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dhruba borthakur updated HADOOP-2209: ------------------------------------- Status: Patch Available (was: Open) > SecondaryNamenode process should exit if it encounters Runtime exceptions > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-2209 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2209 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Bug > Components: dfs > Reporter: dhruba borthakur > Assignee: dhruba borthakur > Fix For: 0.16.0 > > Attachments: secondaryExit.patch > > > I saw a case when the SecondaryNamenode encountered a OutOfMemory exception > because the fsimage and edits file were too big to fit into the Secondary > Namenode's memory. However, the process did not exit. > Exception in thread "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC > overhead limit > exceeded > at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.<init>(AbstractStringBuilder.java:45) > at java.lang.StringBuffer.<init>(StringBuffer.java:91) > at org.apache.hadoop.io.UTF8.toString(UTF8.java:129) > at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSImage.loadFSImage(FSImage.java:692) > at > org.apache.hadoop.dfs.SecondaryNameNode.doMerge(SecondaryNameNode.java:304) > at > org.apache.hadoop.dfs.SecondaryNameNode.doCheckpoint(SecondaryNameNode.java:273) > at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.SecondaryNameNode.run(SecondaryNameNode.java:190) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.