On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 21:43:42 GMT, Roman Kennke <rken...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> The caches in ObjectStreamClass basically map WeakReference<Class> to > SoftReference<ObjectStreamClass>, where the ObjectStreamClass also references > the same Class. That means that the cache entry, and thus the class and its > class-loader, will not get reclaimed, unless the GC determines that memory > pressure is very high. > > However, this seems bogus, because that unnecessarily keeps ClassLoaders and > all its classes alive much longer than necessary: as soon as a ClassLoader > (and all its classes) become unreachable, there is no point in retaining the > stuff in OSC's caches. > > The proposed change is to use WeakReference instead of SoftReference for the > values in caches. > > Testing: > - [x] tier1 > - [x] tier2 > - [ ] tier3 > - [ ] tier4 If the intent of this change is to alter the lifetimes of the objects in question in a meaningful way, I recommend a CSR for the behavioral compatibility impact. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6375
