APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
Error Message: core dump . Stack Trace: Stack trace is below:Segmentation fault in sysWideCharToMBCS at 0x1000090a8 ($t1)0x1000090a8 (sysWideCharToMBCS+0x228) 98640000 stb r3,0x0(r4)(dbx) tsysWideCharToMBCS(0x110021572) at 0x1000090a8sysSeqUnicodeToMBCS(0x110021550) at 0x100009f58propertyParser.parsePropertyFile(0x11001b870) at 0x10000e6c8getFileForCacheType(0x10001a658, 0x110036e50) at 0x10000ecb8getSplashFile(0x110036e50) at 0x100011080getAppSplashFiles(0x110023670, 0xfffffffffff09a8) at 0x100018a98main(0x200000002, 0xffffffffffff0f0) at 0x100004d80(dbx) .
Local fix
Use "-Xnosplash" or do "javaws -clearcache" before launching
Problem summary
1) Clear the cache by deleting .java folder "rm -rf .java"2) Launch webstart application and stop3) Launch webstart application4) dumps core
Problem conclusion
Issue is fix in java8sr1. Root cause of the issue is malloc(0) returns NULL on AIX but return aribitary pointer on non AIX. So there was an assumption made and null character is placed by deferencing returned pointer which results in dumping core. Assumption is corrected now. . This APAR will be fixed in the following Java Releases: 7 SR9 (7.0.9.0) 7 R1 SR3 (7.1.3.0) 8 SR1 (8.0.1.0) . Contact your IBM Product's Service Team for these Service Refreshes and Fix Packs. For those running stand-alone, information about the Service Refreshes and Fix Packs can be found at: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IV70441
Reported component name
JAVA CLASS LIBS
Reported component ID
620700130
Reported release
800
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2015-03-03
Closed date
2015-03-03
Last modified date
2015-07-16
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
JAVA CLASS LIBS
Fixed component ID
620700130
Applicable component levels
R800 PSY
UP
R700 PSY
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
21 February 2022