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 	<h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Running Leak Suspect Report</h1>


 	<div class="body taskbody">
 		<div class="section context">
 			In the toolbar select the drop-down menu
 			<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Run Expert System Test</span><abbr title="and then"> &gt; </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Leak Suspects</span></span>
 			.
 			<br /><img class="image" src="../mimes/leak_report.png" alt="screen shot of starting to run a leak suspect report" /><br />
 			<p class="p">As a result an HTML report will be opened. It contains an overview
 				of the heap dump and leak suspect info.
 			</p>

 			<br /><img class="image" src="../mimes/leaksuspects.png" alt="screen shot of leak suspects" /><br />
 			<p class="p">This report will be stored together with the heap dump and can be
 				displayed when you open the heap dump again.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">Some of the sections in the leak suspects report have links to
 				rerun the individual
 				queries which make up the report. This can be
 				useful for further analysis.
 				See <a class="xref" href="../reference/tipsandtricks.html#ref_tips__piechartlinks">Pie Chart Links</a>
 				for links from pie charts.
 			</p>

 			<br /><img class="image" src="../mimes/leaksuspects1.png" alt="screen shot of leak suspect details showing links" /><br />
 			<p class="p">The standard leak suspects report operates just using the heap
 				dump data,
 				which is a snapshot from a particular moment. It does not
 				use any time
 				information as to when objects were allocated.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				The starting point is the
 				<a class="xref" href="../concepts/dominatortree.html">dominator tree</a>
 				.
 				The biggest items at the top level of the dominator tree are
 				analyzed,
 				and if an item retains a significant
 				amount of memory
 				(default is 10%) then that item could be the cause of the
 				memory leak
 				because if it were no longer referenced then all that memory could
 				be
 				freed.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">It could be that single objects do not retain a significant amount
 				of memory
 				but many objects all of one type do. This is a second class
 				of leak
 				suspect.
 				This type is found using the dominator tree, grouped
 				by class.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				Further analysis is then done on each leak suspect. For a single
 				object
 				leak suspect the retained objects are analyzed in the
 				dominator tree to
 				see if there is an
 				<dfn class="term">accumulation point</dfn>
 				.

 				An accumulation point is an object with a big difference between
 				the
 				retained size of itself and the largest
 				retained size of a child
 				object. These are places where the memory of many
 				small objects is
 				accumulated under one object.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				If the leak suspect is a thread then
 				thread related information such
 				as
 				the call stack is shown, together
 				with interesting stack frames
 				which have local variables
 				referring to objects on the path to the
 				accumulation point.
 				If the
 				leak suspect is a class loader then this is mentioned as being
 				an
 				interesting component of the application.
 				If the leak suspect is a
 				class then its class loader is mentioned as
 				being
 				an interesting
 				component of the application.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				The
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Shortest Paths To the Accumulation Point</span>
 				shows a
 				path from a
 				<a class="xref" href="../concepts/gcroots.html">garbage collection root</a>
 				to the accumulation
 				point.
 				There will be other paths, otherwise an object on the path
 				would
 				retain the leak suspect, so itself would be considered a
 				leak
 				suspect. If the root is a thread object then thread related
 				information is also shown.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				The
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Accumulated Objects in Dominator Tree</span>
 				shows
 				the dominator tree from the leak suspect to the accumulation
 				point and
 				also the objects that the accumulation point retains. This
 				helps understand the context of the leak, and what is being
 				accumulated.
 				The
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Accumulated Objects by Class in Dominator Tree</span>
 				shows just
 				the children in the dominator tree of the accumulation
 				point, grouped
 				by
 				class. This is useful if there are many objects, as
 				there will be fewer
 				types than objects.
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">All Accumulated Objects by Class</span>
 				shows all the objects
 				retained by the accumulation point, including
 				the accumulation point,
 				but grouped by class so it easier to see what
 				is taking up the
 				heap space.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				If the leak suspect is a group of objects then
 				these objects are all of the same type (class) which are
 				at the top level of the dominator tree. Each individual
 				object is not retained by a single other object.
 				The query
 				attempts to
 				find an
 				object which indirectly refers to all of those
 				objects. This is
 				also called an
 				<dfn class="term">accumulation point</dfn>
 				but is
 				below the leak suspects in the dominator tree, rather than
 				above
 				the leak suspect object in the single object case.

