Java crash in GCTaskThread on OpenJDK8 with G1 collector

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • 7.5 ppc64le
  • OpenJDK
    • 1.8.0_181-b13
  • G1 collector

Issue

  • Fatal error log shows the following:
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00003fff8585dba0, pid=28911, tid=0x00003fff84bdf1b0
#
# JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (8.0_181-b13) (build 1.8.0_181-b13)
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (25.181-b13 mixed mode linux-ppc64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# V  [libjvm.so+0x46dba0]
...
Current thread (0x00003fff80020000):  GCTaskThread [stack: 0x00003fff849e0000,0x00003fff84be0000] [id=28917]
...
Stack: [0x00003fff849e0000,0x00003fff84be0000],  sp=0x00003fff84bdddb0,  free space=2039k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V  [libjvm.so+0x46dba0]
V  [libjvm.so+0x49c5d8]
V  [libjvm.so+0x49c984]
V  [libjvm.so+0x4a09e0]
V  [libjvm.so+0x477a8c]
V  [libjvm.so+0xa5408c]
V  [libjvm.so+0xa53e74]
V  [libjvm.so+0x842710]
C  [libpthread.so.0+0x8af4]  start_thread+0x104

Diagnostic Steps

Reproduce with Java debug symbols installed so essential information needed for troubleshooting and matching known issues is included in the fatal error log.

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