Creating huge multidimensional array crashes Hotspot

Name: ipC94532 Date: 11/26/99


Hotspot crashes at huge multidimensional array creation. Classic
VM correctly throws java.lang.OutOfMemoryError.

Bug was reproduced on hardware:
- Sun Ultra-2, 512Mb
- Sun Ultra-1, 256Mb

--------------------------------------------------- a.java ----
public class a {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
int array[][] = new int[50000000][];
  }
}
---------------------------------------------------------------

> uname -a

SunOS novo12 5.7 Generic_Patch sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2

> javac a.java

> java -version

java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-O)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-O, interpreted mode)

> java -classic -version

java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-O)
Classic VM (build 1.3.0-O, green threads, nojit)

> java -classic a

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
at a.main(a.java:3)

> java a

#
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error, Unexpected Signal 11
#
# Error ID: 4F533F534F4C415249530E435050079A 01
#

> hserror 4F533F534F4C415249530E435050079A

os_solaris.cpp, 1946

> java -Xmx256m a
> echo $status

0


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