 				The accumulation point is a single object through which
 				there is a path from the GC roots to most of the objects.
 				There will be other paths to the suspect objects, otherwise
 				the accumulation point would be a leak suspect in its own
 				right.
 				The accumulation point is useful in understanding the leak
 				as it shows one reason that the suspect objects are
 				<a class="xref" href="../concepts/reachability.html">reachable</a>
 				and so alive.
 				The standard options for the query ignore weak, soft, phantom and finalizer
 				references when finding paths.
 				In the report, the text <samp class="ph systemoutput">Most of these instances are referenced from one instance of</samp>
 				introduces the accumulation point.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				The query also attempts to find an <em class="ph i">interesting</em>
 				(not a standard Java class
 				<code class="ph codeph">java.</code> <code class="ph codeph">javax.</code> <code class="ph codeph">com.sun.</code> <code class="ph codeph">jdk.</code>) Java object which directly or indirectly refers
 				to the accumulation point. This means that if the accumulation
 				point is a array or object inside a standard Java collection then
 				the interesting object might be part of the application itself.
 				The text in the report <samp class="ph systemoutput">The instance is referenced by</samp> introduces this interesting object.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				If the shortest path from the GC roots to accumulation point starts with a thread,
 				then thread related information such as the call stack is shown, together
 				with interesting stack frames which have local variables referring to objects on the path to the accumulation point.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				If the leak suspect is a group of objects then
 				the biggest few
 				objects are shown by
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Biggest Instances (Overview)</span> which is a pie chart and
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Biggest Instances</span>
 				which is a histogram.
 				If there are many objects and none uses more than 1% of the leak
 				then these is omitted.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Suspect Objects by Class</span>
 				This is a histogram showing the suspect objects. They
 				will all be of the same type. This section makes it easy to
 				continue analysis of the leak by click on the link
 				to view the suspects interactively.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">All Objects by Class Retained by Suspect Objects</span>
 				This shows all the objects retained by the suspect and helps explain
 				why all the memory is being used. Perhaps instead of removing
 				the leak the problem can be reduced by changing the application
 				code to have fewer or smaller objects referenced from the suspects.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Common Path To the Accumulation Point</span>
 				shows a shortest path
 				from a GC root to the accumulation point,
 				giving a guide as to
 				what in the application refers to the
 				accumulation point.
 				By default this path ignores weak, soft, phantom and finalizer
 				references when finding paths.
 				If the root of this path is a thread then some
 				interesting thread
 				related information is also extracted.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Accumulated Objects in Dominator Tree</span>
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Accumulated Objects by Class in Dominator Tree</span>
 				These show the accumulation point in the dominator tree, showing
 				how it is retained, and the objects it retains.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">All Accumulated Objects by Class</span>
 				This shows the objects retained by the accumulation point.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Reference Pattern </span>
 				If the leak suspect is a group of objects but there is not an
 				accumulation point then the reference pattern shows the
 				merged shortest paths to GC roots.
 			</p>

 			<p class="p">
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Keywords </span>
 				The keyword section has words which could be useful to match this problem to previous problem instances.
 			</p>


 			<p class="p">
 				Learn more in this blog posting:
 				<a class="xref" href="https://memoryanalyzer.blogspot.com/2008/05/automated-heap-dump-analysis-finding.html" target="_blank">
 				Automated Heap Dump Analysis: Finding Memory Leaks with One Click
 				</a>
 				.
 			</p>

