For 1.4.2_12, and 1.4.2_13, server VM the following failure was reported:

1. error log
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Please find several hs_err_pid.log files attached:

% #
# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual Machine:
#
# EXCEPTION_STACK_OVERFLOW (0xc00000fd) at pc=0x00000000080e2896, pid=6660, tid=1976
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.4.2_12-b03 mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# V [jvm.dll+0xe2896]
#

--------------- T H R E A D ---------------

Current thread (0x0000000001276b70): JavaThread "CompilerThread1" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=1976]

[ ... ]

Stack: [0x00000000064c0000,0x0000000006500000), sp=0x00000000064c1000, free space=4k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)
V [jvm.dll+0xe2896]


Current CompileTask:
opto:867 ! com.sap.engine.core.cluster.impl6.ms.MSRawConnection.sendMessage(Lcom/sap/engine/core/cluster/impl6/ms/MSMessageObjectImpl;Lcom/sap/engine/core/cl
uster/impl6/ms/MSRegistrable;[BIIZ)Lcom/sap/engine/frame/cluster/message/MessageAnswer; (1477 bytes)
[ ... ]


2. failing function
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[jvm.dll+0xe2896] translates back into jvm!PhaseCFG::set_pinned+0x76.


3. stacksize was only 256kB
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 Hs_err_pid_log files show, that stack size was only 256kB.

Stack: [0x0000000006600000,0x0000000006640000), sp=0x0000000006601000, free space=4k