tillrohrmann commented on a change in pull request #11408: [FLINK-15989][FLINK-16225] Improve direct and metaspace out-of-memory error handling URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/11408#discussion_r393784214
########## File path: flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/core/memory/MemorySegmentFactory.java ########## @@ -94,7 +99,15 @@ public static MemorySegment allocateUnpooledOffHeapMemory(int size) { * @return A new memory segment, backed by unpooled off-heap memory. */ public static MemorySegment allocateUnpooledOffHeapMemory(int size, Object owner) { - ByteBuffer memory = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(size); + ByteBuffer memory; + try { + memory = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(size); + } catch (OutOfMemoryError e) { + if (ExceptionUtils.isDirectOutOfMemoryError(e)) { + LOG.error(ExceptionUtils.TM_DIRECT_OOM_ERROR_MESSAGE, e); + } + throw e; + } Review comment: Why do we need this special exception handling here? Wouldn't it be better if we let the exception bubble up and treat OOMs consistently in a single place (e.g. fatal error handler, or the entrypoint if this is an exception which occurs during initialization)? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services