 			<div class="note" id="task_runningleaksuspectreport__compare"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span>
 				There is also a leak suspects report made by comparing two
 				snapshots.
 				This is available via
 				<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Leak Identification</span><abbr title="and then"> &gt; </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Compare Snapshots Leak Report</span></span>
 				or from the
 				<span class="keyword wintitle">Overview</span>
 				panel as
 				<span class="keyword cmdname">Leak Suspects by Snapshot Comparison</span>
 				which includes leak suspects and a system overview from comparing
 				two snapshots.
 				This works by comparing the dominator tree of the two
 				snapshots,
 				identifying
 				big changes in the size of items in the
 				dominator tree as possible
 				leaks.
 			</div>

 		</div>

 		<div class="li step p">
 				<span class="ph cmd">
 			In the toolbar select the drop-down menu
 			<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Run Expert System Test</span><abbr title="and then"> &gt; </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Leak Suspects</span></span>
 			and generate the report.
 				</span>
 			</div>

 		<div class="section result">
 			The result is an HTML page giving information on of all the suspects.
 			Various sections can be expanded to give more detail.
 			If the HTML page is viewed inside of Eclipse Memory Analyzer then links allow
 			further examination of objects.
 		</div>

 		<div class="section tasktroubleshooting">
 			If the HTML page does not display properly inside Eclipse Memory Analyzer, consult
 			<a class="xref" href="report.html">Problems displaying reports</a>.
 		</div>

