JBoss deadlocks on PrintStream and Category

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Our JBoss server becomes unresponsive due to the following deadlock between a log4j Category and java.io.PrintStream:
"http-localhost%2F127.0.01-8080-1":
    at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:201)
    - waiting to lock <0xfffffffe8e89dc78> (a org.apache.log4j.spi.RootLogger)
    at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:388)
    at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:835)
    at org.jboss.logging.util.LoggerStream.write(LoggerStream.java:156)
    at atg.core.io.TeeOutputStream.write(TeeOutputStream.java:159)
    at java.io.PrintStream.write(PrintStream.java:430)
    - locked <0xfffffffe838530b0> (a java.io.PrintStream)
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.writeBytes(StreamEncoder.java:202)
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlushBuffer(StreamEncoder.java:272)
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.flushBuffer(StreamEncoder.java:85)
    - locked <0xfffffffe83853118> (a java.io.OutputStreamWriter)
    at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.flushBuffer(OutputStreamWriter.java:168)
    at java.io.PrintStream.write(PrintStream.java:477)
    - locked <0xfffffffe838530b0> (a java.io.PrintStream)
    at java.io.PrintStream.print(PrintStream.java:619)

"Thread-10":
    at java.io.PrintStream.write(PrintStream.java:428)
    - waiting to lock <0xfffffffe838530b0> (a java.io.PrintStream)
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.writeBytes(StreamEncoder.java:202)
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlushBuffer(StreamEncoder.java:272)
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlush(StreamEncoder.java:276)
    at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.flush(StreamEncoder.java:122)
    - locked <0xfffffffea715aeb8> (a java.io.OutputStreamWriter)
    at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.flush(OutputStreamWriter.java:212)
    at org.apache.log4j.helpers.QuietWriter.flush(QuietWriter.java:57)
    at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.subAppend(WriterAppender.java:315)
    at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:159)
    at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:230)
    - locked <0xfffffffea7158798> (a org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender)
    at org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:65)
    at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:203)
    - locked <0xfffffffe8e89dc78> (a org.apache.log4j.spi.RootLogger)
    at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:388)
    at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:853)

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.3.x
    • 5.x

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content