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java Finalizer thread blocked

Java's large number of threads are in a blocked state, waiting for a lock, but there is no thread to have this lock
blocked thread
[root#xxx xxx]# grep BLOCKED 11.txt -C5
at java.lang.ref.Reference.waitForReferencePendingList(java.base#12.0.2/Native Method)
at java.lang.ref.Reference.processPendingReferences(java.base#12.0.2/Reference.java:241)
at java.lang.ref.Reference$ReferenceHandler.run(java.base#12.0.2/Reference.java:213)
"Finalizer" #3 daemon prio=8 os_prio=0 cpu=273.67ms elapsed=1139.36s tid=0x00007fabf2c6a000 nid=0x11 waiting for monitor entry [0x00007fabb19fd000]
java.lang.Thread.State: BLOCKED (on object monitor)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.runFinalizer(java.base#12.0.2/Finalizer.java:70)
- waiting to lock <0x000000048046f6f0> (a java.lang.Object)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(java.base#12.0.2/Finalizer.java:171)
"Signal Dispatcher" #4 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 cpu=1.42ms elapsed=1139.36s tid=0x00007fabf2c6b000 nid=0x12 runnable [0x0000000000000000]
--
at java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue.take(java.base#12.0.2/LinkedBlockingQueue.java:433)
at com.alipay.remoting.ReconnectManager$HealConnectionRunner.run(ReconnectManager.java:144)
at java.lang.Thread.run(java.base#12.0.2/Thread.java:835)
"Init-TX-Disruptor-0" #26 prio=5 os_prio=0 cpu=4732.71ms elapsed=1122.35s tid=0x00007fabb40c5800 nid=0x5d waiting for monitor entry [0x00007fab939ec000]
java.lang.Thread.State: BLOCKED (on object monitor)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.<init>(java.base#12.0.2/Finalizer.java:51)
- waiting to lock <0x000000048046f6f0> (a java.lang.Object)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.register(java.base#12.0.2/Finalizer.java:66)
at java.lang.Object.<init>(java.base#12.0.2/Object.java:50)
at org.rocksdb.AbstractNativeReference.<init>(AbstractNativeReference.java:25)
--
at xx.xxxx.xxx.xx.xxxx.xx.xx.onEvent(InitTxWorkHandler.java:24)
at com.lmax.disruptor.WorkProcessor.run(WorkProcessor.java:143)
at java.lang.Thread.run(java.base#12.0.2/Thread.java:835)
"Init-TX-Disruptor-1" #27 prio=5 os_prio=0 cpu=4698.53ms elapsed=1122.35s tid=0x00007faba7b1a000 nid=0x5e waiting for monitor entry [0x00007fab9236b000]
java.lang.Thread.State: BLOCKED (on object monitor)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.<init>(java.base#12.0.2/Finalizer.java:51)
- waiting to lock <0x000000048046f6f0> (a java.lang.Object)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.register(java.base#12.0.2/Finalizer.java:66)
at java.lang.Object.<init>(java.base#12.0.2/Object.java:50)
at org.rocksdb.AbstractNativeReference.<init>(AbstractNativeReference.java:25)
grep 0x000000048046f6f0 not found owns the monitor on 0x000000048046f6f0
grep 0x000000048046f6f0
The thread has been blocked for a long time, I want to know why

why does trying to attach to myself crash my vm?

