StackOverflowError error due to insufficient stack space for the thread on deployment in EAP 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The following error is showed on deploy:
09:16:50,880 ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation]
(Metrics Collection) JBAS014613: Operation ("read-attribute") failed -
address: ([
    ("deployment" => "mydeployment.jar"),
    ("subsystem" => "ejb3"),
    ("entity-bean" => "MyEntityBean")
]) -- due to insufficient stack space for the thread used to execute operations. If this error is occurring during server boot, setting system property jboss.boot.thread.stack.size to a value higher than [2097152] may resolve this problem.: java.lang.StackOverflowError
    at java.lang.System.checkKey(System.java:770) [rt.jar:1.6.0_30]
    at java.lang.System.getProperty(System.java:647) [rt.jar:1.6.0_30]
        (....)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.doCompleteStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:284) [jboss-as-controller-7.1.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.1.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.completeStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:211) [jboss-as-controller-7.1.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.1.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.ejb3.subsystem.deployment.AbstractEJBComponentRuntimeHandler.executeRuntimeStep(AbstractEJBComponentRuntimeHandler.java:85)
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractRuntimeOnlyHandler$1.execute(AbstractRuntimeOnlyHandler.java:90) [jboss-as-controller-7.1.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.1.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.executeStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:397) [jboss-as-controller-7.1.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.1.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.doCompleteStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:284) [jboss-as-controller-7.1.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.1.2.Final-redhat-1]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.completeStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:211) [jboss-as-controller-7.1.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:7.1.2.Final-redhat-1]

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.0.x

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