 		<div class="example">
 			<p class="p">
 				Examples of summaries of leak suspects:
 			</p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 1</span><br />
 One instance of "org.eclipse.mat.ui.compare.CompareBasketView$ComparePolicy" <br />
 loaded by "org.eclipse.mat.ui" occupies 487,234,584 (28.60%) bytes. <br />
 The memory is accumulated in one instance of "java.lang.Object[]", <br />
 loaded by "&lt;system class loader&gt;", which occupies 487,234,328 (28.60%) bytes.<br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.ui.compare.CompareBasketView$ComparePolicy<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.ui<br />
 java.lang.Object[]<br />
 				</samp></p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 2</span><br />
 The thread java.lang.Thread @ 0xe0c2ac98 main keeps local variables with total size 5,394,048 (68.41%) bytes.<br />
 The memory is accumulated in one instance of "org.eclipse.mat.tests.CreateCollectionDump", loaded by "jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader @ 0xe0c137a0", which occupies 5,393,416 (68.40%) bytes.<br />
 The stacktrace of this Thread is available. See stacktrace. See stacktrace with involved local variables.<br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.tests.CreateCollectionDump<br />
 jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader @ 0xe0c137a0<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.tests.CreateCollectionDump.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V<br />
 CreateCollectionDump.java:174<br />
 				</samp></p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 3</span><br />
 The classloader/component "com.ibm.dtfj.j9" occupies 551,743,560 (55.09%) bytes. <br />
 The memory is accumulated in one instance of "com.ibm.j9ddr.corereaders.minidump.WindowsProcessAddressSpace", <br />
 loaded by "com.ibm.dtfj.j9", which occupies 540,840,744 (54.00%) bytes.<br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 com.ibm.dtfj.j9<br />
 com.ibm.j9ddr.corereaders.minidump.WindowsProcessAddressSpace<br />
 				</samp></p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 4</span><br />
 The class "java.lang.ref.Finalizer", loaded by "&lt;system class loader&gt;",<br />
 occupies 188,628,792 (18.83%) bytes. <br />
 The memory is accumulated in one instance of "com.ibm.dtfj.java.j9.JavaRuntime", <br />
 loaded by "com.ibm.dtfj.j9", which occupies 186,736,528 (18.64%) bytes.<br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 java.lang.ref.Finalizer<br />
 com.ibm.dtfj.java.j9.JavaRuntime<br />
 com.ibm.dtfj.j9<br />
 				</samp></p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 5</span><br />
 19,414,929 instances of "int[]", <br />
 loaded by "&lt;system class loader&gt;" occupy 716,412,176 (42.05%) bytes. <br />
 These instances are referenced from one instance of "java.lang.Object[]", <br />
 loaded by "&lt;system class loader&gt;", which occupies 77,659,616 (4.56%) bytes.<br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 int[]<br />
 java.lang.Object[]<br />
 				</samp></p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 6</span><br />
 2 instances of "org.eclipse.mat.parser.internal.SnapshotImpl", <br />
 loaded by "org.eclipse.mat.parser" occupy 261,910,656 (15.37%) bytes. <br />
 <br />
 Biggest instances:<br />
   org.eclipse.mat.parser.internal.SnapshotImpl @ 0x6ff5af620 - 136,622,272 (8.02%) bytes. <br />
   org.eclipse.mat.parser.internal.SnapshotImpl @ 0x6c2f6ce38 - 125,288,384 (7.35%) bytes. <br />
 These instances are referenced from one instance of "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display", <br />
 loaded by "org.eclipse.swt", which occupies 20,104 (0.00%) bytes.<br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.parser.internal.SnapshotImpl<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.parser<br />
 org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display<br />
 org.eclipse.swt<br />
 				</samp></p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 7</span><br />
 1,868 instances of "java.lang.Class", <br />
 loaded by "&lt;system class loader&gt;" occupy 1,000,176 (12.68%) bytes. <br />
 <br />
 Biggest instances:<br />
  class sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfoFile @ 0xffe065a0 - 151,368 (1.92%) bytes. <br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 java.lang.Class<br />
 				</samp></p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 8</span><br />
 One instance of "java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask[]" loaded by "&lt;system class loader&gt;" occupies 279.27 MB (40.12%) bytes. The instance is referenced by java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread @ 0xd53a1bf0 ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-0 , loaded by "&lt;system class loader&gt;". <br />
 <br />
 The thread java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread @ 0xd53a1bf0 ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-0 keeps local variables with total size 120.71 KB (0.02%) bytes.<br />
 The memory is accumulated in one instance of "java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask[]", loaded by "&lt;system class loader&gt;", which occupies 279.27 MB (40.12%) bytes.<br />
 The stacktrace of this Thread is available. See stacktrace. See stacktrace with involved local variables.<br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask[]<br />
 java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.execLocalTasks()V<br />
 ForkJoinPool.java:1040<br />
 				</samp></p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 9</span><br />
 1,417 instances of "org.eclipse.mat.hprof.SeekableStream$PosStream", loaded by "org.eclipse.mat.hprof" occupy 74,697,464 (31.80%) bytes. <br />
 <br />
 Most of these instances are referenced from one instance of "java.util.TreeMap$Entry", loaded by "&lt;system class loader&gt;", which occupies 56,560 (0.02%) bytes. The instance is referenced by "org.eclipse.mat.hprof.SeekableStream @ 0x6053cd130", loaded by "org.eclipse.mat.hprof". <br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.hprof.SeekableStream$PosStream<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.hprof<br />
 java.util.TreeMap$Entry<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.hprof.SeekableStream<br />
 				</samp></p>

 				<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 10</span><br />
 				84,857 instances of "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem", loaded by "org.eclipse.swt" occupy 30,539,432 (13.00%) bytes. <br />
 <br />
 Most of these instances are referenced from one instance of "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem[]", loaded by "org.eclipse.swt", which occupies 339,216 (0.14%) bytes. <br />
 <br />
 Thread "java.lang.Thread @ 0x604802e10 main" has a local variable or reference to "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell @ 0x604e4d848" which is on the shortest path to "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem[84800] @ 0x61bc96500". The thread java.lang.Thread @ 0x604802e10 main keeps local variables with total size 41,544 (0.02%) bytes.<br />
 <br />
 Significant stack frames and local variables<br />
 	org.eclipse.mat.ui.internal.diagnostics.DiagnosticsWizardAction.run()V (DiagnosticsWizardAction.java:45)<br />
 		org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell @ 0x604e4d848 retains 2,616 (0.00%) bytes<br />
 <br />
 The stacktrace of this Thread is available. See stacktrace. See stacktrace with involved local variables.<br />
 <br />
 Keywords<br />
 org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem<br />
 org.eclipse.swt<br />
 org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem[]<br />
 org.eclipse.mat.ui.internal.diagnostics.DiagnosticsWizardAction.run()V<br />
 DiagnosticsWizardAction.java:45<br />
 				</samp></p>

