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

Sachin Soman sachonline.soman at gmail.com
Sat Apr 20 08:30:31 UTC 2019


Did you get a chance to debug the issue?

Thanks & Regards,
Sachin Soman


On Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 11:10 PM Sachin Soman <sachonline.soman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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