Java crash on startup in BufferBlob::flush_icache_stub

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Environment

  • OpenJDK 8
    • 1.8.0_272-b10
  • Oracle JDK 8
    • 1.8.0_241-b07)

Issue

  • The JVM crashes running java -version:
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007ffae9000060, pid=9052, tid=0x00007ffaffce2700
#
# JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (8.0_272-b10) (build 1.8.0_272-b10)
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (25.272-b10 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# v  ~BufferBlob::flush_icache_stub
#
# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux%207&component=java-1.8.0-openjdk
#

---------------  T H R E A D  ---------------

Current thread (0x00007ffaf804b000):  JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_vm, id=9053, stack(0x00007ffaffbe3000,0x00007ffaffce3000)]

siginfo: si_signo: 11 (SIGSEGV), si_code: 2 (SEGV_ACCERR), si_addr: 0x00007ffae9000060
...

Stack: [0x00007ffaffbe3000,0x00007ffaffce3000],  sp=0x00007ffaffce0fc8,  free space=1015k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
v  ~BufferBlob::flush_icache_stub
V  [libjvm.so+0x9fcd47]  SharedRuntime::generate_i2c2i_adapters(MacroAssembler*, int, int, BasicType const*, VMRegPair const*, AdapterFingerPrint*)+0xd97
V  [libjvm.so+0x9f3200]  AdapterHandlerLibrary::get_adapter(methodHandle)+0x460
V  [libjvm.so+0x8c9c62]  Method::make_adapters(methodHandle, Thread*)+0x72
V  [libjvm.so+0x8c9fb1]  Method::link_method(methodHandle, Thread*) [clone .part.192]+0x131
V  [libjvm.so+0x652886]  InstanceKlass::link_methods(Thread*)+0xb6
V  [libjvm.so+0x652f3e]  InstanceKlass::link_class_impl(instanceKlassHandle, bool, Thread*)+0x3de
V  [libjvm.so+0x65546f]  InstanceKlass::initialize_impl(instanceKlassHandle, Thread*)+0x37f
V  [libjvm.so+0x6558b9]  InstanceKlass::initialize(Thread*)+0x49
V  [libjvm.so+0xb07a54]  Threads::create_vm(JavaVMInitArgs*, bool*)+0xca4
V  [libjvm.so+0x71540d]  JNI_CreateJavaVM+0x5d
C  [libjli.so+0x3093]  JavaMain+0xa3
C  [libpthread.so.0+0x7ea5]  start_thread+0xc5

Dynamic libraries:
...

7ffafde1f000-7ffafebb0000 r-xp 00000000 103:03 51649                     /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.272.b10-1.el7_9.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so
...

OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo)

vm_info: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (25.272-b10) for linux-amd64 JRE (1.8.0_272-b10), built on Oct 19 2020 21:30:02 by "mockbuild" with gcc 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44)

elapsed time: 0.051034 seconds (0d 0h 0m 0s)
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