Java process memory usage (jcmd vs pmap)

Question

I have a java application running on Java 8 inside a docker container. The process starts a Jetty 9 server and a web application is being deployed. The following JVM options

Answer 1

After deep analysis according to the following article: https://gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2015/12/11/using-jemalloc-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-a-memory-leak/ we found out that the problem is related to memory allocation by java.util.zip.Inflater.

Still need to find out what calls java.util.zip.Inflater.inflateBytes and look for possible solutions.