JDK-8059236 : Memory leak when executing octane pdfjs with optimistic typing
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: jdk.nashorn
  • Affected Version: 8u40
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2014-09-26
  • Updated: 2015-06-04
  • Resolved: 2014-10-09
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Description
Running octane pdfjs with optimistic typing it is visible how occupied OldSpace is increasing in time. It causes performance degradation and OutOfMemoryError at the end.
Used heap increases slowly - required long execution: e.g. with 512M heapsize it requires up to 200-300 iterations before OOM:
java -Xmx512m -Xms512m jdk.nashorn.tools.Shell test/script/basic/run-octane.js --optimistic-types=true -scripting -- pdfjs --runtime nashorn --verbose --iterations 300 

PS There is no memory leak when optimistic typing turned off.
Comments
Adding noreg-long as the problem took a long time to manifest.
09-10-2014
This is a memory leak within pdfjs after all. The reason why it was originally reported as being related to optimistic typing is probably because it takes longer to manifest without optimistic types. We can fix this by adding a special cleanup hook after each iteration. I filed a bug with octane: https://code.google.com/p/octane-benchmark/issues/detail?id=26
08-10-2014
This is most likely a SpillProperty method handle leak
28-09-2014
The issue exists in jdk9-b32: java version "1.9.0-ea" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.9.0-ea-b32) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.9.0-ea-b32, mixed mode)
27-09-2014