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Randy Hu commented on GIRAPH-1187: ---------------------------------- [~dlogothetis], just submitted the patch here. Should we submit pull request on github instead? [https://github.com/apache/giraph/pulls] > NPE in worker GC listener > -------------------------- > > Key: GIRAPH-1187 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GIRAPH-1187 > Project: Giraph > Issue Type: Bug > Components: graph > Affects Versions: 1.2.0, 1.3.0 > Environment: Giraph 1.2.0 running in M/R on Hadoop 2.6 > Reporter: Randy Hu > Priority: Critical > Labels: patch > Fix For: 1.2.0, 1.3.0 > > Attachments: GIRAPH-1187.patch > > > Likely the GC notification happened before any super step, in which case " > gcTimeMetric" is not initialized at all. Here is stack trace: > > java.lang.NullPointerException at > org.apache.giraph.graph.GraphTaskManager$1.handleNotification(GraphTaskManager.java:667) > at > sun.management.NotificationEmitterSupport.sendNotification(NotificationEmitterSupport.java:156) > at > sun.management.GarbageCollectorImpl.createGCNotification(GarbageCollectorImpl.java:143) -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)