Github user fhueske commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3379
Hi @lincoln-lil, I fixed FLINK-5498 with PR #4858 as a by product to fix
FLINK-7755.
The implementation of #4858 is memory safe (based on the proposal we
discussed in FLINK-5498).
Could you please close this PR?
I'd also appreciate a review for #4858 if you have some time.
Thank you, Fabian---
