IBM Support

IV30047: JVM CRASHES WITH EXIT CODES OF 255 OR 3221225477

Subscribe to this APAR

By subscribing, you receive periodic emails alerting you to the status of the APAR, along with a link to the fix after it becomes available. You can track this item individually or track all items by product.

Notify me when this APAR changes.

Notify me when an APAR for this component changes.

 

APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message: JVM crashes with exit codes of 255 or 3221225477
    .
    Stack Trace: j9jit26!TR_EscapeAnalysis::checkDefsAndUses+0x80
    j9jit26!TR_EscapeAnalysis::checkDefsAndUses+0x32b
    j9jit26!TR_EscapeAnalysis::checkDefsAndUses+0x1e5
    j9jit26!TR_EscapeAnalysis::performAnalysisOnce+0x384
    j9jit26!TR_EscapeAnalysis::perform+0x17d
    j9jit26!TR_OptimizerImpl::performOptimization+0x1132
    j9jit26!TR_OptimizerImpl::performOptimization+0x432
    j9jit26!TR_OptimizerImpl::performOptimization+0x432
    j9jit26!TR_OptimizerImpl::optimize+0x1a8
    j9jit26!TR_Compilation::performOptimizations+0xb1
    j9jit26!TR_Compilation::compile+0x6f4
    j9jit26!TR_CompilationInfoPerThreadBase::compile+0x4e9
    j9jit26!TR_CompilationInfoPerThreadBase::wrappedCompile+0xbea
    j9prt26!j9sig_protect+0x1b1
    j9jit26!TR_CompilationInfoPerThreadBase::compile+0x715
    .
    

Local fix

  • One needs to specify -Xjit:disableLocalVP,disableGlobalVP to
    work around the crash.
    

Problem summary

  • JVM crashes with exit codes of 255 or 3221225477. The crash
    occurs in one of the optimizations jit performs. Namely, one
    could try to specify -Xjit:disableLocalVP,disableGlobalVP to
    avoid the crash
    

Problem conclusion

  • This defect will be fixed in:
    7.0.0 SR3
    6.0.1 SR4
    .
    The JVM has been updated to prevent the crash from occurring.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV30047

  • Reported component name

    JIT

  • Reported component ID

    620700124

  • Reported release

    260

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2012-10-12

  • Closed date

    2012-10-12

  • Last modified date

    2012-11-11

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    JIT

  • Fixed component ID

    620700124

Applicable component levels

  • R260 PSY

       UP

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Product":{"code":"SSC9HBA","label":"Just In Time (JIT) Compiler"},"Component":"","ARM Category":[],"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"260","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"","label":""}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
11 November 2012