Re: Java Problems

[Peter <peter.spamcatcher@rimuhosting.com>]

This is on a xenU kernel we compiled (based on your default .config with 
a few extra options enabled).  I could dig out the .config if you need it.

I have not tried this on 2.0.7.  I will if you think it will make a 
difference.

Since I posted my original email (but possibly before you read it) I 
updated the http://downloads.rimuhosting.com/FillTest.java test case.

It is pretty simple now and after a few dozen million iterations appears 
to clearly show the value of an argument changing on the stack.

It seems easier to reproduce the exception when the host server is 
busier (i.e. when I run it on a server that is 'fully' allocated I get 
the exception thrown pretty much each run, on a lightly loaded server 
sometimes I need a dozen or so runs to reproduce the problem.

Regards, Peter
http://rimuhosting.com - Xen VPS Hosting

Ian Pratt wrote:
> Do you use our -xen0 / -xenU kernels or compile your own?
> Can you reproduce this on 2.0.7 or unstable ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ian
> 
> 
>>Hi.  This post follows on from:
>>http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2005-04/msg
>>00185.html
>>
>>And is possibly related to the bug referenced here:
>>http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do;:YfiG?bug_id=4335360
>>
>>In summary: Java processes are doing odd things.
>>
>>1) It appears that number values are mysteriously changing.  
>>e.g. if you 
>>look at the Hashtable error there is no way the 
>>IllegalArgumentException 
>>could be thrown, unless the float value passed into a 
>>function is being 
>>corrupted somehow on the stack.
>>
>>2) I'm seeing JVM crashes (e.g. the ColorModel crash below).  
>>I'm seeing 
>>other crashes inside native code methods in other apps I'm running.
>>
>>I've tried this with/without /lib/tls.  And on a RHEL4 and 
>>Debian Sarge 
>>DomU.
>>
>>I don't see either problem when the same app runs on a non-Xen server.
>>
>>Guesswork: I notice that SSE comes up in related to other reports of 
>>this bug (http://www.tommesani.com/SSE.html, 
>>http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do;:YfiG?bug_id=4948500). 
>>Perhaps there is some kind of register corruption going on?  Or 
>>something that could corrupt float arguments on the stack?  And if 
>>that's the case then this could be something with wider implications 
>>than just Java processes.
>>
>>Does anyone have any ideas what it might be?  If you're interested in 
>>tracking it down, the following test case may help.
>>
>>Regards, Peter
>>http://rimuhosting.com - Xen VPS Hosting
>>
>>
>># prerequisite you'll need to install a 1.5 JDK from sun
>># host is Xen 2.0.6
>># uname -r
>>2.6.11.10-xenU-rimu1
>>#  wget http://downloads.rimuhosting.com/FillTest.java
>>#  javac -target 1.4 -source 1.4 FillTest.java; while true; do java 
>>-client -Djava.awt.headless=true FillTest; ret=$?; if [ $? 
>>-ne 0 ]; then 
>>echo ret=$ret; break; fi; done