That's excellent news @dvaske. I'm the same, no issues. At least it's resolved for us. Good luck!

Is anyone still experiencing this issue on recent Jenkins versions? If so, please post a comment mentioning your Jenkins version, JRE vendor and version, OS, and exact error message. If you use Oracle JRE instead of OpenJDK, does that resolve the issue?

Not since I made the aforementioned change. Do you want me to test without that change?

I'm mostly looking for anyone who is experiencing this with Oracle JDK not magically fixing things, or who is using OpenJDK and no longer experiencing this (unlikely, but possible).

If you're on a recent Jenkins and could switch to OpenJDK to test whether it's still failing with it that would be nice.

I can probably do this next week. This week is bad for me to test that.

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 with Jenkins 1.580 and OpenJDK and I'm still having this problem with restart

javax.servlet.ServletException: hudson.lifecycle.RestartNotSupportedException: Failed to obtain the command line arguments of the process
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:778)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:858)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:631)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:225)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:848)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:686)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1494)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:96)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:88)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:48)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:46)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1474)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:499)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:137)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:533)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1086)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:428)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:193)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1020)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:135)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:370)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:489)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.content(AbstractHttpConnection.java:960)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(AbstractHttpConnection.java:1021)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:865)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:240)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:82)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:668)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:52)
at winstone.BoundedExecutorService$1.run(BoundedExecutorService.java:77)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: hudson.lifecycle.RestartNotSupportedException: Failed to obtain the command line arguments of the process
at hudson.lifecycle.UnixLifecycle.verifyRestartable(UnixLifecycle.java:98)
at jenkins.model.Jenkins.restart(Jenkins.java:3345)
at jenkins.model.Jenkins.doRestart(Jenkins.java:3316)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:298)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:161)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:96)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:120)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:728)
... 42 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.sun.akuma.CLibrary
at com.sun.akuma.JavaVMArguments.resolvePID(JavaVMArguments.java:126)
at com.sun.akuma.JavaVMArguments.ofLinux(JavaVMArguments.java:114)
at com.sun.akuma.JavaVMArguments.of(JavaVMArguments.java:104)
at com.sun.akuma.JavaVMArguments.current(JavaVMArguments.java:92)
at hudson.lifecycle.UnixLifecycle.<init>(UnixLifecycle.java:54)
at hudson.lifecycle.Lifecycle.get(Lifecycle.java:93)
at hudson.model.UpdateCenter.isDowngradable(UpdateCenter.java:438)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.util.PropertyExecutor.execute(PropertyExecutor.java:125)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelGetterImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:314)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTArrayAccess.evaluateExpr(ASTArrayAccess.java:185)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTIdentifier.execute(ASTIdentifier.java:75)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:83)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTReference.value(ASTReference.java:57)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.parser.ASTReferenceExpression.value(ASTReferenceExpression.java:51)
at org.apache.commons.jexl.ExpressionImpl.evaluate(ExpressionImpl.java:80)
at hudson.ExpressionFactory2$JexlExpression.evaluate(ExpressionFactory2.java:74)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.expression.ExpressionSupport.evaluateRecurse(ExpressionSupport.java:61)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.expression.ExpressionSupport.evaluateAsBoolean(ExpressionSupport.java:71)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$1.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:97)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyViewScript.run(JellyViewScript.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.IncludeTag.doTag(IncludeTag.java:147)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:269)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:269)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$1.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:120)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript$1.run(CallTagLibScript.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.define.InvokeBodyTag.doTag(InvokeBodyTag.java:91)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:269)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.ReallyStaticTagLibrary$1.run(ReallyStaticTagLibrary.java:99)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:95)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.CallTagLibScript.run(CallTagLibScript.java:120)
at org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.CoreTagLibrary$2.run(CoreTagLibrary.java:105)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyViewScript.run(JellyViewScript.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.DefaultScriptInvoker.invokeScript(DefaultScriptInvoker.java:63)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.DefaultScriptInvoker.invokeScript(DefaultScriptInvoker.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.jelly.JellyFacet$1.dispatch(JellyFacet.java:95)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:728)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:858)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:631)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:225)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:848)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:686)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1494)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:96)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:88)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:48)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:46)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1474)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:499)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:137)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:533)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1086)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:428)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:193)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1020)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:135)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:370)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:489)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:949)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:1011)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:644)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:235)
... 7 more

I believe I figured this out.

After experiencing this problem on a CentOS 6.5 VM, I decided to start the Jenkins server interactively (eg., java -jar jenkins.war ... )

I saw a very curious warning:

Nov 21, 2014 10:46:51 PM jenkins.diagnosis.HsErrPidList <init>
WARNING: Failed to list up hs_err_pid files
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/jna/jna4408307760862063272.tmp: /tmp/jna/jna4408307760862063272.tmp: failed to map segment from shared object: Operation not permitted

This reminded me of a very similar problem on CentOS 6.5 with ruby-build that I documented @ https://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build/issues/604#issuecomment-54310466

The cause seems to be when $TMPDIR is mounted as noexec. Just re-mount your temp dir and tmpfs as executable:

$ mount
/dev/mapper/vglocal20140828-root00 on / type ext4 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/mapper/vglocal20140828-tmp00 on /tmp type ext4 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/mapper/vglocal20140828-log00 on /var/log type ext4 (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)

I was able to resolve by removing the noexec option from /tmp and tmpfs and re-mounting both:

$ cp /etc/fstab /tmp/~fstab
$ sudo vi /etc/fstab
$ diff /tmp/~fstab /etc/fstab
11c11
< /dev/mapper/vglocal20140828-tmp00 /tmp ext4 defaults,nosuid,nodev,noexec 1 2
---
> /dev/mapper/vglocal20140828-tmp00 /tmp ext4 defaults,nosuid,nodev 1 2
14c14
< tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0
---
> tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,nosuid,nodev 0 0
$ sudo mount -o remount /tmp
$ sudo  mount -o remount tmpfs
$ mount
/dev/mapper/vglocal20140828-root00 on / type ext4 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/mapper/vglocal20140828-tmp00 on /tmp type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/mapper/vglocal20140828-log00 on /var/log type ext4 (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) 

stevejansen: To clarify, your solution enables safeRestart with OpenJDK, or the JDK crash dump logging (which is what hserrpid is about)?

Daniel Beck: my fix resolved the safeRestart (and restart) issue on my CentOS 6.5 system (which curiously uses the Oracle JDK 1.7.0_65). This resolved the Failed to obtain the command line arguments of the process error seen on my system in both the Jenkins Web UI and the Jenkins SSH/CLI.

I think you're likely experiencing a different issue, as it appears Oracle JDK generally works for most users. It's OpenJDK that's the problem.

Was your stack trace really identical to the others?