Set to null to enable GC to collect.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/logserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/logserver/handlers/HandlerThread.java b/logserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/logserver/handlers/HandlerThread.java
index 4b586a148a7..21cc50f51c1 100644
--- a/logserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/logserver/handlers/HandlerThread.java
+++ b/logserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/logserver/handlers/HandlerThread.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class HandlerThread extends Thread implements LogHandler {
                     // messages or lists of log messages, so we need to
                     // handle them accordingly.
                     ItemOrList o = drainList.get(i);
-                    drainList.set(i, o);
+                    drainList.set(i, null);
 
                     if (o.item != null) {
                         for (LogHandler handler : handlers) {
diff --git a/logserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/logserver/handlers/archive/FilesArchived.java b/logserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/logserver/handlers/archive/FilesArchived.java
index 520393c3896..68f83e2e638 100644
--- a/logserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/logserver/handlers/archive/FilesArchived.java
+++ b/logserver/src/main/java/com/yahoo/logserver/handlers/archive/FilesArchived.java
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ public class FilesArchived {
     private void run() {
         try {
             while (true) {
-                while (maintenance()) {
-                    waitForTrigger(2000);
-                }
+                maintenance();
                 waitForTrigger(2000);
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {