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IV44172: JAVA JIT - HANG INSIDE A LOOP DUE TO A FAILURE TO YIELD FOR A GC CYCLE

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message: N/A
    .
    Stack Trace: N/A
    .
    N/A
    

Local fix

  • -Xjit:disableRedundantAsyncCheckRemoval would work around the
    functional issue
    

Problem summary

  • Internal testing has uncovered a functional bug (hang) due to
    improper placement of asyncchecks. This leads to a hang when we
    wait for a particular thread to yield and it gets stuck inside a
    loop (while this bug can happen anywhere with the necessary
    bytecode pattern we have only seen it in ForkJoin code) not
    being able to yield because there is no asynccheck.
    

Problem conclusion

  • This defect will be fixed in:
    7.0.0 SR5
    6.0.1 SR6
    6.0.0 SR14
    5.0.0 SR16 FP3
    .
    The JIT has been updated to eliminate the problem with async
    check placement.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV44172

  • Reported component name

    JIT

  • Reported component ID

    620700124

  • Reported release

    260

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2013-06-12

  • Closed date

    2013-06-12

  • Last modified date

    2013-06-14

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

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

    IV44173

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    JIT

  • Fixed component ID

    620700124

Applicable component levels

  • R260 PSY

       UP

  • R600 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 June 2013