[jira] [Created] (OOZIE-3409) Oozie Server : Possible memory leak in EL evaluation

["Praneeth (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Praneeth created OOZIE-3409:
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             Summary: Oozie Server : Possible memory leak in EL evaluation
                 Key: OOZIE-3409
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OOZIE-3409
             Project: Oozie
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 5.1.0
            Reporter: Praneeth


I have noticed that there is a potential memory leak in the Oozie server due to one of its dependencies - {{commons-el:commons-el:1.0}}. Our oozie servers have been running out of memory occasionally. It happens more often when we have more activity. Upon analysis of the heap dump, it seems that the culprit here is the {{org.apache.commons.el.ExpressionEvaluatorImpl}} from {{commons-el}} which is used in the Oozie server through {{org.apache.oozie.util.ELEvaluator}} [1] . {{ExpressionEvaluatorImpl}} uses a static {{Map}} [2] to cache the EL evaluations. This map never gets cleared, eventually taking up all the memory. So, in an environment with heavy usage and long running oozie servers, this would lead to an OOM. The configurations for workflow actions we have are possibly larger than normal which is worsening the situation as the Map has to maintain larger strings.
 # [https://github.com/apache/oozie/blob/release-5.1.0/core/src/main/java/org/apache/oozie/util/ELEvaluator.java#L143]
 # [http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/dormant/el/trunk/src/java/org/apache/commons/el/ExpressionEvaluatorImpl.java?view=markup#l94]



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