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	<div class="body taskbody">
	<div class="section context">
	In the toolbar select the drop-down menu
	<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Run Expert System Test</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Leak Suspects</span></span>
	.
	<br /><img class="image" src="../mimes/leak_report.png" alt="screen shot of starting to run a leak suspect report" /><br />
	<p class="p">As a result an HTML report will be opened. It contains an overview
	of the heap dump and leak suspect info.
	</p>

	<br /><img class="image" src="../mimes/leaksuspects.png" alt="screen shot of leak suspects" /><br />
	<p class="p">This report will be stored together with the heap dump and can be
	displayed when you open the heap dump again.
	</p>

	<p class="p">Some of the sections in the leak suspects report have links to
	rerun the individual
	queries which make up the report. This can be
	useful for further analysis.
	See <a class="xref" href="../reference/tipsandtricks.html#ref_tips__piechartlinks">Pie Chart Links</a>
	for links from pie charts.
	</p>

	<br /><img class="image" src="../mimes/leaksuspects1.png" alt="screen shot of leak suspect details showing links" /><br />
	<p class="p">The standard leak suspects report operates just using the heap
	dump data,
	which is a snapshot from a particular moment. It does not
	use any time
	information as to when objects were allocated.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	The starting point is the
	<a class="xref" href="../concepts/dominatortree.html">dominator tree</a>
	.
	The biggest items at the top level of the dominator tree are
	analyzed,
	and if an item retains a significant
	amount of memory
	(default is 10%) then that item could be the cause of the
	memory leak
	because if it were no longer referenced then all that memory could
	be
	freed.
	</p>

	<p class="p">It could be that single objects do not retain a significant amount
	of memory
	but many objects all of one type do. This is a second class
	of leak
	suspect.
	This type is found using the dominator tree, grouped
	by class.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	Further analysis is then done on each leak suspect. For a single
	object
	leak suspect the retained objects are analyzed in the
	dominator tree to
	see if there is an
	<dfn class="term">accumulation point</dfn>
	.

	An accumulation point is an object with a big difference between
	the
	retained size of itself and the largest
	retained size of a child
	object. These are places where the memory of many
	small objects is
	accumulated under one object.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	If the leak suspect is a thread then
	thread related information such
	as
	the call stack is shown, together
	with interesting stack frames
	which have local variables
	referring to objects on the path to the
	accumulation point.
	If the
	leak suspect is a class loader then this is mentioned as being
	an
	interesting component of the application.
	If the leak suspect is a
	class then its class loader is mentioned as
	being
	an interesting
	component of the application.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	The
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Shortest Paths To the Accumulation Point</span>
	shows a
	path from a
	<a class="xref" href="../concepts/gcroots.html">garbage collection root</a>
	to the accumulation
	point.
	There will be other paths, otherwise an object on the path
	would
	retain the leak suspect, so itself would be considered a
	leak
	suspect. If the root is a thread object then thread related
	information is also shown.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	The
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Accumulated Objects in Dominator Tree</span>
	shows
	the dominator tree from the leak suspect to the accumulation
	point and
	also the objects that the accumulation point retains. This
	helps understand the context of the leak, and what is being
	accumulated.
	The
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Accumulated Objects by Class in Dominator Tree</span>
	shows just
	the children in the dominator tree of the accumulation
	point, grouped
	by
	class. This is useful if there are many objects, as
	there will be fewer
	types than objects.
	<span class="keyword wintitle">All Accumulated Objects by Class</span>
	shows all the objects
	retained by the accumulation point, including
	the accumulation point,
	but grouped by class so it easier to see what
	is taking up the
	heap space.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	If the leak suspect is a group of objects then
	these objects are all of the same type (class) which are
	at the top level of the dominator tree. Each individual
	object is not retained by a single other object.
	The query
	attempts to
	find an
	object which indirectly refers to all of those
	objects. This is
	also called an
	<dfn class="term">accumulation point</dfn>
	but is
	below the leak suspects in the dominator tree, rather than
	above
	the leak suspect object in the single object case.

