JVM crashes while image conversion using javax.media.jai

Question

In our app, we use javax.media.JAI library to scale and improve image

But sometimes (1 out of 10 times), it is causing the VM to crash

#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007fdb6f49140b, pid=2153, tid=140580255180544
#
# JRE version: 6.0_22-b22
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (20.0-b11 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Derivative: IcedTea6 1.10.4
# Distribution: Fedora release 16 (Verne), package fedora-61.1.10.4.fc16-x86_64
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libgs.so+0x16940b]  s_DCT_set_defaults+0x8b
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /usr/share/tomcat/hs_err_pid2153.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please include
# instructions how to reproduce the bug and visit:
#   http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#

Adding logs to code did help to nail down the exact line

                DebugHelper.errorLog("Start transformImage2");
        List modImages = new ArrayList();
        PageImage page = new PageImage();

        // generate rendered image.
        RenderedOp im = JAI.create("fileload", image.getFile()
                .getAbsolutePath());

        // get the width and height of original image.
        float width = im.getWidth();
        float height = im.getHeight();

        // improve the quality of image.
        DebugHelper.errorLog("Improving quality of image");
        RenderingHints qualityHints = new RenderingHints(
                RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING,
                RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);
        qualityHints.put(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,

"Start transformImage2" gets printed but "Improving quality of image" does not. So we know it is in those 3-4 lines. Additionally from hs_err* file it points to float width = im.getWidth();

Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)
j  com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.initJPEGImageReader()J+0
j  com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReader.(Ljavax/imageio/spi/ImageReaderSpi;)V+174
j  com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReaderSpi.createReaderInstance(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljavax/imageio/ImageReader;+5
j  javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi.createReaderInstance()Ljavax/imageio/ImageReader;+2
j  javax.imageio.ImageIO$ImageReaderIterator.next()Ljavax/imageio/ImageReader;+16
j  javax.imageio.ImageIO$ImageReaderIterator.next()Ljava/lang/Object;+1
j  com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec$ImageIOJPEGImageDecoder.(Ljava/io/InputStream;)V+26
j  com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec$ImageIOJPEGImageDecoder.(Ljava/io/InputStream;Lcom/sun/image/codec/jpeg/JPEGCodec$1;)V+2
j  com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.JPEGCodec.createJPEGDecoder(Ljava/io/InputStream;)Lcom/sun/image/codec/jpeg/JPEGImageDecoder;+6
j  com.sun.media.jai.codecimpl.JPEGImage.(Ljava/io/InputStream;Lcom/sun/media/jai/codec/ImageDecodeParam;)V+35
j  com.sun.media.jai.codecimpl.JPEGImageDecoder.decodeAsRenderedImage(I)Ljava/awt/image/RenderedImage;+29
j  com.sun.media.jai.opimage.CodecRIFUtil.create(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/awt/image/renderable/ParameterBlock;Ljava/awt/RenderingHints;)Ljava/awt/image/RenderedImage;+184
j  com.sun.media.jai.opimage.JPEGRIF.create(Ljava/awt/image/renderable/ParameterBlock;Ljava/awt/RenderingHints;)Ljava/awt/image/RenderedImage;+4
j  sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor740.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+48
J  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
j  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+161
j  javax.media.jai.FactoryCache.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+6
j  javax.media.jai.OperationRegistry.invokeFactory(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+57
j  javax.media.jai.ThreadSafeOperationRegistry.invokeFactory(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+12
j  javax.media.jai.registry.RIFRegistry.create(Ljavax/media/jai/OperationRegistry;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/awt/image/renderable/ParameterBlock;Ljava/awt/RenderingHints;)Ljava/awt/image/RenderedImage;+35
j  com.sun.media.jai.opimage.StreamRIF.create(Ljava/awt/image/renderable/ParameterBlock;Ljava/awt/RenderingHints;)Ljava/awt/image/RenderedImage;+191
j  sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor740.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+48
J  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
j  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+161
j  javax.media.jai.FactoryCache.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+6
j  javax.media.jai.OperationRegistry.invokeFactory(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+57
j  javax.media.jai.ThreadSafeOperationRegistry.invokeFactory(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+12
j  javax.media.jai.registry.RIFRegistry.create(Ljavax/media/jai/OperationRegistry;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/awt/image/renderable/ParameterBlock;Ljava/awt/RenderingHints;)Ljava/awt/image/RenderedImage;+35
j  com.sun.media.jai.opimage.FileLoadRIF.create(Ljava/awt/image/renderable/ParameterBlock;Ljava/awt/RenderingHints;)Ljava/awt/image/RenderedImage;+158
j  sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor740.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+48
J  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
j  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+161
j  javax.media.jai.FactoryCache.invoke(Ljava/lang/Object;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+6
j  javax.media.jai.OperationRegistry.invokeFactory(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+57
j  javax.media.jai.ThreadSafeOperationRegistry.invokeFactory(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;+12
j  javax.media.jai.registry.RIFRegistry.create(Ljavax/media/jai/OperationRegistry;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/awt/image/renderable/ParameterBlock;Ljava/awt/RenderingHints;)Ljava/awt/image/RenderedImage;+35
j  javax.media.jai.RenderedOp.createInstance(Z)Ljavax/media/jai/PlanarImage;+171
J  javax.media.jai.RenderedOp.createRendering()V
j  javax.media.jai.RenderedOp.getWidth()I+1
j  com.myapp.helpers.conversion.DocumentConverter.transformImage(Lcom/myapp/helpers/conversion/PageImage;Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/myapp/helpers/conversion/ImageSetting;)Ljava/util/List;+39
j  com.myapp.helpers.conversion.DocumentConverter.convertDocuments(Ljava/util/List;Ljava/lang/String;Lcom/myapp/helpers/conversion/ImageSetting;)Ljava/util/Map;+597
J  com.myapp.helpers.conversion.ConversionTask.run()V

So I have a few questions

1. What is (can be) exact cause of the problem?

2. Why does the error not occur all the time, same image gets converted successfully at times and fail at others?

3. How to solve (ofcourse :) ?

Answer 1

I would suggest checking the subsequent JVM releases.

JRE version: 6.0_22-b22

is relatively old and there are successive JRE 6 releases, plus (of course) Java 7. I suspect that a later version is a simple way of mitigating this issue.

Answer 2

ok, i feel silly explaining you how to solve problems, but here's what i would do:

1. stop looking for the error in your code, it's not there
2. find out in which line EXACTLY your program crashes. start disabling lines and see if it still crashes.
3. upgrade involved components. the ghostview library first, then jdk, then the os.
4. start switching components. i've always had trouble with the open source jdk, maybe try switching to the proprietary oracle one for a bit. then try a different os.

Answer 3

I think you need to set heap size

Refer http://viralpatel.net/blogs/jvm-java-increase-heap-size-setting-heap-size-jvm-heap/