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Bug ID: 6549844 Wording problems in "An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment"
6549844 : Wording problems in "An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment"

Details
Type:
Bug
Submit Date:
2007-04-24
Status:
Closed
Updated Date:
2011-04-20
Project Name:
JDK
Resolved Date:
2011-04-20
Component:
hotspot
OS:
generic
Sub-Component:
runtime
CPU:
generic
Priority:
P3
Resolution:
Fixed
Affected Versions:
6
Fixed Versions:
hs12

Related Reports
Backport:
JDK-2174804 - Wording problems in "An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment"
Backport:
JDK-2172223 - Wording problems in "An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment"

Sub Tasks

Description
The above message appears at the start of an hs_err file.
It implies that some errors are expected.
Also, it seems to me that 'the' should precede 'Java ...'.

The message should be changed to something like
   A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment
The VM also will report that a problem has happened outside the VM for crashes within compiler threads, which is not true.

#
#  Internal Error (/net/philli/scratch1/coleenp/ws/compall.ws/src/share/vm/opto/matcher.cpp:1363), pid=19258, tid=9
#  Error: assert(false,"bad AD file")
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (11.0-b08-compall.ws_0126_1659-fastdebug mixed mode solaris-sparc)
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.

Comments
EVALUATION

Fixed 6549844: Wording problems in "An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment"

Changed wording to "A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime
Environment" which is better English and more descriptive of the fact that the
VM has aborted.

Also, there was a message added for crashes in native code that didn't take
into account that the compiler thread crashes looked like native code because
the compiler thread is a Java thread.  This is tested extensively in the
compressed oops workspace.

Webrev:
http://jruntime.east/~coleenp/webrev/6549844

Reviewed by: jjh, sbohne, jrose, never

(made up fixedin build number).
2008-02-29 
EVALUATION

Fixing both in vmError.cpp.  Tested in compressed oops workspace.
2008-02-11


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