你也可以通过以下方法来解决这个问题:

rm -rf <tomcat-dir>/work/* <tomcat-dir>/temp/*

清除工作目录和临时目录将使Tomcat重新启动。

对于Sun JVM，使用命令行参数-XX:MaxPermSize=128m(显然是将128替换为您需要的任何大小)。

App server PermGen errors that happen after multiple deployments are most likely caused by references held by the container into your old apps' classloaders. For example, using a custom log level class will cause references to be held by the app server's classloader. You can detect these inter-classloader leaks by using modern (JDK6+) JVM analysis tools such as jmap and jhat to look at which classes continue to be held in your app, and redesigning or eliminating their use. Usual suspects are databases, loggers, and other base-framework-level libraries.

参见类加载器泄漏:可怕的“java.lang。OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space”异常，特别是它的后续帖子。

他们说Tomcat的最新版本(6.0.28或6.0.29)可以更好地处理重新部署servlet的任务。

从Tomcat的bin目录打开tomcat7w，或者在开始菜单中键入Monitor Tomcat (打开一个带有各种服务信息的选项卡窗口)。 在Java Options文本区域中添加这一行: - xx: MaxPermSize = 128 “初始内存池”设置为“1024”(可选)。 “最大内存池”设置为“1024”(可选)。 单击Ok。 重启Tomcat服务。

In case you are getting this in the eclipse IDE, even after setting the parameters --launcher.XXMaxPermSize, -XX:MaxPermSize, etc, still if you are getting the same error, it most likely is that the eclipse is using a buggy version of JRE which would have been installed by some third party applications and set to default. These buggy versions do not pick up the PermSize parameters and so no matter whatever you set, you still keep getting these memory errors. So, in your eclipse.ini add the following parameters:

-vm <path to the right JRE directory>/<name of javaw executable>

还要确保将eclipse中的首选项中的默认JRE设置为正确的java版本。