Github user vanzin commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1387#issuecomment-49058593
If the executor is running out of memory, what good does it make to call
`System.gc()` on the driver side? You're calling it in a SparkContext listener,
which as far as I know only exists in the driver.
---
If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your
reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature
enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please
contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket
with INFRA.
---
