HP-UX Programmer's Guide for Java 2

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Because threads from different processes, perhaps executing on behalf of different
users, are competing for the same computational resources, the HP-UX scheduler
adjusts the priorities of threads to prevent a high-priority, compute-bound thread from
locking out lower priority threads. This adjustment of priorities is a requirement for a
multi-user system. However, the Java™ language assumes a scheduling policy where
thread priorities are only changed explicitly by the programmer. The JVM uses the
HP-UX scheduler and thus the priorities of Java™ threads may change based on their
CPU utilization.
Thread stack size limits
The default stack size for Java™ 1.4x 64-bit mode JVM- created threads is 1MB. On
PA-RISC 32 and 64-bit systems, the default stack size is 64KB. Therefore, if you are
using C language main programs that attach with JNI, you will want to adjust the stack
size to avoid overflows. For details and workarounds to avoid stack overflows in the
main (primordial) thread and non-main threads, see “Main/primordial thread stack
size limits” (page 57) and “Non-Main/Primordial thread stack size limits” (page 59).
Developing hybrid applications
Developers who produce hybrid applications where the application entry point is in
a language other than Java, for example a C language main, need to link their
applications with the libpthread.sl library (PA-RISC) and the libpthread.so
library (IPF) in order to use the JVM. Failing to link with libpthread.sl or
libpthread.so will result in a run-time failure when the JVM is loaded.
When building native method implementations to be used with the kernel-threaded
JVM, sources must be compiled with the following additional command-line options:
-DNATIVE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L
Additionally, hybrid applications must link with the pthread library using -lpthread
on the link line.
See “Developing hybrid applications” (page 39) for how developers of hybrid
applications can take advantage of the kernel-threaded JVM, along with the compiler
and linker options necessary to build the application.
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