Analyzing HotSpot Crashes

Did you ever found hs_err_pid or replay_pid files in your Java application directory? Did your Java application ever crash and you didn't know why? This talk will unveil the contents stored by the HotSpot crash handler into the corresponding error files and how this information can be used to analyze and reproduce the crash. It will also introduce tools like the HotSpot Serviceability Agent which helps to introspect native core files and extract the relevant Java information from them which is otherwise not easily accessible by native debuggers.

Volker Simonis

Volker Simonis works in the SAP JVM Technology group for more than 10 years. He is an OpenJDK contributor from the very beginning and helped the SAP JVM team engage in the OpenJDK project. He's the project lead of the OpenJDK PowerPC/AIX and s390x porting projects and a JDK 8/9 reviewer. He also represents SAP in the Executive Committee of the Java Community Process.