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Arun C Murthy updated HADOOP-2174: ---------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Status: Resolved (was: Patch Available) I just committed this. Thanks, Chris! > distcp throws a NullPointerException in the close() method of mapper class > due to the Reporter becoming invalid > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-2174 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2174 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Bug > Components: util > Affects Versions: 0.15.0 > Reporter: Riccardo > Assignee: Chris Douglas > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 0.15.1 > > Attachments: 2174-1.patch > > > distcp occasionally throws a NullPointerException in the close() method of > the mapper class, when the copy of the Reporter handle becomes invalid: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.hadoop.util.CopyFiles$FSCopyFilesMapper.updateStatus(CopyFiles.java:242) > at > org.apache.hadoop.util.CopyFiles$FSCopyFilesMapper.close(CopyFiles.java:402) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapRunner.run(MapRunner.java:53) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:192) > at > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$Child.main(TaskTracker.java:1760) > This can easily be fixed by checking whether the Reporter is null before > updating the status. Also, the status could be updated once the invocation of > copy(srcstat, dstpath, out, reporter); returns on line 373 of CopyFiles.java. > Marking this as critical for a 0.15.1 release as Chris requested. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.