[jira] [Resolved] (MAPREDUCE-858) NPE in heartbeat if "mapred.job.tracker.history.completed.location" is not writable

["Ramya Sunil (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-858?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Ramya Sunil resolved MAPREDUCE-858.
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    Resolution: Fixed

This is no longer an issue. JT gracefully shuts down if mapred.job.tracker.history.completed.location is not writable.
                
> NPE in heartbeat if "mapred.job.tracker.history.completed.location" is not writable 
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>
>                 Key: MAPREDUCE-858
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-858
>             Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: jobtracker
>    Affects Versions: 0.20.1, 0.21.0
>            Reporter: Ramya Sunil
>            Priority: Minor
>
> If "mapred.job.tracker.history.completed.location" has been configured to write to a location which is not writable by JT, NullPointerException is thrown in TT heartbeat. Below is the Exception obtained:
> {noformat}
> 2009-08-13 07:56:02,815 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler <handler> on <port>, call heartbeat(org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTrackerStatus@1e7a6ae, false, false, true, 1775) from <ip>:<port>: error: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException
> java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobHistory$JobHistoryFilesManager.moveToDone(JobHistory.java:215)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobHistory$JobInfo.markCompleted(JobHistory.java:1071)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTracker.finalizeJob(JobTracker.java:2413)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobInProgress.garbageCollect(JobInProgress.java:2729)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobInProgress.jobComplete(JobInProgress.java:2327)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobInProgress.completedTask(JobInProgress.java:2259)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobInProgress.updateTaskStatus(JobInProgress.java:957)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTracker.updateTaskStatuses(JobTracker.java:3946)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTracker.processHeartbeat(JobTracker.java:3123)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTracker.heartbeat(JobTracker.java:2861)
>         at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknown Source)
>         at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
>         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:508)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:959)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler$1.run(Server.java:955)
>         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
>         at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:396)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:953)
> {noformat}
> Instead of an NPE, it would be helpful if an useful error message is logged.

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