Hung, Deadlocked, or Looping Process

• Print thread stack for all Java threads:
  • Control-\
  • kill -QUIT pid
  • jstack pid (or jstack -F pid if jstack pid does not respond)
• Detect deadlocks:
  • Request deadlock detection: JConsole tool, Threads tab
  • Print information on deadlocked threads: Control-\
  • Print list of concurrent locks owned by each thread: -XX:+PrintConcurrentLocks set, then Control-\
  • Print lock information for a process: jstack -l pid
• Get a heap histogram for a process:
  • Start Java process with -XX:+PrintClassHistogram, then Control-\
  • jmap -histo pid (with -F option if pid does not respond)
• Dump Java heap for a process in binary format to file:
  • jmap -dump:format=b,file=filename pid (with -F option if pid does not respond)
• Print shared object mappings for a process:
  • jmap pid
• Print heap summary for a process:
  • Control-\
  • jmap -heap pid
• Print finalization information for a process:
  • jmap -finalizerinfo pid
• Attach the command-line debugger to a process:
  • jdb -connect sun.jvm.hotspot.jdi.SAPIDAttachingConnector:pid=pid