EAP 6 start up stalls in SecurityUtil.createMethodAndCacheIt

Solution Verified - Updated 6 Aug 2024

Environment

JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (6.2.0) and earlier

Issue

EAP startup and deployment of our applications never completes. We see multiple threads persisting in the following call:

 - java.util.HashMap.put(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object) @bci=102, line=374 (Compiled frame; information may be imprecise)
 - org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.createMethodAndCacheIt(java.lang.reflect.Method[], java.lang.String, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class[]) @bci=124, line=403 (Interpreted frame)
 - org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(java.lang.String, javax.servlet.Servlet, java.lang.Class[], java.lang.Object[], java.security.Principal) @bci=59, line=161 (Interpreted frame)
 - org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil.doAsPrivilege(java.lang.String, javax.servlet.Servlet, java.lang.Class[], java.lang.Object[]) @bci=5, line=120 (Interpreted frame)
 - org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet() @bci=391, line=1196 (Interpreted frame)
 - org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load() @bci=2, line=1102 (Interpreted frame)
 - org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(org.apache.catalina.Container[]) @bci=157, line=3655 (Interpreted frame)
 - org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start() @bci=925, line=3873 (Interpreted frame)
 - org.jboss.as.web.deployment.WebDeploymentService.start(org.jboss.msc.service.StartContext) @bci=165, line=89 (Interpreted frame)
 - org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(org.jboss.msc.service.Service, org.jboss.msc.service.StartContext) @bci=13, line=1811 (Interpreted frame)
 - org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run() @bci=95, line=1746 (Interpreted frame)
 - java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(java.lang.Runnable) @bci=66, line=895 (Compiled frame)
 - java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run() @bci=33, line=918 (Compiled frame)
 - java.lang.Thread.run() @bci=11, line=662 (Interpreted frame)

Resolution

Upgrade to EAP 6.2.1+ when available
Apply the following This content is not included.one-off patch for EAP 6.0.1

Root Cause

Content from issues.jboss.org is not included.JBWEB-282
org.apache.catalina.security.SecurityUtil can allow concurrent access to a HashMap when deploying multiple applications concurrently, triggering high CPU loops in the HashMap.

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Product(s)

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Components

jbossas

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