Why do I see 'Cannot allocate memory' errors when running Java?
Issue
- Why do I see
Cannot allocate memoryerrors when runningjava?
$ java -version
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: INFO: os::commit_memory(0x00007f487d000000, 4194304, 2097152, 1) failed; error='Cannot allocate memory' (errno=12)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: INFO: os::commit_memory(0x00000000b9c00000, 20971520, 2097152, 0) failed; error='Cannot allocate memory' (errno=12)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: INFO: os::commit_memory(0x00000000cdc00000, 41943040, 2097152, 0) failed; error='Cannot allocate memory' (errno=12)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: INFO: os::commit_memory(0x00000000f5a00000, 23068672, 2097152, 0) failed; error='Cannot allocate memory' (errno=12)
java version "1.7.0_51"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.4.4.1.el6_5-x86_64 u51-b02)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
java-1.7.0-openjdkversion 1.7.0.45-2.4.3.2.el6_4 or later.- Static (classical) huge pages enabled.
- Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
- 6.x
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