Re: OutOfMemory on Sun Java 1.4.2 on Linux


"taab" <taab@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> My application (on JBoss) is experiencing strange problem on one of our
> environment - on Linux on Itanium 2 - Sun Java 1.4.2_07 and 64 bit.
> On all other platforms (windows, linux, 32 bit) is ok.
> After 2-3 http requests the OutOfMemory exception is thrown.
> Java is started with -Xmx1024M. In fact the bahaviour is exactly the
> same as -Xmx512M.
> 'uname -a' shows unlimited resources for memory.
> There is plenty of free memory in the system (main and swap) - for
> example I can run 3 such java processes at the same time - but each is
> reporting out of memory after few requests as it is for one java spawned.
> 'top' shows that java eats ~400M when the OutOfMemory is thrown.
>
> Where to look, what to check?
> taab

Given that it's easy to reproduce, you merely have to find which application
is installed that is leaking memory.
Use a profiler if it's not obvious, but trial and error should yields
results in a few minutes or less.

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