	The accumulation point is a single object through which
	there is a path from the GC roots to most of the objects.
	There will be other paths to the suspect objects, otherwise
	the accumulation point would be a leak suspect in its own
	right.
	The accumulation point is useful in understanding the leak
	as it shows one reason that the suspect objects are
	<a class="xref" href="../concepts/reachability.html">reachable</a>
	and so alive.
	The standard options for the query ignore weak, soft, phantom and finalizer
	references when finding paths.
	In the report, the text <samp class="ph systemoutput">Most of these instances are referenced from one instance of</samp>
	introduces the accumulation point.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	The query also attempts to find an <em class="ph i">interesting</em>
	(not a standard Java class
	<code class="ph codeph">java.</code> <code class="ph codeph">javax.</code> <code class="ph codeph">com.sun.</code> <code class="ph codeph">jdk.</code>) Java object which directly or indirectly refers
	to the accumulation point. This means that if the accumulation
	point is a array or object inside a standard Java collection then
	the interesting object might be part of the application itself.
	The text in the report <samp class="ph systemoutput">The instance is referenced by</samp> introduces this interesting object.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	If the shortest path from the GC roots to accumulation point starts with a thread,
	then thread related information such as the call stack is shown, together
	with interesting stack frames which have local variables referring to objects on the path to the accumulation point.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	If the leak suspect is a group of objects then
	the biggest few
	objects are shown by
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Biggest Instances (Overview)</span> which is a pie chart and
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Biggest Instances</span>
	which is a histogram.
	If there are many objects and none uses more than 1% of the leak
	then these is omitted.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Suspect Objects by Class</span>
	This is a histogram showing the suspect objects. They
	will all be of the same type. This section makes it easy to
	continue analysis of the leak by click on the link
	to view the suspects interactively.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	<span class="keyword wintitle">All Objects by Class Retained by Suspect Objects</span>
	This shows all the objects retained by the suspect and helps explain
	why all the memory is being used. Perhaps instead of removing
	the leak the problem can be reduced by changing the application
	code to have fewer or smaller objects referenced from the suspects.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Common Path To the Accumulation Point</span>
	shows a shortest path
	from a GC root to the accumulation point,
	giving a guide as to
	what in the application refers to the
	accumulation point.
	By default this path ignores weak, soft, phantom and finalizer
	references when finding paths.
	If the root of this path is a thread then some
	interesting thread
	related information is also extracted.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Accumulated Objects in Dominator Tree</span>
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Accumulated Objects by Class in Dominator Tree</span>
	These show the accumulation point in the dominator tree, showing
	how it is retained, and the objects it retains.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	<span class="keyword wintitle">All Accumulated Objects by Class</span>
	This shows the objects retained by the accumulation point.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Reference Pattern </span>
	If the leak suspect is a group of objects but there is not an
	accumulation point then the reference pattern shows the
	merged shortest paths to GC roots.
	</p>

	<p class="p">
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Keywords </span>
	The keyword section has words which could be useful to match this problem to previous problem instances.
	</p>


	<p class="p">
	Learn more in this blog posting:
	<a class="xref" href="https://memoryanalyzer.blogspot.com/2008/05/automated-heap-dump-analysis-finding.html" target="_blank">
	Automated Heap Dump Analysis: Finding Memory Leaks with One Click
	</a>
	.
	</p>

