Linux Debian 5上的SIGBUS导致JRE（Sun 1.6 21）崩溃

Question

I have problems with JRE on Linux Debian 5. JRE (sun 1.6 21) crash with SIGBUS on Debian 5 (kernel 2.6.26) during TEE-CLC java application execute.

TEE-CLC-10.1.0 is a java client application for Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS).

Here is the java virtul mashine command line:

exec java -Xmx512M -classpath "$CLC_CLASSPATH" "-Dcom.microsoft.tfs.jni.native.base-directory=$BASE_DIRECTORY/native" $RANDOM_DEVICE_PROPERTY com.microsoft.tfs.client.clc.vc.Main "$@"

When I try to execute the command (get files from server): tf get -r -force {branch_name} it start getting files and then minute or two later craches with the following error message:

A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:

SIGBUS (0x7) at pc=0xb77d3422, pid=29386, tid=3076802752

JRE version: 6.0_21-b06 Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (17.0-b16 mixed mode linux-x86 ) Problematic frame: C [+0x422] __kernel_vsyscall+0xe

An error report file with more information is saved as: /...../..../...../hs_err_pid29386.log Segmentation fault.

I have about 900M free memory. I have checked limits: ulimit -a . I have three other Linux Debian 5 computers and they works fine with the same settings. I have checked everything . I don' t know why JRE don't work properly.

Does anybody have any idea how to handle it? What is wrong with JRE or with my Debian 5?

Answer 1

In my experience it is rare to get a faulty program to fail with a SIGBUS : error checking by compilers makes it hard to generate an odd memory address. The few times I've seen them recently was (IIRC) because I was using an incompatible shared library or .o file.

Is the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable set for the executing program? If so, it might be causing the program to use an incorrect shared library.