running the following code works fine on macos (sun jdk 1.8.0_51), but crashes every time with a thread dump on centOS (sun jdk 1.8.0 101) when it comes to attaching to itself, while succeeding to attach any other visible VM:
import com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine;
import com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachineDescriptor;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
for(VirtualMachineDescriptor vmd : VirtualMachine.list()) {
VirtualMachine vm = VirtualMachine.attach(vmd);
}
}
}
the thread dump:
"Service Thread" #8 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb780bf000 nid=0x28a0 runnable [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"C1 CompilerThread2" #7 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb780bc000 nid=0x289f runnable [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"C2 CompilerThread1" #6 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb780ba000 nid=0x289e runnable [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"C2 CompilerThread0" #5 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb780b7000 nid=0x289d runnable [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"Signal Dispatcher" #4 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb780b6000 nid=0x289c waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"Finalizer" #3 daemon prio=8 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb78082800 nid=0x289b in Object.wait() [0x00007fbb62eed000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x00000000d6608ee0> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:143)
- locked <0x00000000d6608ee0> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:164)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:209)
"Reference Handler" #2 daemon prio=10 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb7807e000 nid=0x289a in Object.wait() [0x00007fbb62fee000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x00000000d6606b50> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:502)
at java.lang.ref.Reference.tryHandlePending(Reference.java:191)
- locked <0x00000000d6606b50> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
at java.lang.ref.Reference$ReferenceHandler.run(Reference.java:153)
"main" #1 prio=5 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb78008000 nid=0x2894 waiting on condition [0x00007fbb7f307000]
java.lang.Thread.State: TIMED_WAITING (sleeping)
at java.lang.Thread.sleep(Native Method)
at sun.tools.attach.LinuxVirtualMachine.<init>(LinuxVirtualMachine.java:100)
at sun.tools.attach.LinuxAttachProvider.attachVirtualMachine(LinuxAttachProvider.java:78)
at com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine.attach(VirtualMachine.java:250)
at Test.main(Test.java:10)
"VM Thread" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb78076800 nid=0x2899 runnable
"GC task thread#0 (ParallelGC)" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb7801d800 nid=0x2895 runnable
"GC task thread#1 (ParallelGC)" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb7801f800 nid=0x2896 runnable
"GC task thread#2 (ParallelGC)" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb78021000 nid=0x2897 runnable
"GC task thread#3 (ParallelGC)" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb78023000 nid=0x2898 runnable
"VM Periodic Task Thread" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007fbb780c2000 nid=0x28a1 waiting on condition
JNI global references: 19
Heap
PSYoungGen total 37888K, used 9835K [0x00000000d6600000, 0x00000000d9000000, 0x0000000100000000)
eden space 32768K, 30% used [0x00000000d6600000,0x00000000d6f9ad98,0x00000000d8600000)
from space 5120K, 0% used [0x00000000d8b00000,0x00000000d8b00000,0x00000000d9000000)
to space 5120K, 0% used [0x00000000d8600000,0x00000000d8600000,0x00000000d8b00000)
ParOldGen total 86016K, used 0K [0x0000000083200000, 0x0000000088600000, 0x00000000d6600000)
object space 86016K, 0% used [0x0000000083200000,0x0000000083200000,0x0000000088600000)
Metaspace used 3451K, capacity 4728K, committed 4864K, reserved 1056768K
class space used 382K, capacity 424K, committed 512K, reserved 1048576K
Exception in thread "main" com.sun.tools.attach.AttachNotSupportedException: Unable to open socket file: target process not responding or HotSpot VM not loaded
at sun.tools.attach.LinuxVirtualMachine.<init>(LinuxVirtualMachine.java:106)
at sun.tools.attach.LinuxAttachProvider.attachVirtualMachine(LinuxAttachProvider.java:78)
at com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine.attach(VirtualMachine.java:250)
at Test.main(Test.java:10)
can anyone explain?

how to interprete this thread dump from a hung Java Swing application?

I have the following thread dump from a hung java swing application. It hung after a button is clicked and the GUI changed to blank. Other threads in socket communication and task management are still working (from the log file I can tell). I have removed some non-relevant output.
The #13 AW-EventQueue-0 should send out a command through the socket but it seems failed there. The #20 and #21 are AW-EventQueue-0-SharedResourceRunner which is not the same as the #13? It seems there is no deadlock but the GUI is not responsive and became blank.
do you see any useful information about the cause of the hanging?
