IBM JDK crashes with "OutOfMemoryError: native memory exhausted"
Issue
- After increasing the heap on an IBM JDK above 4 GB the following is seen:
OutOfMemoryError: native memory exhausted
- The following in the
javacore
:
1TISIGINFO Dump Event "systhrow" (00040000) Detail "java/lang/OutOfMemoryError" "native memory exhausted" received
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x
- IBM JDK
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