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  1. Flume
  2. FLUME-3137

GC overhead limit exceeded in KafkaSink

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    • Bug
    • Status: Open
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
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    Description

      We are trying to push number of log files are located at folder "/path-to-logs/processed_logs/" through flume to kafka.
      Now when flume agent is started it tries to send a few number of files but after that gives the below error:
      And finally, it is unable to tail the remaining files. This inhibits the further flow of data.

      [ERROR - org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.writePosition(TaildirSource.java:334)] Failed writing positionFile
      java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded
      at com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap.of(ImmutableMap.java:95)
      at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.toPosInfoJson(TaildirSource.java:349)
      at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.writePosition(TaildirSource.java:330)
      at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.access$600(TaildirSource.java:59)
      at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource$PositionWriterRunnable.run(TaildirSource.java:320)
      at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

      [ERROR - org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.process(TaildirSource.java:236)] Unable to tail files
      java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded

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            snehalwa Snehal Waghmare
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