Re: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-31 Thread Konstantin Kolinko
2010/8/31 Caldarale, Charles R : >> From: Steffen Heil [mailto:li...@steffen-heil.de] >> Subject: AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug > >> I just looked at the sun/oracle download page and the most >> recent jdk there (jdk-6u21-linux-x64.bin) is still th

RE: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Steffen Heil [mailto:li...@steffen-heil.de] > Subject: AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug > > There is a -XX option to limit or disable SSE usage: > > -XX:UseSSE=n > Hard to find more infomation on the web though. Even sun > does not list that

AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Steffen Heil
Hi > You're right, it doesn't, at least on Windows. Just verified that: r...@www:/opt/java/jdk1.6.0_21# ./bin/java -server -version java version "1.6.0_21" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_21-b06) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0-b16, mixed mode) r...@www:/opt/java/jdk1

RE: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Steffen Heil [mailto:li...@steffen-heil.de] > Subject: AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug > I just looked at the sun/oracle download page and the most > recent jdk there (jdk-6u21-linux-x64.bin) is still the very > same I downloaded, that is b06. Tha

RE: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Steffen Heil [mailto:li...@steffen-heil.de] > Subject: AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug > java version "1.6.0_21" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_21-b06) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0-b16, mixed mode) > So I

AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Steffen Heil
t; Von: Steffen Heil [mailto:li...@steffen-heil.de] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. August 2010 01:46 > An: 'Tomcat Users List' > Betreff: AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug > > Hi > > > > Which 6u21? Just to be confusing, Sun/Oracle has released tw

AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Steffen Heil
Hi > From your original post > "The exception is only thrown under 64bit Linux Server-VM, within tomcat. It > is neither thrown under 64bit Windows, nor on the very same Linux VM as > standalone testcase, nor when a debugger is remotely attached. > " > > Sounds like you're saying it only happens

AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Steffen Heil
Hi > Which 6u21? Just to be confusing, Sun/Oracle has released two 6u21 levels: > b06 and b07. java version "1.6.0_21" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_21-b06) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0-b16, mixed mode) So I should update, right? > http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-u

RE: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Caldarale, Charles R
> From: Steffen Heil [mailto:li...@steffen-heil.de] > Subject: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug > The JREs testest are 1.6u20 and 1.6u21. Which 6u21? Just to be confusing, Sun/Oracle has released two 6u21 levels: b06 and b07. There were several fixes for spurious out

Re: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Jason Britton
>From your original post "The exception is only thrown under 64bit Linux Server-VM, within tomcat. It is neither thrown under 64bit Windows, nor on the very same Linux VM as standalone testcase, nor when a debugger is remotely attached. " Sounds like you're saying it only happens within Tomcat, so

AW: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Steffen Heil
Hi > What version tomcat? I see this under 6.0.29 [and I think under 6.0.18 before, but I am not sure], but as this is pure java code, not calling any tomcat code and not probably affected by tomcat code, I don't think that matters. (That's why I labeled that off-topic.) However, if it even coul

Re: OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Jason Britton
What version tomcat? On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Steffen Heil wrote: > Hi > > I am sorry, I am asking something not really related to tomcat here. > While this may sound like a beginners question, I think I really what I am > doing in java, but this time I suspect I have found a scenario w

OFFTOPIC: Java String problem - possible VM bug

2010-08-30 Thread Steffen Heil
Hi I am sorry, I am asking something not really related to tomcat here. While this may sound like a beginners question, I think I really what I am doing in java, but this time I suspect I have found a scenario where the sun/oracle VM exposes a bug with pure String handling. So anyone who can find