[jira] [Created] (HBASE-16816) HMaster.move() should throw exception if region to move is not online

["Allan Yang (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Allan Yang created HBASE-16816:
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             Summary: HMaster.move() should throw exception if region to move is not online
                 Key: HBASE-16816
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-16816
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Admin
    Affects Versions: 1.1.2
            Reporter: Allan Yang
            Assignee: Allan Yang
            Priority: Minor


The move region function in HMaster only checked the region to move if it is not exist. 
{code}
if (regionState == null) {
      throw new UnknownRegionException(Bytes.toStringBinary(encodedRegionName));
    }

{code}

It will not return anything if the region is split or in transition which is not movable. So the caller has no way to know if the move region operation is failed.
It is a problem for "region_move.rb". It only gives up moving a region if a exception is thrown.Otherwise, it will wait until a timeout and retry. Without a exception, it have no idea the region is not movable.
{code}
begin
      admin.move(Bytes.toBytes(r.getEncodedName()), Bytes.toBytes(newServer))
    rescue java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException,
        org.apache.hadoop.hbase.UnknownRegionException => e
      $LOG.info("Exception moving "  + r.getEncodedName() +
        "; split/moved? Continuing: " + e)
      return
    end
 # Wait till its up on new server before moving on
    maxWaitInSeconds = admin.getConfiguration.getInt("hbase.move.wait.max", 60)
    maxWait = Time.now + maxWaitInSeconds
    while Time.now < maxWait
      same = isSameServer(admin, r, original)
      break unless same
      sleep 0.1
    end
  end
{code}






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