From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268907AbUJPV7o (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:59:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268916AbUJPV7o (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:59:44 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:64679 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268907AbUJPV7n (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:59:43 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:59:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Pekka Enberg cc: roland@redhat.com, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] JVM crashes with 2.6.9-rc2 In-Reply-To: <1097928466.13431.8.camel@localhost> Message-ID: References: <1097928466.13431.8.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, Pekka Enberg wrote: > > Sun JVM 1.4.2_06 crashes with Linux 2.6.9-rc2 and later on i386 when I > start Eclipse. The JVM dies a horrible death claiming internal error. Hmm.. The strace is pretty nondescript, because the abort happens in some other thread than the initial one. That said: > I noticed similar problem with Blackdown JDK 1.4.2_rc1 as well. I have > put a full strace of the run here [1]. > > I also tested 2.6.7, 2.6.8.1, and 2.6.9-rc1 and they all work fine. > Reverting Roland's i386 syscall tracing patch [2] from 2.6.9-rc2 makes > the problem go away for me. That's just _weird_. For one, Roland's patch should only matter when tracing or auditing. For another, it shouldn't matter then either ;) Can you double-check your test setup (and the kernel you tested) just because I don't see how that patch can matter. Linus