Full thread dump Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.20-b23 mixed mode):
"DestroyJavaVM" #32 prio=5 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c009800 nid=0xa41 waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"TimerQueue" #22 daemon prio=5 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f28002a8800 nid=0xa65 waiting on condition [0x00007f284c56f000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (parking)
at sun.misc.Unsafe.park(Native Method)
- parking to wait for <0x0000000088a8f5c0> (a java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer$ConditionObject)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport.park(LockSupport.java:175)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer$ConditionObject.await(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:2039)
at java.util.concurrent.DelayQueue.take(DelayQueue.java:211)
at javax.swing.TimerQueue.run(TimerQueue.java:171)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
"AWT-EventQueue-0-SharedResourceRunner" #21 daemon prio=6 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f280021d000 nid=0xa64 in Object.wait() [0x00007f284d434000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x0000000088aec748> (a jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:502)
at jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner.run(SharedResourceRunner.java:276)
- locked <0x0000000088aec748> (a jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
"AWT-EventQueue-0-SharedResourceRunner" #20 daemon prio=6 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f28001f3000 nid=0xa63 in Object.wait() [0x00007f284f7f5000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x0000000088aed588> (a jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:502)
at jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner.run(SharedResourceRunner.java:276)
- locked <0x0000000088aed588> (a jogamp.opengl.SharedResourceRunner)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
"AWT-EventQueue-0" #13 prio=6 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c444800 nid=0xa59 in Object.wait() [0x00007f2858913000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x00000000dc467018> (a java.lang.Object)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:502)
at com.mycp.common.task.BMBTaskBase.startTask(BMBTaskBase.java:551)
- locked <0x00000000dc467018> (a java.lang.Object)
at com.mycp.uiapp.workmgmt.WorkMgmtMgr.sendBegCmd(WorkMgmtMgr.java:334)
at com.mycp.uiapp.workmgmt.WorkMgmtPanelBase.prepareAndSendBegWork(WorkMgmtPanelBase.java:559)
at com.mycp.uiapp.workmmgmt.WorkMgmtPanel.prepareAndSendBegWork(WorkMgmtPanel.java:1479)
at com.mycp.uiapp.workmgmt.WorkMgmtPanelBase.btnPrepareClicked(WorkMgmtPanelBase.java:363)
at com.mycp.uiapp.workmgmt.WorkMgmtPanel.btnPrepareClicked(WorkMgmtPanel.java:1412)
at com.mycp.uiapp.workmgmt.WorkMgmtPanel.actionPerformed(WorkMgmtPanel.java:1336)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2346)
"AWT-Shutdown" #14 prio=5 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c443000 nid=0xa58 in Object.wait() [0x00007f2858a17000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x0000000088ae8c28> (a java.lang.Object)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:502)
at sun.awt.AWTAutoShutdown.run(AWTAutoShutdown.java:295)
- locked <0x0000000088ae8c28> (a java.lang.Object)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
"AWT-XAWT" #12 daemon prio=6 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c384000 nid=0xa51 runnable [0x00007f285914f000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.waitForEvents(Native Method)
at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.run(XToolkit.java:559)
at sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.run(XToolkit.java:523)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
"Java2D Disposer" #10 daemon prio=10 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c35e000 nid=0xa50 in Object.wait() [0x00007f2859250000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x0000000087ab7ec0> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:142)
- locked <0x0000000087ab7ec0> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:158)
at sun.java2d.Disposer.run(Disposer.java:148)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
"Thread-0" #9 prio=5 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c234800 nid=0xa4f waiting on condition [0x00007f2859af5000]
java.lang.Thread.State: TIMED_WAITING (sleeping)
at java.lang.Thread.sleep(Native Method)
at com.mycp.logging.BMBLogging$Task.run(BMBLogging.java:1072)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
"Service Thread" #8 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c0cf800 nid=0xa4d runnable [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"C1 CompilerThread2" #7 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c0b2000 nid=0xa4c waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"C2 CompilerThread1" #6 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c0b0000 nid=0xa4b waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"C2 CompilerThread0" #5 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c0ad800 nid=0xa4a waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"Signal Dispatcher" #4 daemon prio=9 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c0ab000 nid=0xa49 waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"Finalizer" #3 daemon prio=8 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c07c000 nid=0xa48 in Object.wait() [0x00007f285a2dd000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x0000000087a7e6c8> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:142)
- locked <0x0000000087a7e6c8> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:158)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:209)
"Reference Handler" #2 daemon prio=10 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c07a000 nid=0xa47 in Object.wait() [0x00007f285a3de000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x0000000087a7e708> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:502)
at java.lang.ref.Reference$ReferenceHandler.run(Reference.java:157)
- locked <0x0000000087a7e708> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
"VM Thread" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c072800 nid=0xa46 runnable
"GC task thread#0 (ParallelGC)" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c01e800 nid=0xa42 runnable
"GC task thread#1 (ParallelGC)" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c020800 nid=0xa43 runnable
"GC task thread#2 (ParallelGC)" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c022000 nid=0xa44 runnable
"GC task thread#3 (ParallelGC)" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c024000 nid=0xa45 runnable
"VM Periodic Task Thread" os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f286c0d2000 nid=0xa4e waiting on condition
JNI global references: 485
Heap
PSYoungGen total 118272K, used 98176K [0x00000000d6e00000, 0x00000000de700000, 0x0000000100000000)
eden space 113152K, 82% used [0x00000000d6e00000,0x00000000dc8e00c8,0x00000000ddc80000)
from space 5120K, 100% used [0x00000000de180000,0x00000000de680000,0x00000000de680000)
to space 5120K, 0% used [0x00000000ddc80000,0x00000000ddc80000,0x00000000de180000)
ParOldGen total 159744K, used 76671K [0x0000000084a00000, 0x000000008e600000, 0x00000000d6e00000)
object space 159744K, 47% used [0x0000000084a00000,0x00000000894dfc50,0x000000008e600000)
Metaspace used 30027K, capacity 30212K, committed 30464K, reserved 1077248K
class space used 3528K, capacity 3582K, committed 3584K, reserved 1048576K

The thread dump shows stack traces from about 22 different threads. Many of them look like application threads (as opposed to JVM internal threads). Most of the application threads are waiting for something. Which of those threads should not be waiting?
