Tomcat memory leak

apm-agent-core/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/util/DataStructures.java

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*-
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+ */
+package co.elastic.apm.agent.util;
+
+import com.blogspot.mydailyjava.weaklockfree.WeakConcurrentMap;
+
+public class DataStructures {
+
+    /**
+     * Use this utility method for WeakConcurrentMap creation if it is created in the context of a request processing
+     * thread whose context class loader is the web application ClassLoader.
+     * This leaks the web application ClassLoader when the application is undeployed/redeployed.
+     * <p>
+     * Tomcat will then stop the thread because it thinks it was created by the web application.
+     * That means that the map will never be cleared, creating a severe memory leak.
+     *
+     * @param <K> map key type
+     * @param <V> map value type
+     * @return a new WeakConcurrentMap with a cleaner thread who's context class loader is the system/bootstrap class loader
+     */
+    public static <K, V> WeakConcurrentMap<K, V> createWeakConcurrentMapWithCleanerThread() {
+        WeakConcurrentMap<K, V> map = new WeakConcurrentMap<>(true);
+        map.getCleanerThread().setContextClassLoader(null);
+        return map;
+    }
+}

apm-agent-plugins/apm-jdbc-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jdbc/helper/JdbcHelper.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.bci.VisibleForAdvice;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.impl.transaction.Span;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.impl.transaction.TraceContextHolder;
+import co.elastic.apm.agent.util.DataStructures;
 import com.blogspot.mydailyjava.weaklockfree.WeakConcurrentMap;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -35,17 +36,7 @@
 public abstract class JdbcHelper {
     @SuppressWarnings("WeakerAccess")
     @VisibleForAdvice
-    public static final WeakConcurrentMap<Object, String> statementSqlMap;
-
-    static {
-        statementSqlMap = new WeakConcurrentMap<>(true);
-        // This class will probably be loaded in the context of a request processing thread
-        // whose context class loader is the web application ClassLoader.
-        // This leaks the web application ClassLoader when the application is undeployed/redeployed.
-        // Tomcat will then stop the thread because it thinks it was created by the web application.
-        // That means that the map will never be cleared, creating a severe memory leak.
-        statementSqlMap.getCleanerThread().setContextClassLoader(null);
-    }
+    public static final WeakConcurrentMap<Object, String> statementSqlMap = DataStructures.createWeakConcurrentMapWithCleanerThread();
 
     /**
      * Maps the provided sql to the provided Statement object

apm-agent-plugins/apm-jdbc-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/jdbc/helper/JdbcHelperImpl.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.impl.transaction.Span;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.impl.transaction.TraceContextHolder;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.jdbc.signature.SignatureParser;
+import co.elastic.apm.agent.util.DataStructures;
 import com.blogspot.mydailyjava.weaklockfree.WeakConcurrentMap;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ public class JdbcHelperImpl extends JdbcHelper {
     public static final String DB_SPAN_ACTION = "query";
 
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JdbcHelperImpl.class);
-    private static final WeakConcurrentMap<Connection, ConnectionMetaData> metaDataMap = new WeakConcurrentMap<Connection, ConnectionMetaData>(true);
+    private static final WeakConcurrentMap<Connection, ConnectionMetaData> metaDataMap = DataStructures.createWeakConcurrentMapWithCleanerThread();
 
     @VisibleForAdvice
     public static final ThreadLocal<SignatureParser> SIGNATURE_PARSER_THREAD_LOCAL = new ThreadLocal<SignatureParser>() {

apm-agent-plugins/apm-urlconnection-plugin/src/main/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/urlconnection/HttpUrlConnectionInstrumentation.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.http.client.HttpClientHelper;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.impl.transaction.Span;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.impl.transaction.TraceContext;
+import co.elastic.apm.agent.util.DataStructures;
 import com.blogspot.mydailyjava.weaklockfree.WeakConcurrentMap;
 import net.bytebuddy.asm.Advice;
 import net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement;
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
 public abstract class HttpUrlConnectionInstrumentation extends ElasticApmInstrumentation {
 
     @VisibleForAdvice
-    public static final WeakConcurrentMap<HttpURLConnection, Span> inFlightSpans = new WeakConcurrentMap<HttpURLConnection, Span>(true);
+    public static final WeakConcurrentMap<HttpURLConnection, Span> inFlightSpans = DataStructures.createWeakConcurrentMapWithCleanerThread();
 
     @Override
     public Collection<String> getInstrumentationGroupNames() {