SUGGESTED FIX

*** src/solaris/native/sun/security/pkcs11/wrapper/p11_md.c     Thu Jun 23 11:57:50 2005
--- p11_md.c    Fri Mar  2 07:08:24 2007
***************
*** 122,128 ****
       */
      dlerror(); /* clear any old error message not fetched */
      C_GetFunctionList = (CK_C_GetFunctionList) dlsym(hModule, "C_GetFunctionList");
!     if ((C_GetFunctionList == NULL) || ((systemErrorMessage = dlerror()) != NULL)){
        throwIOException(env, systemErrorMessage);
        /* Free the buffer. */
-       free(systemErrorMessage);
--- 122,131 ----
       */
      dlerror(); /* clear any old error message not fetched */
      C_GetFunctionList = (CK_C_GetFunctionList) dlsym(hModule, "C_GetFunctionList");
!     if ( C_GetFunctionList == NULL ){
!       throwIOException(env, "ERROR: C_GetFunctionList == NULL");
!       return;
!     } else if ( (systemErrorMessage = dlerror()) != NULL ){
        throwIOException(env, systemErrorMessage);
        /* Free the buffer. */
                                     

EVALUATION

After access to the Fujitsu platform, 
Thanks to Tom Rodriguez for analysis:
Well that crash looks like bad code in the pkcs11 wrapper.  Check out /java/re/jdk/1.7.0/promoted/all/b07/ws/j2se/src/solaris/native/sun/security/pkcs11/wrapper/p11_md.c.  Around line 130 is this:

    /*
     * Get function pointer to C_GetFunctionList
     */
    dlerror(); /* clear any old error message not fetched */
    // with the old JAR file jGetFunctionList is null, temporarily check for that
    if (jGetFunctionList != NULL) {
        getFunctionListStr = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, jGetFunctionList, 0);
        C_GetFunctionList = (CK_C_GetFunctionList) dlsym(hModule, getFunctionListStr);
        (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, jGetFunctionList, getFunctionListStr);
    }
    if ((C_GetFunctionList == NULL) || ((systemErrorMessage = dlerror()) != NULL)){
        throwIOException(env, systemErrorMessage);
        return;
    }

If dlsym returns null then we'll call throwIOException with systemErrorMessage, which hasn't been initialized.  It seems like there are a lot of dubious paths through this code because there are so many uninitialized variables.  So it looks like the PKCS11 library exists but doesn't have the entry point that this code needs so we die while trying to throw an exception for it.

So we need to initialize systemErrorMessage or split the path.
                                     

EVALUATION

On 
SunOS s4us-pp650a-gmp02 5.10 Generic_118833-17 sun4us sparc FJSV,GPUSC-M
isainfo -v 
64-bit sparcv9 applications
        vis2 vis 
32-bit sparc applications
        vis2 vis v8plus div32 mul32 
(Attached showrev -p output as OKPrimePower-info )
the failure does not occurr (in any version ):

s4us-pp650a-gmp02: 223 % ./jdk1.6.0/bin/java -Xint -classpath dacapo-beta050224.jar Harness -s small chart
===== DaCapo chart Starting =====
Done plotting: scratch/compress-tgt-ptr-prf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-src-ptr-prf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-dst-ptr-prf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-tgt-mut-prf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-src-mut-prf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-dst-mut-prf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-heap-comp-b.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-heap-comp-a.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-tgt-ptr-inf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-src-ptr-inf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-dst-ptr-inf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-tgt-mut-inf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-src-mut-inf-time.pdf
Done plotting: scratch/compress-dst-mut-inf-time.pdf
===== DaCapo chart Finished in 195269 msec =====
s4us-pp650a-gmp02: 224 % ./jdk1.6.0/bin/java -Xint -version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.6.0-b105, interpreted mode)

Need more info about the environment.
                                     

EVALUATION

Neglected to mention that there are core files etc available (oft times gzipped by
the cores daemon ;( ) at:
  /net/cores.central/cores/dir30/10907101/
     0907/int is the original 5u8 -server -Xint issue
     0921/jdk16_server
     0921/jdk16_client are the 1.6.0-rc-b98 cores.

Any insight would be appreciated.
                                     

EVALUATION

The failures with this test appear to occur only on PrimePower machines. Is there
an architectural difference that we are encountering that could cause this?
I note the following from an earlier bug:
 http://monaco.sfbay.sun.com/detail.jsf?cr=6330078  
 "This happens because libjvm's 
  GenericGrowableArray::GenericGrowableArray(int, int)
  suffers from V8+ trap handler problem -- higher 32 bits of $o7 
  got cleared in the middle of the constructor and it chooses the 
  wrong branch (the decision depends indirectly on the value
  of $o7). Thus the crash."

