Openfire 4.6.4 out of memory

Openfire Openfire Support
1

Hi all,

We are using the 4.6.4 on product, but it will throw out of memory after running for a while. After dump the Java heap, we find there a lots of Deliverable objects in HttpSession.

Class Name                                              | Shallow Heap | Retained Heap | Percentage
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java.util.ArrayList @ 0x7234c0c30                       |           24 |   533,759,760 |     20.37%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0dd58|          208 |   144,092,616 |      5.50%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0d3d0|          208 |   143,925,040 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0de40|          208 |   143,925,040 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0e248|          208 |   143,925,040 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0cf50|          208 |   143,924,912 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0e9b8|          208 |   143,841,176 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0eb88|          208 |   143,841,048 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x76014ee10|          208 |   143,841,048 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x760bcc718|          208 |   143,841,048 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0ccf0|          208 |   143,841,008 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0daf8|          208 |   143,757,312 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd0ea88|          208 |   143,757,312 |      5.49%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x75bd106d0|          208 |   143,673,320 |      5.48%
org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession @ 0x74c17aaa8|          208 |   143,589,456 |      5.48%
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Class Name                                                                   | Shallow Heap | Retained Heap | Percentage
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java.util.Collections$SynchronizedRandomAccessList @ 0x75bd0dd40             |           24 |   144,086,472 |      5.50%
'- java.util.ArrayList @ 0x730d2f2a8                                         |           24 |   144,086,448 |      5.50%
   '- java.lang.Object[1851] @ 0x79d03d9b0                                   |        7,424 |   144,086,424 |      5.50%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7db3c8|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7db448|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7db4c8|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7db548|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7db5c8|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7db648|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7db6c8|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7db9d0|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7dba50|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7dbad0|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7dbb50|           24 |        83,864 |      0.00%
      |- org.jivesoftware.openfire.http.HttpSession$Deliverable @ 0x71f7dbbd0|           24 |

My question is why there are so many Deliverable objects in HttpSession. Can we delete these objects by any settings ?

Thanks,
Joe

2

This there a reason you are using this version versus the current release of 4.7.4 ? Your problem may just go away with a current release. There have been fixes since 4.6.4 to httpbind and memory management.

3

Hi Joe,

As akrherz suggested: try upgrading Openfire first.

These Deliverable instances keep track of the data to be sent to clients that are connected using HTTP-Binding/BOSH. If Deliverable stack up, then there might be misbehaving clients (that for some reason do not collect enough of the data that they’re being sent). What client software are you using?

4

Hi guus,

Sorry I miss you answer. We are using the strophe JS library as our client.

Thanks,
Joe

5

And BTW, do you have any sample code for strophe ? because we just use it as http bind function, other functions are all implement by Java code.

Thanks
Joe

6

I don’t have example code of how to use Strope, sadly. There are enough projects out there that use Strophe on Openfire with success, so I don’t expect that to be much of a problem.

I’m curious: If you’re using Java for all other functions, then why did you choose a Javascript library for the HTTP binding bit? Aren’t there Java libraries up to the task? Our own Smack library offers support (although I believe that in the current 4.4.6 release, that’s considered of ‘beta’ quality).

7

Hi guus,

I also confuse about this ( only use the Javascript for HttpBind ). Because I am the maintainer of this system, we will not change the framework too much now. So by now the best is upgrade openfire to 4.7.4, right ?

8

Hi guus,

Another question, do you have any work around to delete the pending items for version 4.6.4 ?

Joe

9

No, this problem is new to me. I’m not even sure if upgrading to the latest release will help - but I think it’s your best chance.