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stack commented on HBASE-4109: ------------------------------ Sorry. I meant to say that I like Eugene's suggestion but agree that this single method is not really enough to start up a new class -- especially given the kind of String manipulation being done; I think its good for now. > Hostname returned via reverse dns lookup contains trailing period if > configured interface is not "default" > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-4109 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4109 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Bug > Components: master, regionserver > Affects Versions: 0.90.3 > Reporter: Shrijeet Paliwal > Fix For: 0.90.4 > > Attachments: > 0001-HBASE-4109-Sanitize-hostname-returned-from-DNS-class.patch > > > If you are using an interface anything other than 'default' (literally that > keyword) DNS.java 's getDefaultHost will return a string which will > have a trailing period at the end. It seems javadoc of reverseDns in DNS.java > (see below) is conflicting with what that function is actually doing. > It is returning a PTR record while claims it returns a hostname. The PTR > record always has period at the end , RFC: > http://irbs.net/bog-4.9.5/bog47.html > We make call to DNS.getDefaultHost at more than one places and treat that as > actual hostname. > Quoting HRegionServer for example > {code} > String machineName = DNS.getDefaultHost(conf.get( > "hbase.regionserver.dns.interface", "default"), conf.get( > "hbase.regionserver.dns.nameserver", "default")); > {code} > This causes inconsistencies. An example of such inconsistency was observed > while debugging the issue "Regions not getting reassigned if RS is brought > down". More here > http://search-hadoop.com/m/CANUA1qRCkQ1 > We may want to sanitize the string returned from DNS class. Or better we can > take a path of overhauling the way we do DNS name matching all over. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira