Java crash on Sun/Oracle JDK with both survivor spaces occupied or empty

Issue

• Fatal error log shows SIGSEGV in libjvm.so with current thread

# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xffffffff7e33ffe4, pid=23748, tid=4
#
# JRE version: 6.0_20-b02
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (16.3-b01 mixed mode solaris-sparc compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# V  [libjvm.so+0x73ffe4]
#

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

Current thread (0x0000000100171000):  GCTaskThread [stack: 0x0000000000000000,0x0000000000000000] [id=4]</code>

• Fatal error log shows both survivor spaces occupied (low pause collector):

Heap
 par new generation   total 1348224K, used 1348224K [0xfffffffdc5010000, 0xfffffffe25010000, 0xfffffffe25010000)
  eden space 1123584K, 100% used [0xfffffffdc5010000, 0xfffffffe09950000, 0xfffffffe09950000)
  from space 224640K, 100% used [0xfffffffe174b0000, 0xfffffffe25010000, 0xfffffffe25010000)
  to   space 224640K,  85% used [0xfffffffe09950000, 0xfffffffe15430540, 0xfffffffe174b0000)
 concurrent mark-sweep generation total 4718592K, used 1141609K [0xfffffffe25010000, 0xffffffff45010000, 0xffffffff45010000)
 concurrent-mark-sweep perm gen total 786432K, used 373562K [0xffffffff45010000, 0xffffffff75010000, 0xffffffff75010000)</code>

• Fatal error log shows both survivor spaces occupied (throughput collector):

Heap
 PSYoungGen      total 304576K, used 275225K [0x0000002ad7190000, 0x0000002aec6e0000, 0x0000002aec6e0000)
  eden space 264320K, 100% used [0x0000002ad7190000,0x0000002ae73b0000,0x0000002ae73b0000)
  from space 40256K, 27% used [0x0000002ae73b0000,0x0000002ae7e564a8,0x0000002ae9b00000)
  to   space 38848K, 31% used [0x0000002aea0f0000,0x0000002aead0dc10,0x0000002aec6e0000)
 PSOldGen        total 699072K, used 283405K [0x0000002aac6e0000, 0x0000002ad7190000, 0x0000002ad7190000)
  object space 699072K, 40% used [0x0000002aac6e0000,0x0000002abdba3580,0x0000002ad7190000)
 PSPermGen       total 147968K, used 147799K [0x0000002a9c6e0000, 0x0000002aa5760000, 0x0000002aac6e0000)
  object space 147968K, 99% used [0x0000002a9c6e0000,0x0000002aa5735d20,0x0000002aa5760000)

• Fatal error log shows both survivor spaces empty:

Heap
 par new generation   total 42496K, used 42432K [0x0000002a9c6e0000, 0x0000002a9f070000, 0x0000002a9f070000)
  eden space 42432K, 100% used [0x0000002a9c6e0000, 0x0000002a9f050000, 0x0000002a9f050000)
  from space 64K,   0% used [0x0000002a9f060000, 0x0000002a9f060000, 0x0000002a9f070000)
  to   space 64K,   0% used [0x0000002a9f050000, 0x0000002a9f050000, 0x0000002a9f060000)
 concurrent mark-sweep generation total 4151744K, used 413994K [0x0000002a9f070000, 0x0000002b9c6e0000, 0x0000002b9c6e0000)
 concurrent-mark-sweep perm gen total 262144K, used 155105K [0x0000002b9c6e0000, 0x0000002bac6e0000, 0x0000002bac6e0000)