https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-1940

Queue purge now acquires the sendLock to prevent new messages from
coming in while purging.  The statistics are no longer zeroed out as
they should properly decrement as messages are removed.  These changes
should prevent the statistics from going negative.

activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/Queue.java

@@ -1237,6 +1237,8 @@ public class Queue extends BaseDestination implements Task, UsageListener, Index
     public void purge() throws Exception {
         ConnectionContext c = createConnectionContext();
         List<MessageReference> list = null;
+        try {
+            sendLock.lock();
             long originalMessageCount = this.destinationStatistics.getMessages().getCount();
             do {
                 doPageIn(true, false, getMaxPageSize());  // signal no expiry processing needed.
@@ -1261,9 +1263,9 @@ public class Queue extends BaseDestination implements Task, UsageListener, Index
             if (this.destinationStatistics.getMessages().getCount() > 0) {
                 LOG.warn("{} after purge of {} messages, message count stats report: {}", getActiveMQDestination().getQualifiedName(), originalMessageCount, this.destinationStatistics.getMessages().getCount());
             }
-        gc();
+        } finally {
-        this.destinationStatistics.getMessages().setCount(0);
+            sendLock.unlock();
-        getMessages().clear();
+        }
     }
 
     @Override

activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/QueuePurgeTest.java

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package org.apache.activemq.broker.region;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import javax.jms.Connection;
@@ -178,6 +180,54 @@ public class QueuePurgeTest extends CombinationTestSupport {
         testPurgeLargeQueueWithConsumer(true);
     }
 
+    public void testConcurrentPurgeAndSend() throws Exception {
+        testConcurrentPurgeAndSend(false);
+    }
+
+    public void testConcurrentPurgeAndSendPrioritizedMessages() throws Exception {
+        testConcurrentPurgeAndSend(true);
+    }
+
+    private void testConcurrentPurgeAndSend(boolean prioritizedMessages) throws Exception {
+        applyBrokerSpoolingPolicy(false);
+        createProducerAndSendMessages(NUM_TO_SEND / 2);
+        QueueViewMBean proxy = getProxyToQueueViewMBean();
+        createConsumer();
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        ExecutorService service = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
+        try {
+            LOG.info("purging..");
+            service.submit(new Runnable() {
+
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
+                    try {
+                        proxy.purge();
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        fail(e.getMessage());
+                    }
+                    LOG.info("purge done: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + "ms");
+                }
+            });
+
+            //send should get blocked while purge is running
+            //which should ensure the metrics are correct
+            createProducerAndSendMessages(NUM_TO_SEND / 2);
+
+            Message msg;
+            do {
+                msg = consumer.receive(1000);
+                if (msg != null) {
+                    msg.acknowledge();
+                }
+            } while (msg != null);
+            assertEquals("Queue size not valid", 0, proxy.getQueueSize());
+            assertEquals("Found messages when browsing", 0, proxy.browseMessages().size());
+        } finally {
+            service.shutdownNow();
+        }
+    }
+
     private void testPurgeLargeQueueWithConsumer(boolean prioritizedMessages) throws Exception {
         applyBrokerSpoolingPolicy(prioritizedMessages);
         createProducerAndSendMessages(NUM_TO_SEND);