I'd start by looking at thread 13: Looks like the Swing EDT, and it's waiting inside a call to a button's actionPerformed(...) handler. That can't be good.

I think I am late in the game. Anyways, from your logs we could see that a thread is in Parking Waiting state.
"TimerQueue" #22 daemon prio=5 os_prio=0 tid=0x00007f28002a8800 nid=0xa65 waiting on condition [0x00007f284c56f000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (parking)
We could see that this thread is expecting something from DelayQueue.
DelayQueue-An unbounded blocking queue of Delayed elements, in which an element can only be taken when its delay has expired.
So In the same TimerQueue, we have
at java.util.concurrent.DelayQueue.take(DelayQueue.java:211)
This take() function waits if an element with expired delay is available on this queue.
This could be the reason for application hanging issue as this thread is still waiting and doesn't shutdown. So, there are still threads alive. To resolve this you will need to kill these threads.
For this you could just use ExecutorServices.shutdown() method. OR Simply you could use System.exit().
I would recommend you to use System.exit().

How to handle a SSLSocketImpl Deadlock properly?

Very rarely I get a deadlock while using wiki-java. Having a look at the full thread dump (acquired via kill -3 $JAVA-PID) suggests that the deadlock seems to be originating somewhere in the SSLSocketImpl. I'd prefer to avoid this deadlock in the first place (instead of doing some hacky recovery) but I am unsure how to find the cause and prevent it. Is there a way to set a timeout in the SSLSocketImpl or throw an exception in case of the deadlock? (It would be pretty straightforward to catch it in the main loop and redo the last call)
Full thread dump OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (24.51-b03 mixed mode):
"Service Thread" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd816b000 nid=0x102c runnable [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"C2 CompilerThread1" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd8168800 nid=0x102b waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"C2 CompilerThread0" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd8165800 nid=0x102a waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"Signal Dispatcher" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd8163800 nid=0x1029 waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
"Finalizer" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd8140800 nid=0x1028 waiting on condition [0x00007f3ccb9f7000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (parking)
at sun.misc.Unsafe.park(Native Method)
- parking to wait for <0x00000007d77a9080> (a java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock$NonfairSync)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport.park(LockSupport.java:186)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.parkAndCheckInterrupt(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:834)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquireQueued(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:867)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquire(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:1197)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock$NonfairSync.lock(ReentrantLock.java:214)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock.lock(ReentrantLock.java:290)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:799)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:672)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.sendAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:2005)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.warning(SSLSocketImpl.java:1832)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.closeInternal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1600)
- locked <0x00000007d77a8d78> (a sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.close(SSLSocketImpl.java:1538)
at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.finalize(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:249)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.invokeFinalizeMethod(Native Method)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.runFinalizer(Finalizer.java:101)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.access$100(Finalizer.java:32)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:190)
"Reference Handler" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd813e800 nid=0x1027 in Object.wait() [0x00007f3ccbaf9000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x000000078495a2c8> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:503)
at java.lang.ref.Reference$ReferenceHandler.run(Reference.java:133)
- locked <0x000000078495a2c8> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
"main" prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd8008000 nid=0x1021 waiting for monitor entry [0x00007f3cdfdb7000]
java.lang.Thread.State: BLOCKED (on object monitor)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.getConnectionState(SSLSocketImpl.java:649)
- waiting to lock <0x00000007d77a8d78> (a sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.isClosed(SSLSocketImpl.java:1446)
at java.net.Socket.getTcpNoDelay(Socket.java:965)
at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.getTcpNoDelay(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:345)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecordInternal(SSLSocketImpl.java:819)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:801)
at sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:122)
- locked <0x00000007d77a8d60> (a sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:82)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flush(BufferedOutputStream.java:140)
- locked <0x00000007d77a8d48> (a java.io.BufferedOutputStream)
at java.io.PrintStream.flush(PrintStream.java:338)
- locked <0x00000007d77a8d28> (a java.io.PrintStream)
at sun.net.www.MessageHeader.print(MessageHeader.java:297)
