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Colin Patrick McCabe commented on HDFS-9107:
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Also (although I don't feel strongly about this), I don't think we need to
optimize by checking at end of the entire scan for whether to skip the next
scan. Long GCs are rare enough that we don't need to optimize the code path...
just keep it simple.
> Prevent NN's unrecoverable death spiral after full GC
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>
> Key: HDFS-9107
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-9107
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: namenode
> Affects Versions: 2.0.0-alpha
> Reporter: Daryn Sharp
> Assignee: Daryn Sharp
> Priority: Critical
> Attachments: HDFS-9107.patch, HDFS-9107.patch
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> A full GC pause in the NN that exceeds the dead node interval can lead to an
> infinite cycle of full GCs. The most common situation that precipitates an
> unrecoverable state is a network issue that temporarily cuts off multiple
> racks.
> The NN wakes up and falsely starts marking nodes dead. This bloats the
> replication queues which increases memory pressure. The replications create a
> flurry of incremental block reports and a glut of over-replicated blocks.
> The "dead" nodes heartbeat within seconds. The NN forces a re-registration
> which requires a full block report - more memory pressure. The NN now has to
> invalidate all the over-replicated blocks. The extra blocks are added to
> invalidation queues, tracked in an excess blocks map, etc - much more memory
> pressure.
> All the memory pressure can push the NN into another full GC which repeats
> the entire cycle.
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