Eclipse Memory Analyzer

Krasimir Semerdzhiev

Development Architect / SAP Labs Bulgaria

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Agenda

Getting started

Get hands dirty

Q&A

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Getting startedFew assumptions

You’ve passed beyond “Hello World” in Java

Hello World apps tend not to require too much memory

You’ve gotten an OutOfMemoryError at least once in your life :)

You’re proficient already with Garbage Collection

Attended the previous BGOUG event GC session

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Getting startedMemory analyzer basics

Works with heap dumps – live snapshots of:

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Getting startedHow to get a heap dump

Non-Interactive

-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError

On Demand

JDK1.4.2_12+ and -XX:+HeapDumpOnCtrlBreak

JDK6 and JConsole or VisualVM

On IBM VMs-Xdump:system:events=throw,filter=java/lang/OutOfMemoryError,

request=exclusive+prepwalk

More…

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/MemoryAnalyzer#Getting_a_Heap_Dump

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Getting startedShallow vs. Retained heap

Shallow heap is the memory consumed by one object

Retained set of X is the set of objects that will be garbage collected if X is garbage

collected

Retained heap of X is the sum of shallow sizes of all objects in the retained set of

X, i.e. memory kept alive by X

Set of elements Retained Set

C

K

C, K

C, F, G, J

K

C, F, G, J, K, I

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Getting startedDominator tree

An object x dominates an object y if every path in the object graph from the start (or the root)

node to y must go through x.

In the dominator tree each object is the immediate dominator of its children, so

dependencies between the objects are easily identified.

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Getting startedDominator tree

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Getting startedJava references – java.lang.ref

Soft reference

GC will try to preserve the object

Will collect it prior to throwing OutOfMemoryError

Weak reference

GC is free to reclaim the object.

Phantom reference

Track object collections

Created Initialized Strongly reachable

Softly reachable

Weakly reachable

Finalized

Phantom reachable

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Getting startedGC roots in Java

Keeps the objects in heap from being collected by GC

System Class Finalizer Queue GC handle

JNI Local

JNI Global

Unfinalized Thread stack

ThreadThread block Busy Monitor

Unknown

Unreachable

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Getting startedWhat is a leak?

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Agenda

Getting started

Get hands dirty

Q&A

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Analyze memory consumptionGetting the heap dump: Setup

JConsole refuses to connect

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Analyze memory consumption

DEMO

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How to get involved?

Eclipse Home Page

http://www.eclipse.org/mat/

Forum

eclipse.technology.memory-analyzer

Blog

http://dev.eclipse.org/blogs/memoryanalyzer

Questions?

Krasimir Semerdzhiev

krasimir.semerdzhiev@sap.com

Thank You!

Krasimir Semerdzhiev

krasimir.semerdzhiev@sap.com