IV99215: CRASH DURING JIT COMPILATION IN JAVA 8

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: There will be a crash and the output will include
  the following message:
  Method_being_compiled=
  .
  Stack Trace: The failure can manifest as a crash inside
  libj9jit28.so with various stack traces. The following is a
  known example:
  TR_OrderBlocks::peepHoleBranchAroundSingleGoto
  TR_OrderBlocks::doPeepHoleBlockCorrections
  TR_OrderBlocks::lookForPeepHoleOpportunities
  TR_OrderBlocks::perform
  TR_ExtendBasicBlocks::perform
  OMR::Optimizer::performOptimization
  OMR::Optimizer::optimize
  .
  The problem can only occur in the following versions of Java:
  8.0.4.5, 8.0.4.6, 8.0.4.7, 8.0.4.10, 8.0.4.11
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• When inlining an interface method, which contains an
  invokespecial bytecode and return a non-void value, the JIT may
  crash due to corrupted internal data structures.
  

Problem conclusion

• The JIT has been updated to prevent the crash from occurring by
  properly managing this case.
  .
  This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases:
     8    SR5       (8.0.5.0)
  .
  Contact your IBM Product's Service Team for these Service
  Refreshes and Fix Packs.
  For those running stand-alone, information about the available
  Service Refreshes and Fix Packs can be found at:
             https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• 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

  JIT

• Fixed component ID

  620700124

Applicable component levels

• R130 PSY

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