StephanEwen opened a new pull request #6480: [FLINK-10033] [runtime] Task 
releases reference to AbstractInvokable
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6480
 
 
   ## What is the purpose of the change
   
   References to Task objects may under some conditions linger longer than for 
the lifetime of the task. For example, in case of local network channels, the 
receiving task may have a reference to the object of the task that produced the 
data.
   
   To guard against memory leaks, the Task releases the reference to its 
AbstractInvokable
   when it shuts down or cancels.
   
   ## Brief change log
   
     - The `Task` nulls out its heap reference to the `AbstractInvokable`
     - `TaskTest` verifies that for finite task execution and cancellation
   
   ## Verifying this change
   
   Self-contained in a unit test.
   
   ## Does this pull request potentially affect one of the following parts:
   
     - Dependencies (does it add or upgrade a dependency): **no**
     - The public API, i.e., is any changed class annotated with 
`@Public(Evolving)`: **no**
     - The serializers: **no**
     - The runtime per-record code paths (performance sensitive): **no**
     - Anything that affects deployment or recovery: JobManager (and its 
components), Checkpointing, Yarn/Mesos, ZooKeeper: **no**
     - The S3 file system connector: **no**
   
   ## Documentation
   
     - Does this pull request introduce a new feature? **no**
     - If yes, how is the feature documented? **not applicable**
   

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