[rules-users] Help with MR3

s erel erelsagi at gmail.com
Wed Jul 4 12:41:46 EDT 2007


Do you know if the fix I mentioned (returning a new iterator each time)
solves the problem or only mask it?
We create the initial RuleBase on server start-up.

On 7/4/07, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org> wrote:
>
> actually I thought i tracked it down, was wrong. Anyway once the RuleBase
> is built the "ObjectHashMap objectTypeNodes" in Rete should not
> change....Only I things I can think of are:
> 1) Some how a thread is seeing a stale version of the map
> 2) the rulebase is getting updated while propagation is happening, maybe
> combine with an issue from 1. In reality the rulebase addition should obey
> the standard locking mechanism and stop this from happening.
> 3) The initial RuleBase hasn't finished building yet, and threads are
> already being spun off to assert data.
>
> I have a feeling its 3...
>
> Mark
> Mark Proctor wrote:
>
> ok, that might be it. We generate code in a singleton classloader, I
> suspect that each thread is generating its' own getters. I suspect that
> created singleton classloader is not getting GCd and releasing the perm gen.
> I'm not sure how to fix this. You can check this yourself by attaching a
> jprofiler instance (available for free trial) and looking at the object
> counts.
>
> I've tracked down the concurrency issue. The Rete node has a HashMap of
> ObjectTypeNodes that is built on the fly, that was global to the rulebase.
> I'll have to make it local to the working Memory. I'll fix that today.
>
> Mark
> s erel wrote:
>
> Our server creates hundreds of stateful rule sessions concurrently. Each
> created rule seesion is specific to a thread. We did not encounter
> any memory problems with the previous version. As I've said,
> it's difficult (actually, impossible) for me to provide you with a self
> contained example
> since the drl is complicated and contains dozens of complex objects.
> However, I am ready to provide you with any information that can help
> us in that manner.
> I've also mentioned in the earlier threads the concurrency problem I've
> encountered with AbstractHashTable.
> Can this has something to do with it?
>
>
> On 7/4/07, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org> wrote:
> >
> > I don't beleive there is anything in 4.0 that is going to cause such
> > quick loss of permgen. Can you create a self contained example that
> > illustrates this behaviour? So we can reproduce this?
> >
> > Mark
> > s erel wrote:
> >
> > We've tried to increase the permGen to 256mb. It did not help and the
> > space run out really fast.
> > Regarding MVEL, is turning code generation off something that can (or
> > will) be done with a configuration parameter/factory method or do I need to
> > track down all the places in the code?
> >
> > We did not experience such memory behavior with the previous version we
> > used (3.06) when running the same tests.
> > Bugs in 3.06 (no longer present in 4M3) are forcing us to upgrade.
> >
> > Is there another reason for such behaviour?
> > Should we wait for release candidate?
> >
> >
> > On 7/4/07, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org > wrote:
> > >
> > > increase your perm gen space,or use the MVEL dialect with code
> > > generation off.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > > s erel wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > During capacity tests we've received permGen OOM exception. The
> > > occupied space in the permGen area increases rapidly. Any opinions?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/3/07, s erel <erelsagi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In our project we are creating a StatefulRuleSession and saving it
> > > > in a per-thread context (i.e. Each thread has it's own
> > > > StatefulRuleSession):
> > > >
> > > > ruleServiceProvider.getRuleRuntime().createRuleSession(contextName,
> > > > properties, RuleRuntime.STATEFUL_SESSION_TYPE);
> > > >
> > > > When a thread session ends, we are calling release on the previously
> > > > created StatefulRuleSession.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Changing the following lines:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > public abstract class AbstractHashTable
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > >     public Iterator iterator() {
> > > > //        if ( this.iterator == null ) {
> > > > //            this.iterator = new HashTableIterator( this );
> > > > //        }
> > > > //
> > > > //        this.iterator.reset();
> > > > //        return this.iterator;
> > > >
> > > >         HashTableIterator iterator = new HashTableIterator(this);
> > > >         iterator.reset();
> > > >
> > > >         return iterator;
> > > >     }
> > > > Seems to solve the problem I've encountered. What's your opinion?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  On 7/2/07, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > a working memory should be single threaded, so not sure how this
> > > > > could be a race condition?
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark
> > > > > s erel wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I've done a little debugging. The code fails in the following
> > > > > segment:
> > > > >
> > > > > public static class HashTableIterator
> > > > > ...
> > > > >  while ( this.entry == null ) {
> > > > >                     this.row++;
> > > > >                     if ( this.row == this.length ) {
> > > > >                         return null;
> > > > >                     }
> > > > >                     this.entry = this.table[this.row]; *// --->
> > > > > index out of bounds exception*
> > > > >                 }
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > this.row has the same value as this.length despite the condition
> > > > > above it. Probably a race condition issue.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 7/2/07, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Not really :(
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In your situation I tend to keep removing rules and data while
> > > > > > still making sure the error happens, to get it down to a minimum. Please do
> > > > > > try, as this isn't an error that should happen. Or alterntaively you can
> > > > > > open drools-core and drools-compiler in eclipse and execuse and debug this
> > > > > > yourself - in your situation this might best. you can put in a breakpoint to
> > > > > > listen for that particular exception.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mark
> > > > > > s erel wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's hard for me to provide a self contained project. The drl
> > > > > > is long and uses several business objects. It's the same drl as we've been
> > > > > > using for 306 minus the keyword changes.
> > > > > > Is there anything else i can check or provide you in order to
> > > > > > solve this matter.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 7/1/07, Mark Proctor <mproctor at codehaus.org > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Can you provide us a self contained project which creates this
> > > > > > > error? Unless we can recreate it, it will be very hard to track it down.
> > > > > > > Please attach the project to a jira and we'll make it a priority.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Mark
> > > > > > > s erel wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  Hello,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've just started integrating MR3 into my project (I've
> > > > > > > previously used 3.06). The drl compiles and everything seems
> > > > > > > fine, but during
> > > > > > > tests the following exception is thrown for time to time:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 17
> > > > > > >  at org.drools.util.AbstractHashTable$HashTableIterator.next(
> > > > > > > AbstractHashTable.java:250)
> > > > > > >  at org.drools.reteoo.Rete$ObjectTypeConf.buildCache(Rete.java
> > > > > > > :434)
> > > > > > >  at org.drools.reteoo.Rete$ObjectTypeConf.getObjectTypeNodes(
> > > > > > > Rete.java:425)
> > > > > > >  at org.drools.reteoo.Rete.assertObject(Rete.java:172)
> > > > > > >  at org.drools.reteoo.ReteooRuleBase.assertObject(
> > > > > > > ReteooRuleBase.java:190)
> > > > > > >  at
> > > > > > > org.drools.reteoo.ReteooWorkingMemory$WorkingMemoryReteAssertAction.execute(
> > > > > > > ReteooWorkingMemory.java:163)
> > > > > > >  at
> > > > > > > org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.executeQueuedActions(
> > > > > > > AbstractWorkingMemory.java:1135)
> > > > > > >  at org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.insert(
> > > > > > > AbstractWorkingMemory.java:781)
> > > > > > >  at org.drools.common.AbstractWorkingMemory.insert(
> > > > > > > AbstractWorkingMemory.java:584)
> > > > > > >  at org.drools.jsr94.rules.StatefulRuleSessionImpl.addObject(
> > > > > > > StatefulRuleSessionImpl.java:162)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This only happens during high load tests.
> > > > > > > Can anyone help me?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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