On 11.09.2015 18:24, Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
From: Leo Donahue [mailto:donahu...@gmail.com]
Subject: Re: heap thrashing
I see this topic come up from time to time on the list. Can someone point
me to what heap thrashing looks like?
Is heap thrashing a very "closely spaced" saw tooth pattern?
Should have mentioned that "heap thrashing" does not have a strict definition.
Often, it's used to describe the heap itself expanding and contracting in a cyclic
manner. This is most easily avoided by setting the min and max heap size limits to the
same value.
What you have appears to be just very rapid object creation and garbage
collection. Using a larger heap (if you have the RAM for it) could help to
reduce the frequency of collections. Fixing the webapp to not consume so much
space would be better, of course.
- Chuck
In terms of looking at the webapp code which may generate that kind of behaviour, while
searching for an example on the www, I came across this blog post :
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.de/2006/03/execution-in-kingdom-of-nouns.html
Independently of what one may think about the author's opinions and treatment of the
matter, I find the prose beautiful and witty.
The pseudo-java code example is of course tongue-in-cheek and contrived, but I have seen
similar code in the real world, and it would probably produce the kind of phenomenon which
Leo is seeing.
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