jcmd/jstack/jmap fail with AttachNotSupportedException

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Executing the following command results in the exceptions below:
jcmd <pid> VM.native_memory
  • OpenJDK8:
com.sun.tools.attach.AttachNotSupportedException: Unable to open socket file: target process not responding or HotSpot VM not loaded
        at sun.tools.attach.LinuxVirtualMachine.<init>(LinuxVirtualMachine.java:106)
        at sun.tools.attach.LinuxAttachProvider.attachVirtualMachine(LinuxAttachProvider.java:63)
        at com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine.attach(VirtualMachine.java:208)
        at sun.tools.jcmd.JCmd.executeCommandForPid(JCmd.java:147)
        at sun.tools.jcmd.JCmd.main(JCmd.java:131)
  • OpenJDK11+:
com.sun.tools.attach.AttachNotSupportedException: Unable to open socket file /proc/<pid>/root/tmp/.java_pid<pid>: target process <pid> doesn't respond within 10500ms or HotSpot VM not loaded

Environment

  • OpenJDK
    • 8
    • 11
    • 17

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