Why jmap doesn't work on core dumps generated by SIGABRT?

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Issue

The jmap tool can extract heap dumps from JVM core dumps, but when generated using SIGABRT signal seems not work. Using gcore command to generate a core dump it is possible to extract a Heap Dump.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - All architectures

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