结论:堆外内存只有在fullgc的时候才能够回收掉。
DirectByteBuffer(int cap) {
super(-1, 0, cap, cap);
boolean pa = VM.isDirectMemoryPageAligned();
int ps = Bits.pageSize();
long size = Math.max(1L, (long)cap + (pa ? ps : 0));
Bits.reserveMemory(size, cap);
long base = 0;
try {
// 分配内存,只是映射进来了,没有实际分配
// 当你实际写或者读的时候,才会根据你使用的大小实际分配大小
// 你可以映射很大
base = unsafe.allocateMemory(size);
} catch (OutOfMemoryError x) {
Bits.unreserveMemory(size, cap);
throw x;
}
unsafe.setMemory(base, size, (byte) 0);
if (pa && (base % ps != 0)) {
// Round up to page boundary
address = base + ps - (base & (ps - 1));
} else {
address = base;
}
// 这是一个虚引用,辅助回收
cleaner = Cleaner.create(this, new Deallocator(base, size, cap));
att = null;
}
分配内存
static void reserveMemory(long size, int cap) {
if (!memoryLimitSet && VM.isBooted()) {
maxMemory = VM.maxDirectMemory();
memoryLimitSet = true;
}
// 如果能够分配
if (tryReserveMemory(size, cap)) {
return;
}
// 分配失败了
final JavaLangRefAccess jlra = SharedSecrets.getJavaLangRefAccess();
// retry while helping enqueue pending Reference objects
// which includes executing pending Cleaner(s) which includes
// Cleaner(s) that free direct buffer memory
// 尝试回收
while (jlra.tryHandlePendingReference()) {
if (tryReserveMemory(size, cap)) {
return;
}
}
// trigger VM's Reference processing
// 如果还是失败,触发gc(只是建议jvm gc)
System.gc();
// a retry loop with exponential back-off delays
// (this gives VM some time to do it's job)
// 循环几次 休息1ms(让出cpu 等待jvm gc),尝试分配,尝试10次后报错
boolean interrupted = false;
try {
long sleepTime = 1;
int sleeps = 0;
while (true) {
if (tryReserveMemory(size, cap)) {
return;
}
if (sleeps >= MAX_SLEEPS) {
break;
}
if (!jlra.tryHandlePendingReference()) {
try {
Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
sleepTime <<= 1;
sleeps++;
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
interrupted = true;
}
}
}
// no luck
throw new OutOfMemoryError("Direct buffer memory");
} finally {
if (interrupted) {
// don't swallow interrupts
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
}
}
分配
private static boolean tryReserveMemory(long size, int cap) {
// -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize limits the total capacity rather than the
// actual memory usage, which will differ when buffers are page
// aligned.
long totalCap;
// 看看有没有超过最大容量 这里没有根据实际的内存做判断
// 也就是说你把-XX:MaxDirectMemorySize设置的很大,不会触发gc
// 后面系统实际分配不了会抛oom
while (cap <= maxMemory - (totalCap = totalCapacity.get())) {
if (totalCapacity.compareAndSet(totalCap, totalCap + cap)) {
reservedMemory.addAndGet(size);
count.incrementAndGet();
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
回收
static boolean tryHandlePending(boolean var0) {
Reference var1;
Cleaner var2;
try {
synchronized(lock) {
if (pending == null) {
if (var0) {
lock.wait();
}
return var0;
}
// jvm回收时,会把虚引用放入pending
var1 = pending;
// 判断是不是cleaner类型
var2 = var1 instanceof Cleaner ? (Cleaner)var1 : null;
pending = var1.discovered;
var1.discovered = null;
}
} catch (OutOfMemoryError var6) {
Thread.yield();
return true;
} catch (InterruptedException var7) {
return true;
}
// 如果是cleaner类型 调用clean方法
if (var2 != null) {
var2.clean();
return true;
} else {
ReferenceQueue var3 = var1.queue;
if (var3 != ReferenceQueue.NULL) {
var3.enqueue(var1);
}
return true;
}
}
clean对象
public class Cleaner extends PhantomReference
清理器释放堆外内存
private Deallocator(long address, long size, int capacity) {
assert (address != 0);
this.address = address;
this.size = size;
this.capacity = capacity;
}
public void run() {
if (address == 0) {
// Paranoia
return;
}
unsafe.freeMemory(address);
address = 0;
Bits.unreserveMemory(size, capacity);
}
}
总结:
DirectByteBuffer再构造的时候含有一个cleaner对象,这个是一个虚引用,当buffer的引用被回收的时候(没有强引用了),jvm会把clean对象加入引用队列,然后在分配内存失败的时候(现有使用量+分配量 大于 最大容量),会尝试回收,遍历引用队列,调用cleaner的clean方法。
ps:Reference类的静态块起了一个线程,用来不停的清理引用队列。
static {
ThreadGroup tg = Thread.currentThread().getThreadGroup();
for (ThreadGroup tgn = tg;
tgn != null;
tg = tgn, tgn = tg.getParent());
Thread handler = new ReferenceHandler(tg, "Reference Handler");
handler.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY);
handler.setDaemon(true);
handler.start();
// provide access in SharedSecrets
SharedSecrets.setJavaLangRefAccess(new JavaLangRefAccess() {
@Override
public boolean tryHandlePendingReference() {
return tryHandlePending(false);
}
});
}
hanler
private static class ReferenceHandler extends Thread {
private static void ensureClassInitialized(Class> clazz) {
try {
Class.forName(clazz.getName(), true, clazz.getClassLoader());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
throw (Error) new NoClassDefFoundError(e.getMessage()).initCause(e);
}
}
static {
// pre-load and initialize InterruptedException and Cleaner classes
// so that we don't get into trouble later in the run loop if there's
// memory shortage while loading/initializing them lazily.
ensureClassInitialized(InterruptedException.class);
ensureClassInitialized(Cleaner.class);
}
ReferenceHandler(ThreadGroup g, String name) {
super(g, name);
}
public void run() {
while (true) {
tryHandlePending(true);
}
}
}



