Oracle JVM crash in pthread_join

Solution Unverified - Updated

Environment

  • Oracle JDK 7, update 71

Issue

  • Fatal error log shows the following:
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x0000003b0f40803b, pid=7075, tid=139639465682688
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_71-b14) (build 1.7.0_71-b14)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (24.71-b01 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libpthread.so.0+0x803b]  pthread_join+0x10b
#
...
Stack: [0x00007fff59a77000,0x00007fff59b77000],  sp=0x00007fff59b71520,  free space=1001k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
C  [libpthread.so.0+0x803b]  pthread_join+0x10b

Resolution

This appears to be an issue with the Oracle JDK. Possible solutions/workarounds include:

  • Upgrade to the latest Oracle JDK.
  • Installing OpenJDK or another JVM.
  • Engage Oracle support to determine if this is a known issue.
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