[Bug] Doris FE fails to start on Linux with cgroup v2 due to JDK bug - NullPointerException in CgroupV2Subsystem #56784
Description
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Version
Environment:
Doris Version: 3.0.8 (also tested with 3.0.7 and 3.1.0)
Deployment: Docker (apache/doris:fe-3.0.8)
Host OS: Arch Linux (kernel version: 6.17.1-arch1-1)
Docker Version: 28.5.1
Cgroup Version: v2 (confirmed via stat -fc %T /sys/fs/cgroup/)
JDK Version in Container: JDK 18 (bundled with apache/doris:fe-3.0.8)
What's Wrong?
Description
Doris FE fails to start on Linux systems using cgroup v2 with the following error:
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "jdk.internal.platform.CgroupInfo.getMountPoint()" because "anyController" is null
at jdk.internal.platform.cgroupv2.CgroupV2Subsystem.getInstance(CgroupV2Subsystem.java:81)
The issue occurs during BDB JE (Berkeley DB Java Edition) initialization when it attempts to query system metrics for memory budget calculation.
What You Expected?
Apache Doris FE should start
How to Reproduce?
Steps to Reproduce
- Use the official
apache/doris:fe-3.0.8Docker image - Run on a Linux system with cgroup v2 (most modern Linux distributions)
- Start the FE container using Docker Compose or
docker run - Observe the startup failure with the cgroup-related NullPointerException
Docker Compose Configuration
services:
fe:
image: apache/doris:fe-3.0.8
hostname: fe
ports:
- 8030:8030
- 9030:9030
environment:
- FE_SERVERS=fe1:172.20.80.2:9010
- FE_ID=1
volumes:
- doris-fe-meta:/opt/apache-doris/fe/doris-meta
- doris-fe-log:/opt/apache-doris/fe/log
Full Stack Trace
fe-1 | RuntimeLogger 2025-10-10 05:46:57,269 INFO (main|23) [BDBEnvironment.setup():207] i:0 exception:
fe-1 | com.sleepycat.je.EnvironmentFailureException: (JE 18.3.12) java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION: Unexpected internal Exception, may have side effects.
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.EnvironmentFailureException.unexpectedException(EnvironmentFailureException.java:354) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.dbi.DbEnvPool.loadRepImpl(DbEnvPool.java:267) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.dbi.DbEnvPool.getEnvironment(DbEnvPool.java:195) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.Environment.makeEnvironmentImpl(Environment.java:278) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.Environment.<init>(Environment.java:258) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.rep.ReplicatedEnvironment.<init>(ReplicatedEnvironment.java:605) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.rep.ReplicatedEnvironment.<init>(ReplicatedEnvironment.java:464) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.rep.ReplicatedEnvironment.<init>(ReplicatedEnvironment.java:538) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at org.apache.doris.journal.bdbje.BDBEnvironment.setup(BDBEnvironment.java:184) ~[doris-fe.jar:1.2-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at org.apache.doris.journal.bdbje.BDBJEJournal.open(BDBJEJournal.java:505) ~[doris-fe.jar:1.2-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at org.apache.doris.persist.EditLog.open(EditLog.java:1290) ~[doris-fe.jar:1.2-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at org.apache.doris.catalog.Env.initialize(Env.java:1096) ~[doris-fe.jar:1.2-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at org.apache.doris.DorisFE.start(DorisFE.java:187) ~[doris-fe.jar:1.2-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at org.apache.doris.DorisFE.main(DorisFE.java:97) ~[doris-fe.jar:1.2-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
fe-1 | at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:77) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstanceWithCaller(Constructor.java:499) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:480) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.dbi.DbEnvPool.loadRepImpl(DbEnvPool.java:261) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | ... 12 more
fe-1 | Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.dbi.MemoryBudget.calcMaxMemory(MemoryBudget.java:750) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.dbi.MemoryBudget.<init>(MemoryBudget.java:701) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.dbi.EnvironmentImpl.<init>(EnvironmentImpl.java:643) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.rep.impl.RepImpl.<init>(RepImpl.java:328) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:77) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstanceWithCaller(Constructor.java:499) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:480) ~[?:?]
fe-1 | at com.sleepycat.je.dbi.DbEnvPool.loadRepImpl(DbEnvPool.java:261) ~[je-18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT.jar:18.3.14-doris-SNAPSHOT]
fe-1 | ... 12 more
fe-1 | Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "jdk.internal.platform.CgroupInfo.getMountPoint()" because "anyController" is null
fe-1 | at jdk.internal.platform.cgroupv2.CgroupV2Subsystem.getInstance(CgroupV2Subsystem.java:81) ~[?:?]
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