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svn commit: r1744059 - in /tomcat/tc8.5.x/trunk: ./ java/org/apache/catalina/core/JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener.java

Author: markt
Date: Mon May 16 14:49:04 2016
New Revision: 1744059

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1744059&view=rev
Log:
No functional change. Update comments with latest understanding of the problem.

Modified:
    tomcat/tc8.5.x/trunk/   (props changed)
    tomcat/tc8.5.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener.java

Propchange: tomcat/tc8.5.x/trunk/
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Modified: tomcat/tc8.5.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc8.5.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener.java?rev=1744059&r1=1744058&r2=1744059&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/tc8.5.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener.java (original)
+++ tomcat/tc8.5.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener.java Mon May 16 14:49:04 2016
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ public class JreMemoryLeakPreventionList
     }
 
     /**
-     * XML parsing can pin a web application class loader in memory. This is
-     * particularly nasty as profilers (at least YourKit and Eclipse MAT) don't
-     * identify any GC roots related to this.
-     * <a href="http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6916498">
-     * http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6916498</a>
+     * XML parsing can pin a web application class loader in memory. There are
+     * multiple root causes for this. Some of these are particularly nasty as
+     * profilers may not identify any GC roots related to the leak. For example,
+     * with YourKit you need to ensure that HPROF format memory snapshots are
+     * used to be abel to trace some of the leaks.
      */
     private boolean xmlParsingProtection = true;
     public boolean isXmlParsingProtection() { return xmlParsingProtection; }
@@ -405,23 +405,29 @@ public class JreMemoryLeakPreventionList
                  * Various leaks related to the use of XML parsing.
                  */
                 if (xmlParsingProtection) {
-                    /*
-                     * Haven't got to the root of what is going on with this
-                     * leak but if a web app is the first to make the following
-                     * two calls the web application class loader will be pinned
-                     * in memory.
-                     */
+                    // There are three known issues with XML parsing
+                    // 1. DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
+                    // http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6916498
+                    // This issue is fixed in Java 7 onwards
                     DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
                     try {
                         DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
-                        // Bug 58486 identified two additional memory leaks.
-                        // The first is in DOMSerializerImpl.abort
+
+                        // The 2nd and 3rd links both relate to cached Exception
+                        // instances that retain a link to the TCCL via the
+                        // backtrace field. Note that YourKit only shows this
+                        // field when using the HPROF format memory snapshots.
+                        // https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58486
+                        // These issues are currently present in all current
+                        // versions of Java
+
+                        // 2. com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.DOMSerializerImpl
                         Document document = documentBuilder.newDocument();
                         document.createElement("dummy");
                         DOMImplementationLS implementation =
                                 (DOMImplementationLS)document.getImplementation();
                         implementation.createLSSerializer().writeToString(document);
-                        // The second leak is in DOMNormalizer
+                        // 3. com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.dom.DOMNormalizer
                         document.normalize();
                     } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
                         log.error(sm.getString("jreLeakListener.xmlParseFail"),



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