ORA-04031 with Allocation Comment "kglsim per-gran bkt" (Doc ID 1982979.1)

Last updated on JUNE 17, 2021

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.3 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Instance startup with granule size equal to 4194304 bytes fails with error ORA-04031:

ORA-04031: unable to allocate 4795232 bytes of shared memory ("shared pool","unknown object","sga heap(2,0)","kglsim per-gran bkt")

Alert log shows following parameters:

sga_max_size = 64G
_ksmg_granule_size = 4194304

Trace file for the error ORA-04031 shows stack trace as:

kgesec5 <- kghnospc <- kghalp <- kglsim_sga_init <- kqlnfy <- kscnfy <- ksmcsg

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