	<div class="note" id="task_runningleaksuspectreport__compare"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span>
	There is also a leak suspects report made by comparing two
	snapshots.
	This is available via
	<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Leak Identification</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Compare Snapshots Leak Report</span></span>
	or from the
	<span class="keyword wintitle">Overview</span>
	panel as
	<span class="keyword cmdname">Leak Suspects by Snapshot Comparison</span>
	which includes leak suspects and a system overview from comparing
	two snapshots.
	This works by comparing the dominator tree of the two
	snapshots,
	identifying
	big changes in the size of items in the
	dominator tree as possible
	leaks.
	</div>

	</div>

	<div class="li step p">
	<span class="ph cmd">
	In the toolbar select the drop-down menu
	<span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Run Expert System Test</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Leak Suspects</span></span>
	and generate the report.
	</span>
	</div>

	<div class="section result">
	The result is an HTML page giving information on of all the suspects.
	Various sections can be expanded to give more detail.
	If the HTML page is viewed inside of Eclipse Memory Analyzer then links allow
	further examination of objects.
	</div>

	<div class="section tasktroubleshooting">
	If the HTML page does not display properly inside Eclipse Memory Analyzer, consult
	<a class="xref" href="report.html">Problems displaying reports</a>.
	</div>

	<div class="example">
	<p class="p">
	Examples of summaries of leak suspects:
	</p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 1</span><br />
	One instance of "org.eclipse.mat.ui.compare.CompareBasketView$ComparePolicy" <br />
	loaded by "org.eclipse.mat.ui" occupies 487,234,584 (28.60%) bytes. <br />
	The memory is accumulated in one instance of "java.lang.Object[]", <br />
	loaded by "<system class loader>", which occupies 487,234,328 (28.60%) bytes.<br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.ui.compare.CompareBasketView$ComparePolicy<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.ui<br />
	java.lang.Object[]<br />
	</samp></p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 2</span><br />
	The thread java.lang.Thread @ 0xe0c2ac98 main keeps local variables with total size 5,394,048 (68.41%) bytes.<br />
	The memory is accumulated in one instance of "org.eclipse.mat.tests.CreateCollectionDump", loaded by "jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader @ 0xe0c137a0", which occupies 5,393,416 (68.40%) bytes.<br />
	The stacktrace of this Thread is available. See stacktrace. See stacktrace with involved local variables.<br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.tests.CreateCollectionDump<br />
	jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader @ 0xe0c137a0<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.tests.CreateCollectionDump.main([Ljava/lang/String;)V<br />
	CreateCollectionDump.java:174<br />
	</samp></p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 3</span><br />
	The classloader/component "com.ibm.dtfj.j9" occupies 551,743,560 (55.09%) bytes. <br />
	The memory is accumulated in one instance of "com.ibm.j9ddr.corereaders.minidump.WindowsProcessAddressSpace", <br />
	loaded by "com.ibm.dtfj.j9", which occupies 540,840,744 (54.00%) bytes.<br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	com.ibm.dtfj.j9<br />
	com.ibm.j9ddr.corereaders.minidump.WindowsProcessAddressSpace<br />
	</samp></p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 4</span><br />
	The class "java.lang.ref.Finalizer", loaded by "<system class loader>",<br />
	occupies 188,628,792 (18.83%) bytes. <br />
	The memory is accumulated in one instance of "com.ibm.dtfj.java.j9.JavaRuntime", <br />
	loaded by "com.ibm.dtfj.j9", which occupies 186,736,528 (18.64%) bytes.<br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	java.lang.ref.Finalizer<br />
	com.ibm.dtfj.java.j9.JavaRuntime<br />
	com.ibm.dtfj.j9<br />
	</samp></p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 5</span><br />
	19,414,929 instances of "int[]", <br />
	loaded by "<system class loader>" occupy 716,412,176 (42.05%) bytes. <br />
	These instances are referenced from one instance of "java.lang.Object[]", <br />
	loaded by "<system class loader>", which occupies 77,659,616 (4.56%) bytes.<br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	int[]<br />
	java.lang.Object[]<br />
	</samp></p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 6</span><br />
	2 instances of "org.eclipse.mat.parser.internal.SnapshotImpl", <br />
	loaded by "org.eclipse.mat.parser" occupy 261,910,656 (15.37%) bytes. <br />
	<br />
	Biggest instances:<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.parser.internal.SnapshotImpl @ 0x6ff5af620 - 136,622,272 (8.02%) bytes. <br />
	org.eclipse.mat.parser.internal.SnapshotImpl @ 0x6c2f6ce38 - 125,288,384 (7.35%) bytes. <br />
	These instances are referenced from one instance of "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display", <br />
	loaded by "org.eclipse.swt", which occupies 20,104 (0.00%) bytes.<br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.parser.internal.SnapshotImpl<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.parser<br />
	org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display<br />
	org.eclipse.swt<br />
	</samp></p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 7</span><br />
	1,868 instances of "java.lang.Class", <br />
	loaded by "<system class loader>" occupy 1,000,176 (12.68%) bytes. <br />
	<br />
	Biggest instances:<br />
	class sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfoFile @ 0xffe065a0 - 151,368 (1.92%) bytes. <br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	java.lang.Class<br />
	</samp></p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 8</span><br />
	One instance of "java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask[]" loaded by "<system class loader>" occupies 279.27 MB (40.12%) bytes. The instance is referenced by java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread @ 0xd53a1bf0 ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-0 , loaded by "<system class loader>". <br />
	<br />
	The thread java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinWorkerThread @ 0xd53a1bf0 ForkJoinPool.commonPool-worker-0 keeps local variables with total size 120.71 KB (0.02%) bytes.<br />
	The memory is accumulated in one instance of "java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask[]", loaded by "<system class loader>", which occupies 279.27 MB (40.12%) bytes.<br />
	The stacktrace of this Thread is available. See stacktrace. See stacktrace with involved local variables.<br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinTask[]<br />
	java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.execLocalTasks()V<br />
	ForkJoinPool.java:1040<br />
	</samp></p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 9</span><br />
	1,417 instances of "org.eclipse.mat.hprof.SeekableStream$PosStream", loaded by "org.eclipse.mat.hprof" occupy 74,697,464 (31.80%) bytes. <br />
	<br />
	Most of these instances are referenced from one instance of "java.util.TreeMap$Entry", loaded by "<system class loader>", which occupies 56,560 (0.02%) bytes. The instance is referenced by "org.eclipse.mat.hprof.SeekableStream @ 0x6053cd130", loaded by "org.eclipse.mat.hprof". <br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.hprof.SeekableStream$PosStream<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.hprof<br />
	java.util.TreeMap$Entry<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.hprof.SeekableStream<br />
	</samp></p>

