Race between online altering and splitting kills the master -----------------------------------------------------------
Key: HBASE-4729 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4729 Project: HBase Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 0.92.0 Reporter: Jean-Daniel Cryans Fix For: 0.92.0, 0.94.0 I was running an online alter while regions were splitting, and suddenly the master died and left my table half-altered (haven't restarted the master yet). What killed the master: {quote} 2011-11-02 17:06:44,428 FATAL org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMaster: Unexpected ZK exception creating node CLOSING org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException$NodeExistsException: KeeperErrorCode = NodeExists for /hbase/unassigned/f7e1783e65ea8d621a4bc96ad310f101 at org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.create(KeeperException.java:110) at org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.create(KeeperException.java:42) at org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.create(ZooKeeper.java:637) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.RecoverableZooKeeper.createNonSequential(RecoverableZooKeeper.java:459) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.RecoverableZooKeeper.create(RecoverableZooKeeper.java:441) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKUtil.createAndWatch(ZKUtil.java:769) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKAssign.createNodeClosing(ZKAssign.java:568) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.AssignmentManager.unassign(AssignmentManager.java:1722) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.AssignmentManager.unassign(AssignmentManager.java:1661) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.BulkReOpen$1.run(BulkReOpen.java:69) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) {quote} A znode was created because the region server was splitting the region 4 seconds before: {quote} 2011-11-02 17:06:40,704 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.SplitTransaction: Starting split of region TestTable,0012469153,1320253135043.f7e1783e65ea8d621a4bc96ad310f101. 2011-11-02 17:06:40,704 DEBUG org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.SplitTransaction: regionserver:62023-0x132f043bbde0710 Creating ephemeral node for f7e1783e65ea8d621a4bc96ad310f101 in SPLITTING state 2011-11-02 17:06:40,751 DEBUG org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKAssign: regionserver:62023-0x132f043bbde0710 Attempting to transition node f7e1783e65ea8d621a4bc96ad310f101 from RS_ZK_REGION_SPLITTING to RS_ZK_REGION_SPLITTING ... 2011-11-02 17:06:44,061 DEBUG org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKAssign: regionserver:62023-0x132f043bbde0710 Successfully transitioned node f7e1783e65ea8d621a4bc96ad310f101 from RS_ZK_REGION_SPLITTING to RS_ZK_REGION_SPLIT 2011-11-02 17:06:44,061 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.SplitTransaction: Still waiting on the master to process the split for f7e1783e65ea8d621a4bc96ad310f101 {quote} Now that the master is dead the region server is spewing those last two lines like mad. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira