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Harsh J commented on HADOOP-8443: --------------------------------- Appears to be a hanging metrics thread: {code} java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.BlocksMap.size(BlocksMap.java:457) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSNamesystem.getBlocksTotal(FSNamesystem.java:5046) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.metrics.FSNamesystemMetrics.doUpdates(FSNamesystemMetrics.java:101) at org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.AbstractMetricsContext.timerEvent(AbstractMetricsContext.java:293) at org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.AbstractMetricsContext.access$000(AbstractMetricsContext.java:53) at org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.AbstractMetricsContext$1.run(AbstractMetricsContext.java:258) at java.util.TimerThread.mainLoop(Timer.java:512) at java.util.TimerThread.run(Timer.java:462) {code} > MiniDFSCluster Hangs > -------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-8443 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8443 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Bug > Components: test > Affects Versions: 1.0.2 > Environment: Mac OSX 10.7.3 > Reporter: Ivan Provalov > Attachments: hadoop-hanging.tar > > > When using MiniDFSCluster in a unit test it works and terminates as expected. > However creating and shutting it down from a main causes it to hang. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira