Ismael Juma created KAFKA-5470:
----------------------------------
Summary: Replace -XX:+DisableExplicitGC with
-XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent in kafka-run-class
Key: KAFKA-5470
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-5470
Project: Kafka
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Ismael Juma
Priority: Critical
This is important because Bits.reserveMemory calls System.gc() hoping to free
native memory in order to avoid throwing an OutOfMemoryException. This call is
currently a no-op due to -XX:+DisableExplicitGC.
It's worth mentioning that -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize can be used to increase the
amount of native memory available for allocation of direct byte buffers.
Hongyuan Li pointed out the issue with the usage of -XX:+DisableExplicitGC in:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-5444?focusedCommentId=16054129&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-16054129
--
This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA
(v6.4.14#64029)
