Fwd: large jar file failed

[David Holmes]

FYI my initial response to the openjdk lists have been held for
moderator approval due to my use of bcc :(

On 10/10/2011 4:17 PM, wynne.wang wrote:
> Thanks for your kind reply of the issue.
> 
> Yes, it seems more like a launcher issue. And if we use 32bit jvm with
> -d64 option (it will auto launch the 64bit jvm)
> it appears an Open() error of EOVERFLOW. And if we use 64bit jvm
> directly , it appears to be an Lseek() error of EINVAL.
> 
> I doubt if there is any workaround such as a jvm option.

If the issue is with the launcher then I think the only option would be
to try and use a custom launcher that uses 64-bit file operations.

David

> Thanks
> 
> Wynne Wang
> 
> 
> ÓÚ 2011/10/10 11:22, David Holmes дµÀ:
>> I've bcc'ed the hotspot lists and redirected this to serviceability as
>> this is a launcher issue not a JVM issue.
>>
>> On 9/10/2011 8:30 PM, wynne.wang wrote:
>>> Hi Experts
>>>
>>> I need help to solve a JDK issue.
>>>
>>> It is easy to repeat, one created a jar file>   2GB , and it failed to run.
>>>
>>> By the deeper investigation, I found the error was thrown from the
>>> SelectVersion() method in JVM .
>> What was the error? I suspect it may have been EOVERFLOW as the jar file
>> was not opened with O_LARGEFILE set.
>>
>> David Holmes
>> ------------
>>
>>> Inside the openjdk source code(/share/bin/java.c), I found some
>>> interesting notes as:
>>>
>>> * A NOTE TO DEVELOPERS: For performance reasons it is important that
>>> * the program image remain relatively small until after SelectVersion
>>> * CreateExecutionEnvironment have finished their possibly recursive
>>> * processing. Watch everything, but resist all temptations to use Java
>>> * interfaces.
>>>
>>> OK, the fact is , now there is a jar file>2GB , and if it could pass
>>> the SelectVersion() check in JVM?
>>> Or any advice ?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Wynne
>>>
>>>
>>>
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