	<p class="lines"><samp class="ph systemoutput"><span class="keyword wintitle">Problem Suspect 10</span><br />
	84,857 instances of "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem", loaded by "org.eclipse.swt" occupy 30,539,432 (13.00%) bytes. <br />
	<br />
	Most of these instances are referenced from one instance of "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem[]", loaded by "org.eclipse.swt", which occupies 339,216 (0.14%) bytes. <br />
	<br />
	Thread "java.lang.Thread @ 0x604802e10 main" has a local variable or reference to "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell @ 0x604e4d848" which is on the shortest path to "org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem[84800] @ 0x61bc96500". The thread java.lang.Thread @ 0x604802e10 main keeps local variables with total size 41,544 (0.02%) bytes.<br />
	<br />
	Significant stack frames and local variables<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.ui.internal.diagnostics.DiagnosticsWizardAction.run()V (DiagnosticsWizardAction.java:45)<br />
	org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell @ 0x604e4d848 retains 2,616 (0.00%) bytes<br />
	<br />
	The stacktrace of this Thread is available. See stacktrace. See stacktrace with involved local variables.<br />
	<br />
	Keywords<br />
	org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem<br />
	org.eclipse.swt<br />
	org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TreeItem[]<br />
	org.eclipse.mat.ui.internal.diagnostics.DiagnosticsWizardAction.run()V<br />
	DiagnosticsWizardAction.java:45<br />
	</samp></p>

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