IV58521: RUNNING JAVA APPLICATIONS WITH THE -XMT OPTION MAY RESULT IN A G PF AFTER CALLING SYSTEM.EXIT()

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: Unhandled exceptionType=Segmentation error
  vmState=0x00000000Windows_ExceptionCode=c0000005
  J9Generic_Signal=00000004 ExceptionAddress=0000000077113004
  ContextFlags=0010001fHandler1=000007FEF7A56D80
  Handler2=000007FEF8DA4FC0RDI=000000000000001F
  RSI=000007FE800EBEB6 RAX=0000000000000020
  RBX=00000000771E264CRCX=0000000000000000 RDX=0000000023B0ED90
  R8=0000000077152E64 R9=0000000023B0D150R10=00000000770D850C
  R11=0000000023B0D088 R12=00000000771E2454
  R13=0000000000031C80R14=00000000770C0000
  R15=0000000023B0D7D0RIP=0000000077113004 RSP=0000000023B0CFB0
  RBP=0000000023B0ED90 GS=002BFS=0053 ES=002B DS=002BXMM0
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM1
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM2
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM3
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM4
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM5
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM6
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM7
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM8
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM9
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM10
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM11
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM12
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM13
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM14
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d: 0.000000e+000)XMM15
  0000000000000000 (f: 0.000000, d:
  0.000000e+000)Module=C:\\windows\\SYSTEM32\\ntdll.dllModule_base
  _address=00000000770C0000
  Offset_in_DLL=0000000000053004Target=2_70_20131129_176802
  (Windows Server 2008 R2 6.1 build 7601 Service Pack 1)CPU=amd64
  (16 logical CPUs) (0x7fff7e000 RAM)----------- Stack Backtrace
  -----------RtlLeaveCriticalSection+0x4 (0x0000000077113004
  <OSB>ntdll+0x53004<CSB>)MD5Final+0x8b5 (0x0000000077152E85
  <OSB>ntdll+0x92e85<CSB>)RtlUnwindEx+0x4f3 (0x00000000770D8AE3
  <OSB>ntdll+0x18ae3<CSB>)RtlDecodePointer+0x13d
  (0x00000000770E9D8D <OSB>ntdll+0x29d8d<CSB>)RtlUnwindEx+0x43c
  (0x00000000770D8A2C <OSB>ntdll+0x18a2c<CSB>)RtlUnwindEx+0x1e
  (0x0000000076B72D3E <OSB>kernel32+0x32d3e<CSB>)longjmp+0xea
  (0x0000000071A68ACA
  <OSB>msvcr100+0x78aca<CSB>)longjmpHelper+0xaa (vmthread.c:2006,
  0x000007FEF7AA4DFA
  <OSB>j9vm27+0x74dfa<CSB>)_ZN22VM_BytecodeInterpreter3runEP10J9VM
  ThreadyPv+0x4ddf (0x000007FEF7AC5BEF
  <OSB>j9vm27+0x95bef<CSB>)(0x0000000001D2DBF8)(0x0000000001D2DBD8
  )fopen_s+0x5b (0x0000000071A1E70B
  <OSB>msvcr100+0x2e70b<CSB>)globalInvokeInterface+0x0
  (0x000007FEF80C75D0
  <OSB>jvm+0x375d0<CSB>)MemoryManagerFunctions+0x0
  (0x000007FEF69EC010
  <OSB>j9gc27+0x34c010<CSB>)releaseExclusiveVMAccess+0x648
  (vmaccess.c:505, 0x000007FEF7A9E4D8 <OSB>j9vm27+0x6e4d8<CSB>)
  .
  Stack Trace: RtlLeaveCriticalSection+0x4 (0x0000000077113004
  <OSB>ntdll+0x53004<CSB>)RtlUnwindEx+0x1e (0x0000000076B72D3E
  <OSB>kernel32+0x32d3e<CSB>)longjmp+0xea (0x0000000071A68ACA
  <OSB>msvcr100+0x78aca<CSB>)longjmpHelper+0xaa (vmthread.c:2006,
  0x000007FEF7AA4DFA <OSB>j9vm27+0x74dfa<CSB>)
  .
  N/A
  

Local fix

• A possible work around is to throw a java/lang/RuntimeException
  in place of System.exit()
  

Problem summary

• Intermittent GPF after calling System.exit() on Windows when
  running with -Xmt.
  

Problem conclusion

• This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
     7 R1 SR1       (7.1.1.0)
  .
  The JVM was updated to eliminate this problem
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• 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

  J9 COMMON CODE

• Fixed component ID

  620700127

Applicable component levels

• R270 PSY

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