- locked <0x00000007d6d057b0> (a sun.net.www.MessageHeader)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.writeRequests(HttpClient.java:599)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.writeRequests(HttpClient.java:610)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.writeRequests(HttpURLConnection.java:619)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1321)
- locked <0x00000007d6d05640> (a sun.net.www.protocol.https.DelegateHttpsURLConnection)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getHeaderFieldKey(HttpURLConnection.java:2731)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getHeaderFieldKey(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:307)
at shared.Wiki.grabCookies(Wiki.java:6907)
at shared.Wiki.fetch(Wiki.java:6462)
at shared.Wiki.getPageText(Wiki.java:1465)
at smallBots.Bot1.getText(Bot1.java:204)
at smallBots.Bot1.crawlCategory(Bot1.java:74)
at smallBots.Bot1.main(Bot1.java:49)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58)
"VM Thread" prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd813a000 nid=0x1026 runnable
"GC task thread#0 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd801d800 nid=0x1022 runnable
"GC task thread#1 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd801f800 nid=0x1023 runnable
"GC task thread#2 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd8021800 nid=0x1024 runnable
"GC task thread#3 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd8023000 nid=0x1025 runnable
"VM Periodic Task Thread" prio=10 tid=0x00007f3cd8175800 nid=0x102d waiting on condition
JNI global references: 205
Found one Java-level deadlock:
=============================
"Finalizer":
waiting for ownable synchronizer 0x00000007d77a9080, (a java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock$NonfairSync),
which is held by "main"
"main":
waiting to lock monitor 0x00007f3cac0015c8 (object 0x00000007d77a8d78, a sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl),
which is held by "Finalizer"
Java stack information for the threads listed above:
===================================================
"Finalizer":
at sun.misc.Unsafe.park(Native Method)
- parking to wait for <0x00000007d77a9080> (a java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock$NonfairSync)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport.park(LockSupport.java:186)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.parkAndCheckInterrupt(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:834)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquireQueued(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:867)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquire(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:1197)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock$NonfairSync.lock(ReentrantLock.java:214)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock.lock(ReentrantLock.java:290)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:799)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:672)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.sendAlert(SSLSocketImpl.java:2005)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.warning(SSLSocketImpl.java:1832)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.closeInternal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1600)
- locked <0x00000007d77a8d78> (a sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.close(SSLSocketImpl.java:1538)
at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.finalize(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:249)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.invokeFinalizeMethod(Native Method)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.runFinalizer(Finalizer.java:101)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.access$100(Finalizer.java:32)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:190)
"main":
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.getConnectionState(SSLSocketImpl.java:649)
- waiting to lock <0x00000007d77a8d78> (a sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.isClosed(SSLSocketImpl.java:1446)
at java.net.Socket.getTcpNoDelay(Socket.java:965)
at sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.getTcpNoDelay(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:345)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecordInternal(SSLSocketImpl.java:819)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.writeRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:801)
at sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream.write(AppOutputStream.java:122)
- locked <0x00000007d77a8d60> (a sun.security.ssl.AppOutputStream)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:82)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flush(BufferedOutputStream.java:140)
- locked <0x00000007d77a8d48> (a java.io.BufferedOutputStream)
at java.io.PrintStream.flush(PrintStream.java:338)
- locked <0x00000007d77a8d28> (a java.io.PrintStream)
at sun.net.www.MessageHeader.print(MessageHeader.java:297)
- locked <0x00000007d6d057b0> (a sun.net.www.MessageHeader)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.writeRequests(HttpClient.java:599)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.writeRequests(HttpClient.java:610)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.writeRequests(HttpURLConnection.java:619)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1321)
- locked <0x00000007d6d05640> (a sun.net.www.protocol.https.DelegateHttpsURLConnection)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getHeaderFieldKey(HttpURLConnection.java:2731)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getHeaderFieldKey(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:307)
at shared.Wiki.grabCookies(Wiki.java:6907)
at shared.Wiki.fetch(Wiki.java:6462)
at shared.Wiki.getPageText(Wiki.java:1465)
at smallBots.Bot1.getText(Bot1.java:204)
at smallBots.Bot1.crawlCategory(Bot1.java:74)
at smallBots.Bot1.main(Bot1.java:49)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:58)
Found 1 deadlock.
