JDK-7167969 : small heap on a large system causes a crash
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: runtime
  • Affected Version: 7u4
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Duplicate
  • OS: solaris_11
  • CPU: sparc
  • Submitted: 2012-05-10
  • Updated: 2012-05-11
  • Resolved: 2012-05-11
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-7188263 - G1: Excessive c_heap (malloc) consumption
Description
On a large SPARC system with ~1500 strands, if I set the heap size small (26GB) the system crashes rather than exiting gracefully.  Error log attached.