Re: HotSpot crashed on Linux

Roedy Green wrote:
>>Every Timer object you create in your code (implicitly) creates a 
>>thread.  I don't think these threads go away till the timer objects get 
>>garbage collected.  It's much better to have a single timer object with 
>>multiple enqueued TimerTasks than a huge number of Timer objects...
> 
> On the other paw, only one nugget of work can run at a time with a
> single Timer.  

Agreed.  We've tried consciously to limit the work performed in Timer 
threads for this reason, but I agree that if you don't you may need to 
allow multiple Timer objects.

On the other hand, not controlling numbers of Timer objects is a recipe 
for disaster.....

Dave