Heap
PSYoungGen total 10752K, used 801K [0x00000007d6d00000, 0x00000007d7880000, 0x0000000800000000)
eden space 9728K, 1% used [0x00000007d6d00000,0x00000007d6d1fc20,0x00000007d7680000)
from space 1024K, 65% used [0x00000007d7780000,0x00000007d7828b40,0x00000007d7880000)
to space 1024K, 0% used [0x00000007d7680000,0x00000007d7680000,0x00000007d7780000)
ParOldGen total 93696K, used 69956K [0x0000000784800000, 0x000000078a380000, 0x00000007d6d00000)
object space 93696K, 74% used [0x0000000784800000,0x0000000788c51160,0x000000078a380000)
PSPermGen total 21504K, used 9537K [0x000000077a200000, 0x000000077b700000, 0x0000000784800000)
object space 21504K, 44% used [0x000000077a200000,0x000000077ab50720,0x000000077b700000)

The asker's answer: update to Java 8 to fix it.

Java thread lock on System.err()

I'm a little baffled.
I have two threads writing to System.err (and System.out), and eventually they get stuck in a thread lock. Are System.err and System.out really not thread-safe?
The structure of the program at that point is:
main thread having launched two Reader threads to do some processing and printout, called via a ThreadPoolExecutor.
one Reader thread ("s3gp-2") that is blocked on System.err.format(), from within a separate IOStats object, in a synchronized method called IOStats.add().
another Reader thread that is (correctly) blocked trying to call the same IOStats.add() method that is blocked on System.err.format().
Note that each Reader typically writes to System.err and System.out.
Should I have a separate singleton object that handles all output with synchronized methods? Any insight very appreciated, as usual.
Update
I realize that I should give a bit more context: that java program is invoked in parallel by all the n segments of a Greenplum DB (via a create external web table ... execute prgm). The locking behavior is extremely rare and usually all goes well. When the problem occurs, all the n processes are blocked. I am focusing on just one of them for the debugging.
Some more notes:
For a few minutes, I thought that the fact that I also use log4j.Logger might cause trouble. But, in fact, there is no Console appender used for that program so I'm less inclined to think that is the problem.
using lsof as well as ls -l /proc/$pid/fd, I observe that the stderr of the java process that is blocked in a pipe that is also read by postgres. As one commenter suggested, it might be that this pipe is not actually drained by postgres, and that blocks the System.err print out.
In fact here are the relevant lines:
% lsof | head -1
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
% lsof | grep $pid | grep ' 2w '
java 10047 gpadmin 2w FIFO 0,6 26854739 pipe
% lsof | grep $pid | grep ' 2w '
java 10047 gpadmin 2w FIFO 0,6 26854739 pipe
% node=26854739
% lsof | grep $node
postgres 10028 gpadmin 26r FIFO 0,6 26854739 pipe
sh 10046 gpadmin 2w FIFO 0,6 26854739 pipe
java 10047 gpadmin 2w FIFO 0,6 26854739 pipe
Details: The stack dump (jstack -l pid) gives me:
2012-04-17 12:23:02
Full thread dump Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (21.0-b17 mixed mode):
"Attach Listener" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00000000061a3800 nid=0x75c5 waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- None
"s3gp-2" prio=10 tid=0x00002aaabc207000 nid=0x281f runnable [0x0000000041718000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
at java.io.FileOutputStream.writeBytes(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(FileOutputStream.java:318)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:82)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flush(BufferedOutputStream.java:140)
- locked <0x00000000f601c4f8> (a java.io.BufferedOutputStream)
at java.io.PrintStream.write(PrintStream.java:482)
- locked <0x00000000f601c4d8> (a java.io.PrintStream)
at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.writeBytes(StreamEncoder.java:221)
at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implFlushBuffer(StreamEncoder.java:291)
at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.flushBuffer(StreamEncoder.java:104)
- locked <0x00000000f601c6f0> (a java.io.OutputStreamWriter)
at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.flushBuffer(OutputStreamWriter.java:185)
at java.io.PrintStream.write(PrintStream.java:527)
- locked <0x00000000f601c4d8> (a java.io.PrintStream)
at java.io.PrintStream.print(PrintStream.java:669)
at java.io.PrintStream.append(PrintStream.java:1065)
at java.io.PrintStream.append(PrintStream.java:57)
at java.util.Formatter$FixedString.print(Formatter.java:2563)
at java.util.Formatter.format(Formatter.java:2476)
at java.io.PrintStream.format(PrintStream.java:970)
- locked <0x00000000f601c4d8> (a java.io.PrintStream)
at com.foo.serv.util.Loader$IOStats.add(Loader.java:136)
