[CASSANDRA-10797] Bootstrap new node fails with OOM when streaming nodes contains thousands of sstables

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.3, 3.2
• Component/s: Legacy/Streaming and Messaging

Environment

Cassandra 2.1.8.621 w/G1GC

• Severity: Normal
• Assignee: Paulo Motta
• Reporter: Jose Martinez Poblete

Authors

Paulo Motta

Reviewers

Yuki Morishita

• Created: 02/Dec/15 00:27
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:30
• Resolved: 19/Dec/15 15:57

Description

When adding a new node to an existing DC, it runs OOM after 25-45 minutes
Upon heapdump revision, it is found the sending nodes are streaming thousands of sstables which in turns blows the bootstrapping node heap

ERROR [RMI Scheduler(0)] 2015-11-24 10:10:44,585 JVMStabilityInspector.java:94 - JVM state determined to be unstable.  Exiting forcefully due to:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
ERROR [STREAM-IN-/173.36.28.148] 2015-11-24 10:10:44,585 StreamSession.java:502 - [Stream #0bb13f50-92cb-11e5-bc8d-f53b7528ffb4] Streaming error occurred
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Shutdown in progress
        at java.lang.ApplicationShutdownHooks.remove(ApplicationShutdownHooks.java:82) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
        at java.lang.Runtime.removeShutdownHook(Runtime.java:239) ~[na:1.8.0_65]
        at org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService.removeShutdownHook(StorageService.java:747) ~[cassandra-all-2.1.8.621.jar:2.1.8.621]
        at org.apache.cassandra.utils.JVMStabilityInspector$Killer.killCurrentJVM(JVMStabilityInspector.java:95) ~[cassandra-all-2.1.8.621.jar:2.1.8.621]
        at org.apache.cassandra.utils.JVMStabilityInspector.inspectThrowable(JVMStabilityInspector.java:64) ~[cassandra-all-2.1.8.621.jar:2.1.8.621]
        at org.apache.cassandra.streaming.messages.IncomingFileMessage$1.deserialize(IncomingFileMessage.java:66) ~[cassandra-all-2.1.8.621.jar:2.1.8.621]
        at org.apache.cassandra.streaming.messages.IncomingFileMessage$1.deserialize(IncomingFileMessage.java:38) ~[cassandra-all-2.1.8.621.jar:2.1.8.621]
        at org.apache.cassandra.streaming.messages.StreamMessage.deserialize(StreamMessage.java:55) ~[cassandra-all-2.1.8.621.jar:2.1.8.621]
        at org.apache.cassandra.streaming.ConnectionHandler$IncomingMessageHandler.run(ConnectionHandler.java:250) ~[cassandra-all-2.1.8.621.jar:2.1.8.621]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [na:1.8.0_65]
ERROR [RMI TCP Connection(idle)] 2015-11-24 10:10:44,585 JVMStabilityInspector.java:94 - JVM state determined to be unstable.  Exiting forcefully due to:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
ERROR [OptionalTasks:1] 2015-11-24 10:10:44,585 CassandraDaemon.java:223 - Exception in thread Thread[OptionalTasks:1,5,main]
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Shutdown in progress

Attached is the Eclipse MAT report as a zipped web page

Issue Links

• is related to: CASSANDRA-6503 sstables from stalled repair sessions become live after a reboot and can resurrect deleted data
• links to: 2.1 patch