Java. Java in JDK class lang.ref. Memory leak of WeakReference object

The following simple code reproduces Java. Java in the heap lang.ref. Growth of WeakReference objects:

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

while (true) {
java.util.logging.Logger.getAnonymousLogger();
Thread.sleep(1);
}
}

The following is the output of the jmap command over a few second interval:

user@t1007:~> jmap -d64 -histo:live 29201|grep WeakReference
8: 22493 1079664 java.lang.ref.WeakReference
31: 1 32144 [Ljava.lang.ref.WeakReference;
106: 17 952

com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.WeakIdentityHashMap$IdentityWeakReference
user@t1007:~> jmap -d64 -histo:live 29201|grep WeakReference
8: 23191 1113168 java.lang.ref.WeakReference
31: 1 32144 [Ljava.lang.ref.WeakReference;
103: 17 952

com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.WeakIdentityHashMap$IdentityWeakReference
user@t1007:~> jmap -d64 -histo:live 29201|grep WeakReference
8: 23804 1142592 java.lang.ref.WeakReference
31: 1 32144 [Ljava.lang.ref.WeakReference;
103: 17 952 com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.WeakIdentityHashMap$IdentityWeakReference

Note that the jmap command forces fullgc

JVM settings:
export JVM_OPT="\
-d64 \
-Xms200m -Xmx200m \
-XX:MaxNewSize=64m \
-XX:NewSize=64m \
-XX:+UseParNewGC \
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC \
-XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=10 \
-XX:SurvivorRatio=2 \
-XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=60 \
-XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly \
-XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled \
-XX:+DisableExplicitGC \
-XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled \
-XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps \
-XX:+PrintGCDetails \
-XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution \
-XX:+PrintGCApplicationConcurrentTime \
-XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime \
-XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime \
-XX:+PrintClassHistogram \
-XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled \
-XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=1 \
-verbose:gc \
-Xloggc:$GCLOGFILE"

java version "1.6.0_18"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_18-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 16.0-b13,mixed mode)

Solaris 10/Sun Fire(TM) T1000

Solution

Already in 1.6 0_ 29： http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u29-relnotes-507960.html?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen Medium repair

Error page itself（ http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6942989 ）There is no mention of 1.6 0_ 29, so I think it's useful to publish links there, so the fact of fixing it can be found