huron (Niagara 2) HW. Application server used - JBOSS 4.2.2. GA. 

1. attempt - ended up with jvm error log (see attachment hs_err_pid5946-1.log)
JVM has been started with switches -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:ParallelGCThreads=8. We have identified possible reason for the problem (http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6590196 ).

2. attempt - we have switched parallel GC to serial GC using -XX:+UseSerialGC switch. The result was JVM crash without producing any error log only a core dump file (3.8G) which is available but not attached.