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Re: [Xen-devel] process killed

To: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] process killed
From: Brian Hays <brian.hays@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:11:09 -0400
Cc: Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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I ran it with strace (see attached file) the last line prints:
 "exit_group(137)                         = ?"

I'm running this on a test machine using the Java SDK 1.4.2_07 (I've
also tried other versions with the same result) and the Xen distro
from the Fedora Core 4 test2 repo.

Brian

On 4/28/05, Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You could try running it with strace (i.e. "strace digichat") and see if
> strace spits out any clues when it dies.
> 
> Whose Java are you using?  What distro is this?
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
> 
> On Thursday 28 April 2005 15:34, Brian Hays wrote:
> > Ian,
> >
> > No errors show up under 'dmesg' and gdb returns "not in executable format".
> >
> > If you like I can provide you access via ssh to this domU for testing.
> > I've seen a few other posts related to java problems ...my debugging
> > skills in this area are probably lacking.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
> >
> > On 4/28/05, Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Yeah, Ive tried it with 64MB all the way up to 512MB of RAM
> > > > allocated to the domU. I definitely think it's related to
> > > > memory though...As soon as I start the DigiChat process you
> > > > can see the memory spike full and it doesn't seem to use swap
> > > > at all....about a second or two after starting it will just
> > > > give the process ID and say "killed".
> > >
> > > Have you tried 'dmesg' to see if the OOM killer logs anything?
> > > Also, try running the thing under gdb.
> > > Ian
> > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Brian
> > > >
> > > > On 4/28/05, Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 08:24:41PM -0400, Brian Hays wrote:
> > > > > > I've come across a strange problem when installing a particular
> > > > > > software package in a domU. I'm trying to install DigiChat
> > > > > > (http://www.digichat.com/downloads.html) and the process is
> > > > > > immediately killed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Killed how?  With what signal?
> > > > >
> > > > > My guess is OOM.  Add more memory to domU and see if that helps.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Is there anything about Java that Xen doesn't play nice
> > > >
> > > > with right
> > > >
> > > > > > now?
> > > > >
> > > > > My guess is that it uses lots of memory.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does the JVM use TLS a lot?  I'm guessing not if it works under UML.
> > > > > Something else to check anyhow.
> > > >
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