[KAFKA-12507] java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Direct buffer memory

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: core

Environment

kafka version: 2.0.1
java version:
java version "1.8.0_211"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_211-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.211-b12, mixed mode)

the command we use to start kafka broker:
java -Xmx1G -Xms1G -server -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=20 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=35 -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent 

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: diehu
• Created: 19/Mar/21 01:41
• Updated: 19/Mar/21 02:29

Description

Hi, we have three brokers in our kafka cluster, and we use scripts to send data to kafka at a rate of about 3.6w eps. After about one month, we got the OOM error: 

[2021-01-09 17:12:24,750] ERROR Processor got uncaught exception. (kafka.network.Processor)
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Direct buffer memory
    at java.nio.Bits.reserveMemory(Bits.java:694)
    at java.nio.DirectByteBuffer.<init>(DirectByteBuffer.java:123)
    at java.nio.ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(ByteBuffer.java:311)
    at sun.nio.ch.Util.getTemporaryDirectBuffer(Util.java:241)
    at sun.nio.ch.IOUtil.read(IOUtil.java:195)
    at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.read(SocketChannelImpl.java:380)
    at org.apache.kafka.common.network.PlaintextTransportLayer.read(PlaintextTransportLayer.java:104)
    at org.apache.kafka.common.network.NetworkReceive.readFrom(NetworkReceive.java:117)
    at org.apache.kafka.common.network.KafkaChannel.receive(KafkaChannel.java:335)
    at org.apache.kafka.common.network.KafkaChannel.read(KafkaChannel.java:296)
    at org.apache.kafka.common.network.Selector.attemptRead(Selector.java:562)
    at org.apache.kafka.common.network.Selector.pollSelectionKeys(Selector.java:498)
    at org.apache.kafka.common.network.Selector.poll(Selector.java:427)
    at kafka.network.Processor.poll(SocketServer.scala:679)
    at kafka.network.Processor.run(SocketServer.scala:584)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

 the kafka server is not shutdown, but always get this error. And at the same time, data can not be produced to kafka cluster, consumer can not consume data from kafka cluster.

We used the recommended java parameter XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent  but it seems not useful. 

 Only kafka cluster restart helps to fix this problem.