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Java Crashes with Message "Native memory allocation (mmap) failed to map nnnnnnn bytes for committing reserved memory." (Doc ID 2521041.1)

Last updated on MAY 03, 2023

Applies to:

Java SE JDK and JRE - Version 8 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A to N/A [Release 1.0]
Oracle Application Object Library - Version 12.2.12 to 12.2.12 [Release 12.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

A JVM crashes when trying to allocate native memory.   The following HotSpot Error log (hs_err_pid<PID>.log) snippet shows the interesting error:

 

Cause

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