[libvirt-users] [libvirt] JVM crashes during GC

Sachin Soman sachonline.soman at gmail.com
Thu Apr 18 17:40:07 UTC 2019


I have tried the same tests using the "test" driver, and that works
perfectly; no errors seen.

Thanks & Regards
Sachin Soman




On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 11:03 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 10:46:19PM +0530, Sachin Soman wrote:
> > I am attaching the execution results. At the top of each file I have
> > mentioned the environment details.
> >
> > Following is the test program I have used:
> >
> > ==================================================
> >
> > *package* org.libvirt;
> >
> >
> > *import* org.libvirt.jna.Libvirt;
> >
> >
> > *public* *class* LibvirtCrashTest {
> >
> > *void* createAndDestroyDefaultAuthConnection() {
> >
> > ConnectAuth ca = *new* ConnectAuthDefault();
> >
> > *try* {
> >
> > System.*out*.println("Starting new connection with default auth");
> >
> > Connect connect = *new* Connect("esx://x.x.x.x/?no_verify=1", ca, 0);
>
> It could be interesting to try different libvirt drivers.
>
> eg "test:///default"
>
> this could help identify if its a bug in libvirt common code
> vs a bug in only the ESX driver code.
>
> >
> > Thread.*sleep*(1000);
> >
> > System.*out*.println("Explicit connection closure");
> >
> > connect.close();
> >
> > Thread.*sleep*(5000);
> >
> > } *catch* (Exception e) {
> >
> > e.printStackTrace();
> >
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> > *public* *static* *void* main(String[] args) *throws* Exception {
> >
> > LibvirtCrashTest testInstance = *new* LibvirtCrashTest();
> >
> >
> > *for*(*int* counter = 0; counter < 3; counter++) {
> >
> > testInstance.createAndDestroyDefaultAuthConnection();
> >
> > System.*out*.println("gc'ing");
> >
> > System.*gc*();
> >
> > System.*out*.println("gc'd");
> >
> > *int* tCounter = 0;
> >
> > *while*(tCounter++ < 20) {
> >
> > System.*out*.println("waiting.. " + tCounter);
> >
> > Thread.*sleep*(1000);
> >
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > System.*out*.println("Going down...");
> >
> > }
> >
> >
> > }
> > ==================================================
> >
> >
> > Thanks & Regards
> > Sachin Soman
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 9:25 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange at redhat.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 05:51:06PM +0200, Michal Prívozník wrote:
> > > > On 4/17/19 10:24 AM, Sachin Soman wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Could you tell me if the following is some known issue?
> > > > >
> > > > > While performing the following simple test, I see my JVM crashing
> > > > > (consistently):
> > > > > 1. Open a connection to an ESXi driver/host (passing
> ConnectAuthDefault
> > > > > instance).
> > > > > 2. Close the connection.
> > > > > 3. Invoke GC
> > > > >
> > > > > When GC is triggered, at some point, some unallocated native
> memory is
> > > > > being tried to release. That's failing.
> > > > >
> > > > > The error thrown is:
> > > > >
> > > > > java(78745,0x70000241e000) malloc: *** error for object
> 0x7fd5df561390:
> > > > > pointer being freed was not allocated
> > > > >
> > > > > *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Frames from core dump:
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #0: 0x00007fff5b274b66
> libsystem_kernel.dylib`__pthread_kill
> > > + 10
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #1: 0x00007fff5b43f080
> libsystem_pthread.dylib`pthread_kill
> > > + 333
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #2: 0x00007fff5b1d01ae libsystem_c.dylib`abort + 127
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #3: 0x00007fff5b2ce8a6 libsystem_malloc.dylib`free + 521
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #4: 0x00000001127f43a7
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #5: 0x00000001127e3ffd
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #6: 0x00000001127e3ffd
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #7: 0x00000001127e3ffd
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #8: 0x00000001127e3ffd
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #9: 0x00000001127e4042
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #10: 0x00000001127e3ffd
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #11: 0x00000001127e3ffd
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #12: 0x00000001127dc4e7
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #13: 0x000000010c0e235e
> > > > > libjvm.dylib`JavaCalls::call_helper(JavaValue*, methodHandle*,
> > > > > JavaCallArguments*, Thread*) + 1710
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #14: 0x000000010c0e2b02
> > > > > libjvm.dylib`JavaCalls::call_virtual(JavaValue*, KlassHandle,
> Symbol*,
> > > > > Symbol*, JavaCallArguments*, Thread*) + 356
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #15: 0x000000010c0e2cae
> > > > > libjvm.dylib`JavaCalls::call_virtual(JavaValue*, Handle,
> KlassHandle,
> > > > > Symbol*, Symbol*, Thread*) + 74
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #16: 0x000000010c1208ee
> > > libjvm.dylib`thread_entry(JavaThread*,
> > > > > Thread*) + 124
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #17: 0x000000010c33e84d
> > > > > libjvm.dylib`JavaThread::thread_main_inner() + 155
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #18: 0x000000010c33ff12 libjvm.dylib`JavaThread::run() +
> 448
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #19: 0x000000010c26058a libjvm.dylib`java_start(Thread*)
> +
> > > 246
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #20: 0x00007fff5b43c661
> > > libsystem_pthread.dylib`_pthread_body +
> > > > > 340
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #21: 0x00007fff5b43c50d
> > > libsystem_pthread.dylib`_pthread_start +
> > > > > 377
> > > > >
> > > > >     frame #22: 0x00007fff5b43bbf9
> libsystem_pthread.dylib`thread_start
> > > + 13
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have installed Libvirt 5.2.0.
> > > > > Java bindings libvirt-java 0.5.1
> > > > > JNA 4.0.0
> > > > > Tested Java environments: Oracle Java 8 and OpenJDK 8 on MAC,
> OpenJDK
> > > 11 on
> > > > > Ubuntu 16
> > > >
> > > > The backtrace does not suggest it's libvirt related, but I wouldn't
> be
> > > > surprised if our Java bindings mangled memory somewhere. They are
> > > > heavily unmaintained.
> > >
> > > It could just as easily be a memory corruption bug in the ESX libvirt
> > > driver, since that runs directly in the applicatin process as it is a
> > > stateless client side driver.
> > >
> > > We would probably need to have an small demo program that can reproduce
> > > the problem in an isolated fashion, in order to try to debug it, along
> > > with full libvirt debug logs.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Daniel
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> Regards,
> Daniel
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