- locked <0x00000000f6015870> (a com.foo.serv.util.Loader$IOStats)
at com.foo.serv.util.Loader$Reader.run(Loader.java:199)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- <0x00000000f6024470> (a java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker)
"s3gp-1" prio=10 tid=0x00002aaabc1fa000 nid=0x281e waiting for monitor entry [0x00000000405d9000]
java.lang.Thread.State: BLOCKED (on object monitor)
at com.foo.serv.util.Loader$IOStats.add(Loader.java:129)
- waiting to lock <0x00000000f6015870> (a com.foo.serv.util.Loader$IOStats)
at com.foo.serv.util.Loader$Reader.run(Loader.java:199)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- <0x00000000f601ea50> (a java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker)
"Service Thread" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00002aaab0054000 nid=0x27e7 runnable [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- None
"C2 CompilerThread1" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00002aaab0051800 nid=0x27e6 waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- None
"C2 CompilerThread0" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00002aaab004e800 nid=0x27e4 waiting on condition [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- None
"Signal Dispatcher" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00002aaab004c000 nid=0x27e3 runnable [0x0000000000000000]
java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- None
"Finalizer" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00002aaab0001000 nid=0x2762 in Object.wait() [0x00000000428cc000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x00000000f6015730> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:135)
- locked <0x00000000f6015730> (a java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue$Lock)
at java.lang.ref.ReferenceQueue.remove(ReferenceQueue.java:151)
at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:177)
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- None
"Reference Handler" daemon prio=10 tid=0x0000000005edc800 nid=0x2760 in Object.wait() [0x00000000427cb000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (on object monitor)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)
- waiting on <0x00000000f603b9c0> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
at java.lang.Object.wait(Object.java:503)
at java.lang.ref.Reference$ReferenceHandler.run(Reference.java:133)
- locked <0x00000000f603b9c0> (a java.lang.ref.Reference$Lock)
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- None
"main" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e3f800 nid=0x2744 waiting on condition [0x0000000041abe000]
java.lang.Thread.State: TIMED_WAITING (parking)
at sun.misc.Unsafe.park(Native Method)
- parking to wait for <0x00000000f61df188> (a java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer$ConditionObject)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport.parkNanos(LockSupport.java:226)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer$ConditionObject.awaitNanos(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:2082)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.awaitTermination(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1433)
at com.foo.serv.util.Loader.execute(Loader.java:107)
at com.foo.serv.util.Loader.main(Loader.java:571)
Locked ownable synchronizers:
- None
"VM Thread" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005ed5000 nid=0x275e runnable
"GC task thread#0 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e4a000 nid=0x2745 runnable
"GC task thread#1 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e4c000 nid=0x2746 runnable
"GC task thread#2 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e4e000 nid=0x2747 runnable
"GC task thread#3 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e4f800 nid=0x2748 runnable
"GC task thread#4 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e51800 nid=0x2749 runnable
"GC task thread#5 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e53800 nid=0x274a runnable
"GC task thread#6 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e55000 nid=0x274b runnable
"GC task thread#7 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e57000 nid=0x274c runnable
"GC task thread#8 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e59000 nid=0x274d runnable
"GC task thread#9 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e5b000 nid=0x274e runnable
"GC task thread#10 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e5c800 nid=0x274f runnable
"GC task thread#11 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e5e800 nid=0x2750 runnable
"GC task thread#12 (ParallelGC)" prio=10 tid=0x0000000005e60800 nid=0x2751 runnable
"VM Periodic Task Thread" prio=10 tid=0x00002aaab005e800 nid=0x27eb waiting on condition
JNI global references: 207