JDK-6458100 : Symbols and strings are resurrected in CMS perm gen when concurrent sweeping is disabled.
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: hotspot
  • Sub-Component: gc
  • Affected Version: 6
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2006-08-08
  • Updated: 2010-04-03
  • Resolved: 2006-11-14
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Description
References to Strings and Symbols remain uncleaned in StringTable and SymbolTable.
Hence symbols, strings and char arrays that are referenced from strings can become
alive again when strings or symbols is found in the table and reused.

Comments
EVALUATION See description.
09-08-2006