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Bug 356998 - [Webapp] HTTP error 500 from OutOfMemoryError using help.eclipse.org - fix for Eclipse 3.8/4.2
Summary: [Webapp] HTTP error 500 from OutOfMemoryError using help.eclipse.org - fix fo...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: User Assistance (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 major (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.8 M2   Edit
Assignee: Chris Goldthorpe CLA
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Reported: 2011-09-07 15:35 EDT by Chris Goldthorpe CLA
Modified: 2011-10-03 14:51 EDT (History)
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Description Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2011-09-07 15:35:21 EDT 
This bug will track committing the fix for Bug #354297 to Eclipse 3.8/4.2.

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #354297 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #346362 +++

We get reports of 500 errors on help.eclipse.org every so often.  In all cases it looks like an OOME event has hosed the helpcentre.

Based on suggestions from other bugs we've cranked up the memory limits on the help center but it still falls over every so often.

Here is the startup command:

/usr/bin/java -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -classpath /home/data/httpd/help.eclipse.org/indigo/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.help.base_3.6.0.v201106030909.jar org.eclipse.help.standalone.Infocenter -clean -command start -eclipsehome /home/data/httpd/help.eclipse.org/indigo/eclipse -nl en -locales en -plugincustomization /home/data/httpd/help.eclipse.org/indigo/eclipse/plugin_customization.ini

You can grab a compressed copy of the heapdump the last OOME event generated here: http://build.eclipse.org/heapdump.20110809.100805.31640.0011.phd.gz


-M.
Comment 1 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2011-09-07 15:50:19 EDT 
Patch committed to master, fixed.