查看源码
当我们调用System.gc()的时候,其实并不会马上进行垃圾回收,甚至不一定会执行垃圾回收,查看系统源码可以看到
/**
* Indicates to the VM that it would be a good time to run the
* garbage collector. Note that this is a hint only. There is no guarantee
* that the garbage collector will actually be run.
*/
public static void gc() {
boolean shouldRunGC;
synchronized(lock) {
shouldRunGC = justRanFinalization;
if (shouldRunGC) {
justRanFinalization = false;
} else {
runGC = true;
}
}
if (shouldRunGC) {
Runtime.getRuntime().gc();
}
}
也就是justRanFinalization=true
的时候才会执行
查找发现当调用runFinalization()的时候justRanFinalization
变为true
下面是runFinalization()的源码
/**
* Provides a hint to the VM that it would be useful to attempt
* to perform any outstanding object finalization.
*/
public static void runFinalization() {
boolean shouldRunGC;
synchronized(lock) {
shouldRunGC = runGC;
runGC = false;
}
if (shouldRunGC) {
Runtime.getRuntime().gc();
}
Runtime.getRuntime().runFinalization();
synchronized(lock) {
justRanFinalization = true;
}
}
其实当我们直接调用System.gc()
只会把这次gc请求记录下来,等到runFinalization=true
的时候才会先去执行GC,runFinalization=true
之后会在允许一次system.gc()。之后在call System.gc()还会重复上面的行为。
所以System.gc()要跟System.runFinalization()一起搭配使用才好。
查看ZygoteInit.java
里面 gc()和runFinalizationSync()是配合使用的,这样才有效果
static void gcAndFinalize() {
final VMRuntime runtime = VMRuntime.getRuntime();
/* runFinalizationSync() lets finalizers be called in Zygote,
* which doesn't have a HeapWorker thread.
*/
System.gc();
runtime.runFinalizationSync();
System.gc();
}
解决方案
由此可见,当我们需要调用的System.gc()
的时候 要这样才会执行
System.gc();
runtime.runFinalizationSync();
System.gc();
不过个人建议不到万不得已不要调用,因为jvm有自己的gc策略,根本不需要我们来手动