WebLogic 14.1.2 on Mac M4 fails with "fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment" error

[chrishoina]

Issue

I'm receiving the following error (in logs):

A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGILL (0x4) at pc=0x0000ffff6ff3fc5c, pid=62, tid=63

after using a command such as this:

podman run  --name wls -d -p 7001:7001 -p 9002:9002 -v /Users/choina/podman-dev/weblogic:/u01/oracle/properties container-registry.oracle.com/middleware/weblogic:14.1.2.0-generic-jdk21-ol9

Details

Mac details

I am on a newer m4 Mac, details:

Model Name:	MacBook Pro - Nov, 2024
  Model Identifier:	Mac16,8
  Model Number:	Z1FE000MFLL/A
  Chip:	Apple M4 Pro
  Total Number of Cores:	12 (8 performance and 4 efficiency)
  Memory:	48 GB
  System Firmware Version:	11881.121.1
  OS Loader Version:	11881.121.1

Podman info:

Client:
  APIVersion: 5.5.0
  BuildOrigin: brew
  Built: 1747162753
  BuiltTime: Tue May 13 14:59:13 2025
  GitCommit: ""
  GoVersion: go1.24.3
  Os: darwin
  OsArch: darwin/arm64
  Version: 5.5.0
host:
  arch: arm64
  buildahVersion: 1.40.0
  cgroupControllers:
  - cpu
  - io
  - memory
  - pids
  cgroupManager: systemd
  cgroupVersion: v2
  conmon:
    package: conmon-2.1.12-3.fc41.aarch64
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.12, commit: '
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 99.48
    systemPercent: 0.17
    userPercent: 0.36
  cpus: 6
  databaseBackend: sqlite
  distribution:
    distribution: fedora
    variant: coreos
    version: "41"
  eventLogger: journald
  freeLocks: 2047
  hostname: localhost.localdomain
  idMappings:
    gidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 1000
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 1000000
    uidmap:
    - container_id: 0
      host_id: 502
      size: 1
    - container_id: 1
      host_id: 100000
      size: 1000000
  kernel: 6.12.13-200.fc41.aarch64
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 2610262016
  memTotal: 4082618368
  networkBackend: netavark
  networkBackendInfo:
    backend: netavark
    dns:
      package: aardvark-dns-1.14.0-1.fc41.aarch64
      path: /usr/libexec/podman/aardvark-dns
      version: aardvark-dns 1.14.0
    package: netavark-1.14.0-1.fc41.aarch64
    path: /usr/libexec/podman/netavark
    version: netavark 1.14.0
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: crun-1.20-2.fc41.aarch64
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.20
      commit: 9c9a76ac11994701dd666c4f0b869ceffb599a66
      rundir: /run/user/502/crun
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +LIBKRUN +WASM:wasmedge +YAJL
  os: linux
  pasta:
    executable: /usr/bin/pasta
    package: passt-0^20250121.g4f2c8e7-2.fc41.aarch64
    version: |
      pasta 0^20250121.g4f2c8e7-2.fc41.aarch64-pasta
      Copyright Red Hat
      GNU General Public License, version 2 or later
        <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
      This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
      There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  remoteSocket:
    exists: true
    path: unix:///run/user/502/podman/podman.sock
  rootlessNetworkCmd: pasta
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: true
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /usr/share/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: true
  serviceIsRemote: true
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/bin/slirp4netns
    package: slirp4netns-1.3.1-1.fc41.aarch64
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.3.1
      commit: e5e368c4f5db6ae75c2fce786e31eef9da6bf236
      libslirp: 4.8.0
      SLIRP_CONFIG_VERSION_MAX: 5
      libseccomp: 2.5.5
  swapFree: 0
  swapTotal: 0
  uptime: 3h 45m 56.00s (Approximately 0.12 days)
  variant: v8
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  - ipvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries:
  search:
  - docker.io
store:
  configFile: /var/home/core/.config/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 1
    paused: 0
    running: 0
    stopped: 1
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions: {}
  graphRoot: /var/home/core/.local/share/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 106415992832
  graphRootUsed: 18209390592
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: xfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "true"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Supports shifting: "false"
    Supports volatile: "true"
    Using metacopy: "false"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 3
  runRoot: /run/user/502/containers
  transientStore: false
  volumePath: /var/home/core/.local/share/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 5.5.0
  BuildOrigin: 'Copr: packit/containers-podman-26126'
  Built: 1747094400
  BuiltTime: Mon May 12 20:00:00 2025
  GitCommit: 0dbcb51477ee7ab8d3b47d30facf71fc38bb0c98
  GoVersion: go1.23.8
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/arm64
  Version: 5.5.0

Podman logs wls

Domain Home is:  /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain
Create Domain
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGILL (0x4) at pc=0x0000ffff6ff3fc5c, pid=62, tid=63
#
# JRE version:  (21.0.7+8) (build )
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (21.0.7+8-LTS-245, mixed mode, sharing, tiered, compressed oops, compressed class ptrs, g1 gc, linux-aarch64)
# Problematic frame:
# j  java.lang.System.registerNatives()V+0 java.base@21.0.7
#
# Core dump will be written. Default location: Core dumps may be processed with "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump %P %u %g %s %t %c %h" (or dumping to /u01/oracle/core.62)
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /u01/oracle/hs_err_pid62.log
[0.034s][warning][os] Loading hsdis library failed
#
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
/u01/oracle/oracle_common/common/bin/wlst_internal.sh: line 30:    62 Aborted                 (core dumped) "${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" -DORACLE_HOME='/u01/oracle/oracle_common' -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom weblogic.WLST "$@"
/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 63: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain/bin/setDomainEnv.sh: No such file or directory
/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 67: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain/startWebLogic.sh: No such file or directory
touch: cannot touch '/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log': No such file or directory
tail: cannot open '/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log' for reading: No such file or directory
tail: no files remaining

Attempts to resolve

I've tried (based on other issues across GitHub) adjusting the Java Options

JAVA_OPTS="-Xms1024M -Xmx1024M" and JAVA_OPTS="-XX:UseSVE=0"

Neither of these have worked for me. I've no other information. Is this expected behavior on the newer M4 Macs?

[jshum2479]

Can you show the result of podman machine info | grep -i arch. and podman inspect container-registry.oracle.com/middleware/weblogic:14.1.2.0-generic-jdk21-ol9 | grep -i arch. Both should return arm64. It's working fine in M2 environment, not sure it is a M4 issue.