GitHub user ijuma opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/2916
WIP: Avoid FileInputStream and FileOutputStream You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/ijuma/kafka no-file-input-stream Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/2916.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #2916 ---- commit ff8a9cffc9e3cca2185148a58b6f4d06fbe69e94 Author: Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk> Date: 2017-03-30T14:52:26Z MINOR: Avoid FileInputStream and FileOutputStream They rely on finalizers, which create unnecessary GC load. The alternatives are as easy to use and don't have this issue. Also use FileChannel directly instead of retrieving it from RandomAccessFile. ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---