[FlightRPC][Java] Allow using a per-call Arrow allocator
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- Java
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Description
We've been running into issues with Flight and gRPC leaking direct memory at scale. One thing we'd like to do is have a (child) allocator per DoGet/DoPut call, so we can more accurately track memory usage. We have a candidate implementation that is rather messy, but can be upstreamed as part of flight-grpc.
This also requires changes to _ensure_ all Arrow resources are cleaned up before we notify gRPC that the call has finished.
**Reporter**: [David Li](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9586) / @lidavidm
#### PRs and other links:
- [GitHub Pull Request apache/arrow#8265](https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/8265)
- [GitHub Pull Request apache/arrow#9417](https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/9417)
**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-9586](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9586). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the flight-grpc implementation and the two linked pull requests to understand the candidate approach. Verify that each DoGet/DoPut call can use a child Arrow allocator and that all Arrow resources are cleaned up before gRPC is notified that the call has finished.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- grpc, java
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100