jmap exception when using -heap in OpenJDK 8/7

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Issue

  • Whenever I run "jmap -heap " on my java process, I received the below error. Any idea what causes this?
[root@localhost ~]# jmap -heap 2189
Attaching to process ID 2189, please wait...
Debugger attached successfully.
Server compiler detected.
JVM version is 24.65-b04

using thread-local object allocation.
Mark Sweep Compact GC

Heap Configuration:
   MinHeapFreeRatio = 40
   MaxHeapFreeRatio = 70
   MaxHeapSize      = 698351616 (666.0MB)
   NewSize          = 1310720 (1.25MB)
   MaxNewSize       = 17592186044415 MB
   OldSize          = 5439488 (5.1875MB)
   NewRatio         = 2
   SurvivorRatio    = 8
   PermSize         = 21757952 (20.75MB)
   MaxPermSize      = 174063616 (166.0MB)
   G1HeapRegionSize = 0 (0.0MB)

Heap Usage:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at sun.tools.jmap.JMap.runTool(JMap.java:197)
    at sun.tools.jmap.JMap.main(JMap.java:128)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: unknown CollectedHeap type : class sun.jvm.hotspot.gc_interface.CollectedHeap
    at sun.jvm.hotspot.tools.HeapSummary.run(HeapSummary.java:146)
    at sun.jvm.hotspot.tools.Tool.start(Tool.java:221)
    at sun.jvm.hotspot.tools.HeapSummary.main(HeapSummary.java:40)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 6.x
    • 7.x
  • OpenJDK 8
  • OpenJDK 7 (no longer supported by Red Hat)

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