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Jacques Nadeau edited comment on DRILL-2940 at 5/2/15 5:25 PM:
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Correction, having trouble posting since depends on 2826. Please review
locally until I resolve
was (Author: jnadeau):
Reviewboard here: https://reviews.apache.org/r/33782/
> Large allocations are not released until GC kicks in
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> Key: DRILL-2940
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DRILL-2940
> Project: Apache Drill
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Execution - Flow
> Reporter: Jacques Nadeau
> Assignee: Steven Phillips
> Fix For: 1.0.0
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> Attachments: DRILL-2940.patch
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> If you allocate over the chunk size (16mb), we are currently relying on GC to
> release those buffers. This is problematic since direct memory pressure
> doesn't cause gc. In some situations with fast memory turnover, this means
> we run out of memory incorrectly.
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