RFR: 8277072: ObjectStreamClass caches keep ClassLoaders alive [v2]
Roman Kennke
rkennke at openjdk.java.net
Mon Nov 15 21:35:06 UTC 2021
> The caches in ObjectStreamClass basically map WeakReference<Class> to SoftReference<ObjectStreamClass>, where the ObjectStreamClass also references the same Class. That means that the cache entry, and thus the class and its class-loader, will not get reclaimed, unless the GC determines that memory pressure is very high.
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> However, this seems bogus, because that unnecessarily keeps ClassLoaders and all its classes alive much longer than necessary: as soon as a ClassLoader (and all its classes) become unreachable, there is no point in retaining the stuff in OSC's caches.
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> The proposed change is to use WeakReference instead of SoftReference for the values in caches.
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> Testing:
> - [x] tier1
> - [x] tier2
> - [x] tier3
> - [ ] tier4
Roman Kennke has updated the pull request incrementally with two additional commits since the last revision:
- Use ForceGC instead of System.gc()
- Convert test to testng
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Changes:
- all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6375/files
- new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6375/files/430f54e5..6f099c9c
Webrevs:
- full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6375&range=01
- incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=6375&range=00-01
Stats: 21 lines in 1 file changed: 8 ins; 7 del; 6 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6375.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/6375/head:pull/6375
PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/6375
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