Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:16:41 -0500 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Cc: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Subject: Re: Java process not killed by java plugin and keep hanging out after the web page using it is closed Message-ID: <201111181416.45289.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4EC69EAC.80308@rawbw.com> References: <4EC69EAC.80308@rawbw.com>
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On Friday 18 November 2011 01:06 pm, Yuri wrote: > Hi, > > I have Java browser plugin insgtalled following the handbook: > openjdk6-b23_1 + icedtea-web-1.1.4 + symbolic link. > After using some page with Java plugin in firefox (like > http://websdr.sp3pgx.uz.zgora.pl:8901) and closing it, I still see > java process like this: > 74450 ?? S 0:04.99 /usr/local/openjdk6/jre/bin/java > -Xbootclasspath/a:/usr/local/share/icedtea-web/netx.jar:/usr/local/ >share/icedtea-web/plugin.jar -c > Java process disappears after closing firefox. > > When reopening the same page, I see this java process reused. > So it looks like java stays as a dormant child when nobody uses it. > There is no reason to keep java process hanging since it can grow > very large (in my case it's size/res=2489M/164M) and web browser > usually is a long lived process. This is a design decision made by IcedTea-Web author(s), AFAIK. Basically, they prefer faster applet loading. Jung-uk Kim
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