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Ismael Juma reassigned KAFKA-5470: ---------------------------------- Assignee: Ismael Juma Fix Version/s: 0.11.0.1 > 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 > Assignee: Ismael Juma > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 0.11.0.1 > > > 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)