Github user srowen commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/19826#discussion_r153212103
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+### Spark Application Garbage Collector
+
+<table class="table">
+ <tr><th>Property Name</th><th>Default</th><th>Meaning</th></tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>spark.cleaner.periodicGC.interval</code></td>
+ <td>30min</td>
+ <td>
+ Controls how often to trigger a garbage collection.
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>spark.cleaner.referenceTracking</code></td>
+ <td>true</td>
+ <td>
+ Controls whether a ContextCleaner should be created when a
SparkContext initializes.
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I'd just say it controls whether context cleaning is enabled at all. This
sort of suggests it controls whether it's created at a certain time as opposed
to another time.
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