Java java.lang.OutOfMemoryError "Out of swap space?"

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Issue

  • After running an application for about a week, the following error appears in the JBoss EAP server log:
    Exception java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: requested 32756 bytes for ChunkPool::allocate. Out of swap space?
  • JBoss crashes with the JVM creating a fatal error log with the following header and current thread information:
    #
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: requested 270480 bytes for Chunk::new. Out of swap space?
#
#  Internal Error (allocation.cpp:218), pid=6932, tid=8336
#  Error: Chunk::new
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (11.0-b15 mixed mode windows-x86)
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#

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

Current thread (0x64075800):  JavaThread "CompilerThread1" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=8336, stack(0x643d0000,0x64420000)]

  • The fatal error log suspiciously shows plenty of available physical memory and swap space:

    Memory: 4k page, physical 2097151k(2097151k free), swap 4194303k(4194303k free)

Environment

  • Java

  • 32-bit

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