Here's the stack for jdk 6 server(essentially similar for both client and server,
did they try -Xint? ):

   ---- called from signal handler with signal 11 (SIGSEGV) ------
  [8] UTF8::unicode_length(0x200, 0xfe77d2bc, 0xfe77d2b8, 0x2fc00, 0x304c8, 0x62e6e0), at 0xfe94d704 
  [9] java_lang_String::create_from_str(0xfe77d2fc, 0x200, 0x2fc00, 0x0, 0x0, 0x45136c), at 0xfe969934 
  [10] Exceptions::new_exception(0xfe77d408, 0x2fc00, 0xfe77d404, 0x0, 0xfe77d400, 0xfe77d3fc), at 0xfeb46d50 
  [11] Exceptions::_throw_msg(0x2fc00, 0xfeef78cf, 0x205, 0xfe77d490, 0x0, 0x0), at 0xfeb46994 
  [12] jni_ThrowNew(0x0, 0xfefbb1ec, 0x200, 0x2fc00, 0x304bc, 0xa0400), at 0xfeba19ec 
  [13] throwIOException(0x2fce8, 0x200, 0x10000, 0x12908, 0xb78ccfb4, 0xfefbbdd8), at 0xb78ba6ec 
  [14] Java_sun_security_pkcs11_wrapper_PKCS11_connect(0x2fce8, 0xfefbbdd8, 0xfe77d6e8, 0xfe77d6e4, 0x0, 0xfefc1dc0), at
 0xb78bbcc8 
  [15] 0xfc40eba8(0x0, 0xfe77d6ec, 0xfe77d670, 0xffffff80, 0x2fc00, 0x8), at 0xfc40eba8 
  [16] 0xfc40eb54(0xe6a1f150, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xc, 0x1f80, 0xfe77d688), at 0xfc40eb54 
  [17] 0xfc405a30(0xe6a1f150, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418ea0, 0x1f80, 0xfe77d708), at 0xfc405a30 
  [18] 0xfc405a30(0x2fc00, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418ea0, 0x1f80, 0xfe77d7a0), at 0xfc405a30 
  [19] 0xfc4058c0(0xe69d0458, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418c70, 0x1f80, 0xfe77d870), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [20] 0xfc405a30(0x2fc00, 0x29dbc, 0x0, 0xfc418ea0, 0xe69d0458, 0xfe77d8f0), at 0xfc405a30 
  [21] 0xfc40021c(0xfe77da00, 0xfe77dc08, 0xa, 0xb85de5b0, 0xfc40c340, 0xfe77dc38), at 0xfc40021c 
  [22] JavaCalls::call_helper(0x2, 0xb85de5b0, 0xfe77dc2c, 0x2fc00, 0x304b0, 0xfe77d9e0), at 0xfe8e1460 
  [23] Reflection::invoke(0x1, 0x4, 0xfef98000, 0x3045c, 0x2de20, 0x30070), at 0xfedcc6f0 
  [24] Reflection::invoke_constructor(0x304a0, 0xfe77dd9c, 0x2fc00, 0x304b0, 0x304a8, 0x304a4), at 0xfe94f22c 
  [25] JVM_NewInstanceFromConstructor(0x2fce8, 0x3049c, 0x304a0, 0x2fc00, 0x1ffc, 0x29dbc), at 0xfe94f3f4 
  [26] Java_sun_reflect_NativeConstructorAccessorImpl_newInstance0(0x2fce8, 0xfe77df60, 0xfe77dfe4, 0xfe77dfe0, 0xfc00, 
0x0), at 0xfe69ddb8 
  [27] 0xfc40eba8(0x239, 0xfe77dfe4, 0xfe77df60, 0xffffff80, 0xfefc4acc, 0x0), at 0xfc40eba8 
  [28] 0xfc40eb54(0xe69cb1c8, 0xb8, 0x0, 0x8, 0xe69db860, 0xfe77df78), at 0xfc40eb54 
  [29] 0xfc4058c0(0xe69cb1d8, 0xb6, 0x0, 0xfc419000, 0x75, 0xfe77e008), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [30] 0xfc4058c0(0xe69cb1f0, 0xb7c46300, 0x0, 0xfc418c20, 0x29c00, 0xfe77e088), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [31] 0xfc405de0(0xe69cb188, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc419160, 0x1f80, 0xfe77e118), at 0xfc405de0 
  [32] 0xfc4058c0(0x2fc00, 0x29dbc, 0x0, 0xfc418c70, 0xe68c7630, 0xfe77e1b0), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [33] 0xfc40021c(0xfe77e2b8, 0xfe77e4e0, 0xa, 0xb850d860, 0xfc40c340, 0xfe77e454), at 0xfc40021c 
  [34] JavaCalls::call_helper(0x1, 0xb850d860, 0xfe77e44c, 0x2fc00, 0x30494, 0xfe77e298), at 0xfe8e1460 
  [35] JVM_DoPrivileged(0xfe77e470, 0x30498, 0x30494, 0xfe77e4f8, 0x2fc00, 0xfef98000), at 0xfe946d74 
  [36] Java_java_security_AccessController_doPrivileged__Ljava_security_PrivilegedAction_2(0x2fce8, 0xfe77e8c0, 0xfe77e9
3c, 0x0, 0x29c00, 0x20100), at 0xfe69ab0c 
  [37] 0xfc40eba8(0x1259, 0xfe77e93c, 0xfe77e8c0, 0xffffff80, 0x1f80, 0x0), at 0xfc40eba8 
  [38] 0xfc40eb54(0xe68c7630, 0xb8, 0x0, 0x4, 0x1f80, 0xfe77e8d8), at 0xfc40eb54 
