IFile should check for null compressor --------------------------------------
Key: MAPREDUCE-1784 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-1784 Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 0.22.0 Reporter: Eli Collins Assignee: Eli Collins Priority: Minor Fix For: 0.22.0 IFile assumes that when it has a codec it can always get a compressor. This fails when mapred.compress.map.output is true but the native libraries are not installed, resulting in an NPE: {code} java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.IFile$Writer.<init>(IFile.java:102) at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask$MapOutputBuffer.sortAndSpill(MapTask.java:1198) at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask$MapOutputBuffer.flush(MapTask.java:1091) at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.runOldMapper(MapTask.java:359) at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:307) at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Child.main(Child.java:170) {code} Let's make IFile handle this case by logging and using non-compressed streams.l -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.