What causes JVM exit code 10?

Question

An Eclipse RCP aplication running on Mac OS X 10 is crashing with java exit code 10. What does this mean, and what might be a possible cause?

Additional information:
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=1.5.0_20
java.vendor=Apple Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=macosx, ARCH=x86, WS=carbon, NL=fi_FI
Command-line arguments: -os macosx -ws carbon

-vmargs -Xms256m -Xms650m -Xbatch

Some more information from a .crash file:

Process:         java [2215]
Path:            /usr/bin/java
Identifier:      java
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process:  eclipse [2214]

Date/Time:       2009-11-12 13:19:45.263 +0200
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Report Version:  6
Anonymous UUID:  B2FA3949-E261-4B4E-A924-316E6C17CD3E

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x000000004caeb160
Crashed Thread:  0

Application Specific Information:

Java information:
  Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_20-141 mixed mode)
  Virtual Machine version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_20-141) for   macosx-x86,      built on Aug 13 2009 10:28:19 by root with gcc 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)
 Exception type: Bus Error (0xa) at pc=0x96d903cd

And here is some of the thread 0 trace:

Thread 0 Crashed:
0   com.apple.QD                    0x96d903cd _SetDstBits32BGRA + 8
1   com.apple.QD                    0x96d83c55 DevRgn + 301
2   com.apple.QD                    0x96d83a65 StdRgn + 671
3   com.apple.QD                    0x96d837c0 CallRgn + 50
4   com.apple.HIToolbox             0x9512d356 MyDrawingProc + 101
5   com.apple.QD                    0x96db1569 CommonDeviceLoop + 918
6   com.apple.HIToolbox             0x9512d3fc InvertMyRegion + 164
7   com.apple.HIToolbox             0x9512d8dc ShowDragHilite + 431
8   com.apple.HIToolbox             0x95172fa9      CTextensionDrag::ShowDragFeedBack(TCharOffset, OpaqueDragRef*, unsigned char) + 329
9   com.apple.HIToolbox             0x9517318d CTextensionDrag::DragInWindow(OpaqueDragRef*, unsigned char) + 331
10  com.apple.HIToolbox             0x951731f4 CTextensionDrag::DragTracking(short, OpaqueDragRef*, unsigned char, unsigned char) + 80
11  com.apple.HIToolbox             0x951874b3 OpaqueTXNObject::DragTracking(short, OpaqueDragRef*, unsigned char) + 119
12  com.apple.HIToolbox             0x951874f4 CEasyTextDrag::ClientDragTracking(short, OpaqueDragRef*, unsigned char) + 56
13  com.apple.HIToolbox             0x95173eaa CTextensionDrag::HIDragWithin(OpaqueDragRef*) + 46

User was dragging and dropping items to the application, it looks like it might be some native library problem with this?

Answer 1

What version of java are you using, and with what settings?
This thread reports a similar crash, and it seems to be linked to the JVM version, and also to settings like:

-vmargs -Xms128m -Xmx256m -XX:PermSize=128M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M

try at least to specify the VM, as in this eclipse.ini.

(Note: the so-called "dup" SO question mentioned in the comment is only there to tell you the exit code is program-specific or OS-specific, which do not you tell much.
And I am not aware of eclipse-specific exit codes)

Answer 2

The exit code is almost certainly coming from the RCP application - not the JVM itself - so you'll need to consult the application docs or code to find out what it means.

Answer 3

Since this was eclipse running on Mac OSX the error code probably means that there is a corrupt cache entry. This is a bug with the Apple implementation. I would suggest upgrading to the latest version of eclipse and jvm. Just to be sure, can you post what the system console and crash.logs show when this happens?