JVM Crash on HP-UX 11.31 JRE 1.5.0-19 pointing to libmallocng.so

[jsetya]

Hi,

We experience occasional crashes on HP-UX 11.31. The jre is 1.5.0-19. Below is partial content of hs_err_pid*.log for quick analysis:

#
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
#  SIGSEGV (11) at pc=c000000003e862c0, pid=16802, tid=143552
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.5.0.19 jinteg:12.18.09-01:17 IA64W mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libmallocng.so+0x44694230]  free+0x446910c8
#

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

Current thread is native thread

siginfo:si_signo=11, si_errno=0, si_code=1, si_addr=a0000017b64601f0

Top of Stack: (sp=9fffffffb5300c40)
9fffffffb5300c40:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300c50:   9fffffffb5301000 9fffffffb5200000
9fffffffb5300c60:   9fffffffb53009c0 9fffffffb5200448
9fffffffb5300c70:   c0000000001c5a90 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300c80:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300c90:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300ca0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300cb0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300cc0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300cd0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300ce0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300cf0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300d00:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300d10:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300d20:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300d30:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300d40:   c00000000014d560 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300d50:   9fffffffb5301000 0000000000080000
9fffffffb5300d60:   9fffffffb5200000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300d70:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300d80:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300d90:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300da0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300db0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300dc0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300dd0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300de0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300df0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e00:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e10:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e20:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e30:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e40:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e50:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e60:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e70:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e80:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300e90:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300ea0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300eb0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300ec0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300ed0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300ee0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300ef0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f00:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f10:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f20:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f30:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f40:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f50:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f60:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f70:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f80:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300f90:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300fa0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300fb0:   0010000400000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300fc0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300fd0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300fe0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5300ff0:   0000000000000000 0000000000000000
9fffffffb5301000:
[error occurred during error reporting, step 100, id 0xb]

Stack: [0000000000000000,0000000000000000),  sp=9fffffffb5300c40,  free space=-1225725k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
C  [libmallocng.so+0x44694230]  free+0x446910c8
...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks & Regards,

Setya

[Dennis Handly]

Do you have the latest java patches?

Have you contacted the Response Center yet?

Have you tried removing libmallocng to see if the corruption is related to it?

[jsetya]

Hi,

What's the effect if we remove libmallocng?

[Dennis Handly]

>What's the effect if we remove libmallocng?

Ideally it may be a workaround.  It's an optional and faster malloc package.