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Chris Nauroth commented on HDFS-6254: ------------------------------------- Regarding this line of code: {code} fs = hdfsBuilderConnect(bld); //core dump here {code} This is attempting to use a {{hdfsBuilder}} that had already been used in an earlier {{hdfsBuilderConnect}} call. This is invalid usage and could very well produce a segfault. The docs for {{hdfsBuilderConnect}} state that it always frees the builder, regardless of the outcome: {code} * The HDFS builder will be freed, whether or not the connection was * successful. {code} Related to this, the docs for {{hdfsFreeBuilder}} state that you normally wouldn't need to call it directly: {code} * It is normally not necessary to call this function since * hdfsBuilderConnect frees the builder. {code} The only time you'd need to call {{hdfsFreeBuilder}} yourself directly is if you allocated one by calling {{hdfsNewBuilder}}, but then never called {{hdfsBuilderConnect}}. I don't see a path through your code sample that can cause that to happen, so I expect you can remove the null checks on {{bld}} followed by the calls to {{hdfsFreeBuilder}}. If there are any additional libhdfs usage questions, I recommend emailing u...@hadoop.apache.org. This is the best venue for support. Jira is intended for reporting of bugs only, and in this case, we haven't seen any actual bugs in libhdfs. > hdfsConnect segment fault where namenode not connected > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HDFS-6254 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6254 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Components: libhdfs > Affects Versions: 2.2.0 > Environment: Linux Centos 64bit > Reporter: huang ken > Assignee: Chris Nauroth > Attachments: test.cpp > > > When namenode is not started, the libhdfs client will cause segment fault > while connecting. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)