DX Application Performance Management

Document ID:  TEC600823
Last Modified Date:  10/18/2013

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Description:Use of the flag XX:-UseSplitVerifierSolution:

1. When should we use this flag?
   
   UseSplitVerifier is needed for instrumented applications running on 1.7 versions of Java
   
   Example format for using this flag
   -javaagent:/opt/wily/Agent.jar -XX:-UseSplitVerifier
   
   
2. Why is this flag needed?
   
   The Virtual Machine in Java 7 uses a new type-checker (also known as StackMap Frames) that does stricter checks on the bytecode ,
   
   This is in accordance with the JSR 202 as documented in the below link
   http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/compatibility-417013.html#jdk7
   
   Tools like Introscope that rely on bytecode manipulation to instrument the application will fail due to this new bytecode verifier.
   
   Use of the flag -XX:-UseSplitVerifier will revert the JVM to use the Java 6 type checker and Introscope can instrument the application without any issues.
   
   
3. Errors that indicate this flag is needed
   
   Exception in thread "main" java.lang.VerifyError: StackMapTable error: bad offset in method TestFeature.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V
   at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
   at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Unknown Source)
   at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Unknown Source)
   at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.getMainMethod(Unknown Source)
   at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(Unknown Source)
   
   With a similar environment in app server, the error may appear as
   
   java.lang.ClassFormatError: Illegal local variable table start_pc 7 in method test.servlet.TestServlet.service(Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest;Ljavax/servlet/http/HttpServletResponse;)V
   java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
   java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2404)
   java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2714)
   java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:343)
   java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:325)
   
   or
   java.lang.InternalError
   at sun.instrument.InstrumentationImpl.redefineClasses0(Native Method)
   at sun.instrument.InstrumentationImpl.redefineClasses(InstrumentationImpl.java:170)
   
   
4. Which agent versions need this?
   
   9.1 and 9.5
   
   
5. Future of UseSplitVerifier
   
   Oracle has planned to deprecate this flag starting with version Java 8,
   
   APM product team is planning to remove this flag starting with version 9.6 of APM.

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