Bug 153220 – Enhance nbexec to generate heap dump in case of OutOfMemError

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Bug 153220 - Enhance nbexec to generate heap dump in case of OutOfMemError

Summary:

Enhance nbexec to generate heap dump in case of OutOfMemError

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	platform
Component:	-- Other --
Version:	6.7
Platform:	All All

Priority:	P2 (vote)
Target Milestone:	6.7
Assigned To:	t_h
QA Contact:	issues@platform

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Reported:	2008-11-14 14:10 by Jaroslav Tulach
Modified:	2009-02-19 22:53 (History)

Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT
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Description From Jaroslav Tulach 2008-11-14 14:10:32

In case the system throws OutOfMemory exception a file is generated to
$userdir/var/log or similar directory and the 
user is asked (maybe on next start) to send this file to NetBeans. 

Details at http://wiki.netbeans.org/FitnessViaPartnership

------- Comment #1 From t_h 2008-11-19 16:07:17 -------

392a4495db66

------- Comment #2 From Jesse Glick 2008-11-20 04:30:21 -------

This seems like a huge privacy issue. A heap dump could contain passwords,
confidential sources, etc. I don't think the
user is necessarily aware of what they might be sending to an unknown
recipient. Even storing such dumps to the userdir
could leak sensitive information to an untrusted location.

------- Comment #3 From qa 2008-11-20 04:43:15 -------

Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *200811200201* on
http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)
Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/392a4495db66
User: Tomas Holy <t_h@netbeans.org>
Log: #153220: Enhance nbexec to generate heap dump in case of OutOfMemError