  [39] 0xfc4058c0(0xe68c69a0, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418ea0, 0x1f80, 0xfe77e960), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [40] 0xfc4058c0(0xe68c69a0, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418ea0, 0x1f80, 0xfe77e9f8), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [41] 0xfc4058c0(0xe68c6800, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418c20, 0x1f80, 0xfe77ea80), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [42] 0xfc4058c0(0xe68c6800, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418c68, 0x1f80, 0xfe77eb10), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [43] 0xfc4058c0(0x2fc00, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418c20, 0x1f80, 0xfe77ebb0), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [44] 0xfc4058c0(0x2fc00, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc419000, 0x1f80, 0xfe77ec38), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [45] 0xfc4058c0(0x2fc00, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc419000, 0x1f80, 0xfe77ecc8), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [46] 0xfc4058c0(0x2fc00, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc419050, 0x1f80, 0xfe77ed70), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [47] 0xfc4058c0(0xe7d05878, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc4112b0, 0x1f80, 0xfe77ee30), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [48] 0xfc405a30(0xe7d07560, 0xb7e7bba8, 0x0, 0xfc418c70, 0x1f80, 0xfe77eec0), at 0xfc405a30 
  [49] 0xfc405f50(0xe7d057d0, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc419160, 0x1f80, 0xfe77ef48), at 0xfc405f50 
  [50] 0xfc405a30(0xe6875038, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418c20, 0x1f80, 0xfe77f038), at 0xfc405a30 
  [51] 0xfc405a30(0xe6875038, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418ee8, 0x1f80, 0xfe77f0d8), at 0xfc405a30 
  [52] 0xfc405a30(0x2fc00, 0x29dbc, 0x0, 0xfc418ee8, 0x0, 0xfe77f260), at 0xfc405a30 
  [53] 0xfc40021c(0xfe77f368, 0xfe77f570, 0xa, 0xb7e653e8, 0xfc40c340, 0xfe77f59c), at 0xfc40021c 
  [54] JavaCalls::call_helper(0x1, 0xb7e653e8, 0xfe77f594, 0x2fc00, 0x0, 0xfe77f348), at 0xfe8e1460 
  [55] Reflection::invoke(0x1, 0x4, 0xfef98000, 0x3045c, 0x2de20, 0x30070), at 0xfedcc6f0 
  [56] Reflection::invoke_method(0x30488, 0xfe77f704, 0xfe77f77c, 0x1, 0x30484, 0x30490), at 0xfe9b6050 
  [57] JVM_InvokeMethod(0x2fce8, 0x0, 0x0, 0xfe77f954, 0x2fc00, 0xfefb8100), at 0xfe9b4778 
  [58] Java_sun_reflect_NativeMethodAccessorImpl_invoke0(0x2fce8, 0xfe77f8d0, 0xfe77f95c, 0x0, 0xfe77f954, 0xfefc1dc0), 
at 0xfe6a0c4c 
  [59] 0xfc40eba8(0x0, 0xfe77f95c, 0xfe77f8d0, 0xffffff80, 0x2fc00, 0x8), at 0xfc40eba8 
  [60] 0xfc40eb54(0x2fc00, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xc, 0x1f80, 0xfe77f8e8), at 0xfc40eb54 
  [61] 0xfc4058c0(0xe6861c58, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc419000, 0x1f80, 0xfe77f980), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [62] 0xfc4058c0(0xe6861c70, 0xb7c45c40, 0x0, 0xfc418c20, 0x1f80, 0xfe77fa00), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [63] 0xfc405de0(0xe68615a8, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc419160, 0x1f80, 0xfe77faa0), at 0xfc405de0 
  [64] 0xfc4058c0(0xe6855740, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418c20, 0x1f80, 0xfe77fb48), at 0xfc4058c0 
  [65] 0xfc405a30(0x2fc00, 0x20000000, 0x0, 0xfc418ea0, 0x1f80, 0xfe77fc00), at 0xfc405a30 
  [66] 0xfc405a30(0xfe77ffa0, 0x29dbc, 0x0, 0xfc419000, 0x0, 0xfe77fc78), at 0xfc405a30 
  [67] 0xfc40021c(0xfe77fd80, 0xfe77ff08, 0xa, 0xb7e49580, 0xfc40c340, 0xfe77fe60), at 0xfc40021c 
  [68] JavaCalls::call_helper(0x1, 0xb7e49580, 0xfe77fe58, 0x2fc00, 0x0, 0xfe77fd60), at 0xfe8e1460 
  [69] jni_CallStaticVoidMethod(0x2fce8, 0x30474, 0x30070, 0x2fc00, 0x30068, 0x2de20), at 0xfe99e4ec 
  [70] JavaMain(0x30aac, 0x2b5e4, 0x2ac30, 0x2fce8, 0x3, 0xfefbbdd8), at 0x13a4c