Java process size grows and leaks memory after updating OpenJDK on RHEL 7

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Issue

  • After updating OpenJDK, our java process size grows until all memory is consumed
  • Java processes are killed by oom-killer after updating OpenJDK

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.131-3.b12.el7_3.x86_64

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