JVM crash on 64-bit Linux due to native memory allocation failure

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

The following in the fatal error log:

# There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue.
# Native memory allocation (malloc) failed to allocate 12345 bytes for char in /path/to/jdk7u21/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/sparsePRT.cpp

# There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue.
# Native memory allocation (malloc) failed to allocate 56789 bytes for char in /path/to/jdk7u21/hotspot/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/sparsePRT.cpp

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# There is insufficient memory for the Java Runtime Environment to continue.
# Native memory allocation (malloc) failed to allocate 1234567 bytes for Chunk::new

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Oracle JDK (64-bit)

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