On Jun 11, 11:38 am, Rob <rob.nikan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Clojure for web apps inside Tomcat.  If I don't compile
> my .clj files ahead of time, I will eventually get one of these
> OutOfMemory errors, after a number of redeployments.  Is there
> something I can do about this?  Is this a bug somewhere, in my code,
> or in Clojure, or in Tomcat; or a limitation of the JVM?
>

PermGen space is where Sun's VM keeps class  bytes. It's not garbage
collected, so if you keep adding classes to a running VM you will
eventally run out. We can only deploy a couple of times on our non-
clojure webapp, in Jboss + Tomcat. It's not unique to Clojure, but
it's true that generating classes on the fly can burn up permGen space
faster. Try increasng your PermGen space as a workaround. This arg
your jvm:
-XX:MaxPermGen=128m or so might help.


Hugh



> thanks,
> Rob
>
> Here is the entire barfage from my Tomcat log:
>
> Jun 11, 2009 12:01:57 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve
> invoke
> SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet ClojureServlet threw exception
> java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at clojure.lang.Var.popThreadBindings(Var.java:289)
>         at biz.encodia.webapps.webdispatch
> $make_dispatcher__3759$fn__3761.invoke(webdispatch.clj:90)
>         at clojure.lang.Var.invoke(Var.java:350)
>         at biz.encodia.webapps.ClojureServlet.processRequest
> (ClojureServlet.java:70)
>         at biz.encodia.webapps.ClojureServlet.doGet
> (ClojureServlet.java:99)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:
> 617)
>         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:
> 717)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter
> (ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter
> (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke
> (StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke
> (StandardContextValve.java:191)
>         at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke
> (AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke
> (StandardHostValve.java:128)
>         at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke
> (ErrorReportValve.java:102)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke
> (StandardEngineValve.java:109)
>         at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service
> (CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
>         at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process
> (Http11Processor.java:845)
>         at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol
> $Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
>         at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run
> (JIoEndpoint.java:447)
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
> Jun 11, 2009 12:04:23 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext
> log
> SEVERE: StandardWrapper.Throwable
> java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
>         at biz.encodia.webapps.ClojureServlet.loadDispatchCode
> (ClojureServlet.java:32)
>         at biz.encodia.webapps.ClojureServlet.init(ClojureServlet.java:
> 49)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet
> (StandardWrapper.java:1172)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate
> (StandardWrapper.java:808)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke
> (StandardWrapperValve.java:129)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke
> (StandardContextValve.java:191)
>         at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke
> (AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke
> (StandardHostValve.java:128)
>         at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke
> (ErrorReportValve.java:102)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke
> (StandardEngineValve.java:109)
>         at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service
> (CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
>         at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process
> (Http11Processor.java:845)
>         at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol
> $Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
>         at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run
> (JIoEndpoint.java:447)
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
> Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:
> PermGen space (core.clj:2151)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.<clinit>(RT.java:294)
>         ... 15 more
> Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space (core.clj:2151)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:4617)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:4593)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:4931)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:329)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:320)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:398)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:370)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.doInit(RT.java:405)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.<clinit>(RT.java:291)
>         ... 15 more
> Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space
>         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
>         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:675)
>         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:520)
>         at clojure.lang.DynamicClassLoader.defineClass
> (DynamicClassLoader.java:42)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler$FnExpr.getCompiledClass(Compiler.java:
> 3465)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler$FnExpr.eval(Compiler.java:3476)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:4600)
>         ... 23 more
> Jun 11, 2009 12:04:23 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve
> invoke
> SEVERE: Allocate exception for servlet ClojureServlet
> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space
>         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
>         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:675)
>         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:520)
>         at clojure.lang.DynamicClassLoader.defineClass
> (DynamicClassLoader.java:42)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler$FnExpr.getCompiledClass(Compiler.java:
> 3465)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler$FnExpr.eval(Compiler.java:3476)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:4600)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:4593)
>         at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:4931)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:329)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.loadResourceScript(RT.java:320)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:398)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:370)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.doInit(RT.java:405)
>         at clojure.lang.RT.<clinit>(RT.java:291)
>         at biz.encodia.webapps.ClojureServlet.loadDispatchCode
> (ClojureServlet.java:32)
>         at biz.encodia.webapps.ClojureServlet.init(ClojureServlet.java:
> 49)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet
> (StandardWrapper.java:1172)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.allocate
> (StandardWrapper.java:808)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke
> (StandardWrapperValve.java:129)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke
> (StandardContextValve.java:191)
>         at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke
> (AuthenticatorBase.java:433)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke
> (StandardHostValve.java:128)
>         at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke
> (ErrorReportValve.java:102)
>         at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke
> (StandardEngineValve.java:109)
>         at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service
> (CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
>         at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process
> (Http11Processor.java:845)
>         at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol
> $Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
>         at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run
> (JIoEndpoint.java:447)
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
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