[mapserver] Java VM Crashes using the Mapscript API

[Umberto Nicoletti]

Christian,
are you calling the delete_ methods directly in your code or are you
using some special gc paramaters?

As a side note the --use-threads option to configure is *absolutely*
necessary, as are brakes on your car. I think we should write it in
the README (as if someone actually cared to read it :-( ).

Best regards,
Umberto


On 6/21/05, Sean Gillies <sgillies at frii.com> wrote:
> I'm forwarding this to the users list. Hopefully, Umberto will be able
> to provide some insight.
> 
> cheers,
> Sean
> 
> On Jun 16, 2005, at 5:08 PM, Christian Schröder wrote:
> 
> > Dear Mr. Gillies,
> >
> > some weeks ago me and Florian Pepping contacted you because we had
> > problems using the Java Mapscript API. Thanks to you we could solve
> > these problems :-)
> >
> > Now we got our program doing what it's supposed to do but there is
> > still a big problem left which we were not able to solve yet:
> > We created a simple servlet which is created inside a Tomcat 5.0
> > Webserver. This servlet created a map image (png/jpg) and displays
> > some specified objects on the map. (We use it for location based
> > services --> "show me the position of the next printer").
> > After an irregular number of calls of our servlet which uses the Java
> > Mapscript API the complete Java VM and with it the Tomcat crashes. I
> > attached the error report below. The program works properly for a
> > number of calls (between 5 and 1000 :-) ) and after that it crashes.
> > We have tried several versions of the mapserver (4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.2.4,
> > 4.6.1 RC1) and compiled the Java Mapscript Module with JDK 1.4.2 and
> > 1.5.0. We also configured mapserver using the --with-threads option,
> > but all this did not help. By the way the mapserv cgi-module works
> > properly.
> >
> > Do you have an idea for this?
> >
> > Thanks for your anxiety
> >
> > Christian & Florian
> > University of Paderborn, Germany
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > JavaMapscriptLoader: mapscript native library has been loaded.
> >  * mapscript native library loaded *
> >
> > An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the
> > VM.
> > Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0x3338268
> > Function=delete_classObj+0x8
> > Library=/usr/lib/libmapscript.so
> >
> > Current Java thread:
> >         at edu.umn.gis.mapscript.mapscriptJNI.delete_classObj(Native
> > Method)
> >         at edu.umn.gis.mapscript.classObj.delete(classObj.java:32)
> >         at edu.umn.gis.mapscript.classObj.finalize(classObj.java:26)
> >         at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.invokeFinalizeMethod(Native Method)
> >         at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.runFinalizer(Finalizer.java:83)
> >         at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.access$100(Finalizer.java:14)
> >         at
> > java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:160)
> >
> > Dynamic libraries:
> > Can not get information for pid = 10558
> >
> > Heap at VM Abort:
> > Heap
> >  def new generation   total 1152K, used 135K [0x08ae0000, 0x08c20000,
> > 0x08fc0000)
> >   eden space 1024K,   0% used [0x08ae0000, 0x08ae4078, 0x08be0000)
> >   from space 128K, 100% used [0x08c00000, 0x08c20000, 0x08c20000)
> >   to   space 128K,   0% used [0x08be0000, 0x08be0000, 0x08c00000)
> >  tenured generation   total 15048K, used 13624K [0x08fc0000,
> > 0x09e72000,
> > 0x0cae0000)
> >    the space 15048K,  90% used [0x08fc0000, 0x09d0e1c0, 0x09d0e200,
> > 0x09e72000)
> >  compacting perm gen  total 18432K, used 18373K [0x0cae0000,
> > 0x0dce0000,
> > 0x10ae0000)
> >    the space 18432K,  99% used [0x0cae0000, 0x0dcd1618, 0x0dcd1800,
> > 0x0dce0000)
> >
> > Local Time = Tue Jun 14 15:32:19 2005
> > Elapsed Time = 246
> > #
> > # The exception above was detected in native code outside the VM
> > #
> > # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.2_08-b03 mixed mode)
> > #
> > # An error report file has been saved as /tmp/hs_err_pid10558.log.
> > # Please refer to the file for further information.
> > #
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > On Mar 22, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Florian Pepping wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Mr. Gillies,
> >>
> >> I'm a student of the University of Paderborn in Germany and member of
> >>  the project group "Location Based Services for Wireless Devices". In
> >>  this project we try to position laptops and other WLAN-enabled
> >> devices  using the signal strength of the WLAN. According to their
> >> position, we  want to offer location based services to the persons
> >> using the devices  (where I am; where's the next printer; is there a
> >> friend nearby)
> >>
> >> In order to do this, we want to use your mapserver and the Java
> >> Mapscript API to generate maps according to the actual position and
> >> situation. We like to customize the map of our building and add
> >> points, lines and so on.
> >>
> >> We have been able to compile the whole mapserver and the Java
> >> Mapscript API. A small Java example also works, which presents an
> >> unchanged map of our building.
> >>
> > > [...]
> >
>