JVM crash on Sun JDK with "ParallelGCFailedAllocation"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

JVM crashed with log entry

# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xb7937b97, pid=9722, tid=1052769168
# JRE version: 6.0_17-b04
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (14.3-b01 mixed mode linux-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# V [libjvm.so+0x574b97]
--------------- T H R E A D ---------------

Current thread (0x09754000): VMThread [stack: 0xnnnnnnnn,0xnnnnnnnn] [id=nnnn]

siginfo:si_signo=SIGSEGV: si_errno=0, si_code=1 (SEGV_MAPERR), si_addr=0x000000a5
.. .. ..
Stack: [0xnnnnnnnn,0xnnnnnn], sp=0xnnnnnnnn, free space=511k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)

V [libjvm.so+0x574b97]
V [libjvm.so+0x53dfbd]
V [libjvm.so+0x57386c]
V [libjvm.so+0x574765]
.. .. ..
V [libjvm.so+0x65d8d0]
V [libjvm.so+0x531cce]
C [libpthread.so.0+0x545b]

VM_Operation (0xnnnnnnnn): ParallelGCFailedAllocation, mode: safepoint, requested by thread 0xnnnnnnnn

Environment

  • Sun/Oracle JDK or OpenJDK using HotSpot 14
    • Sun JDK 1.6.0u16
    • Sun JDK 1.6.0u17
  • -XX:+UseParallelOldGC enabled

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