Play framework 1.2.4 PROD precompiling fails with Java 7

Question

I have try to run my play application in PROD mode with Java 7 and I was surprised. Precompiling fails:

10:28:18,819 INFO  ~ Precompiling ...
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# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0xb6ed766c, pid=27336, tid=2673077104
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# JRE version: 7.0_01-b08
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (21.1-b02 mixed mode linux-x86 )
# Problematic frame:
# V  [libjvm.so+0x4fc66c]  PhaseIdealLoop::build_loop_late_post(Node*)+0x15c
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# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
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# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /media/projects/myApp/hs_err_pid27336.log
[thread -1231336592 also had an error]
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# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
#

May be someone has the same problem?

My OS: Gentoo Linux

Answer 1

I had a similar problem with OpenJDK 6. The reason was using both Security and CRUD modules in my app. I'm not still sure why but when I removed one of the modules it worked.

In my case moving to Sun JDK 6 sovled the issue. As you are already using HotSpot, besides updating to a non-beta version I would suggest disabling some modules (CRUD module, if you use it, may be the first target) to see if they are the reason it fails.