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Large DMP files filling up the WLP folder

Troubleshooting


Problem

There are large core dump files being created in the WLP folder.

Symptom

Core dumps and core.txt files are created in the WLP folder. 
 

For this specific case - the Javacore file was created for the event Java/lang/OutOfMemory in the Compute service (flint) Java. Here is the top of the stack trace:

Java call stack:

4XESTACKTRACE at org/apache/spark/unsafe/memory/HeapMemoryAllocator.allocate

And later:

At com/ibm/ba/flint/server/logging/ApplyTaskMdcDecorator.doDecorate

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JVM memory settings:

-Xms2048m -Xmx8192m

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Java used all the memory:

1STHEAPTOTAL Total memory:                  8589934592 (0x0000000200000000)

1STHEAPINUSE Total memory in use:            8154584792 (0x00000001E60D16D8)

1STHEAPFREE Total memory free:              435349800 (0x0000000019F2E928)

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Modified date:
14 January 2026

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ibm16381868