> We observe a native memory leak when repeating JDI operations from Eclipse in 
> a debuggee JVM. See bug report for details.
> 
> AFAICT, this happens because we override methodSignature of a possible 
> pre-existing request object. I am not sure if there is a better place to 
> deallocate the signature.
> 
> Also, I am not sure how to make an automated test for this. We (that is, the 
> customer that reported the problem) verified that the memory leak disappears 
> with the fix.
> 
> Testing:
>  - [x] tier1
>  - [x] tier2
>  - [ ] tier3
>  - [x] Customer confirming fix of memory leak

Roman Kennke has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
commit since the last revision:

  Move freeing of methodSignature after deleteGlobalArgumentRefs()

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7306/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7306/files/812ad324..b3e7a529

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=7306&range=04
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=7306&range=03-04

  Stats: 8 lines in 1 file changed: 4 ins; 4 del; 0 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7306.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/7306/head:pull/7306

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7306

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