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IV29917: -XGCPOLICY:BALANCED CAUSES ASSERTION FAILURE AND VM ABORT ON POW ER 7+ LINUX PLATFORMS

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message: ** ASSERTION FAILED ** j9prt.504 at
    linux/j9vmem.c:1040 Assert_PRT_true((((BOOLEAN) 0)))
        JVMJ9VM015W Initialization error for library j9gc26(2):
    Failed to instantiate heap
    .
    Stack Trace:
    .
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • Assertion failure and vm exit happens with -Xgcpolicy:balanced
    on Linux Power 7+ platforms with numa support.
    

Problem conclusion

  • This defect will be fixed in:
    6.0.1 SR4
    7.0.0 SR3
    .
        The VM runs as expected without any assertion failure.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV29917

  • Reported component name

    J9 COMMON CODE

  • Reported component ID

    620700127

  • Reported release

    260

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2012-10-10

  • Closed date

    2012-10-10

  • Last modified date

    2012-10-10

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    J9 COMMON CODE

  • Fixed component ID

    620700127

Applicable component levels

  • R260 PSY

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Document Information

Modified date:
21 February 2022