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Jason Lowe updated MAPREDUCE-4832: ---------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Fix Version/s: 0.23.6 2.0.3-alpha Hadoop Flags: Reviewed Status: Resolved (was: Patch Available) Thanks for the review, Sidd. I committed this to trunk, branch-2, and branch-0.23. > MR AM can get in a split brain situation > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: MAPREDUCE-4832 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-4832 > Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce > Issue Type: Bug > Components: applicationmaster > Affects Versions: 2.0.2-alpha, 0.23.5 > Reporter: Robert Joseph Evans > Assignee: Jason Lowe > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 2.0.3-alpha, 0.23.6 > > Attachments: MAPREDUCE-4832.patch, MAPREDUCE-4832.patch > > > It is possible for a networking issue to happen where the RM thinks an AM has > gone down and launches a replacement, but the previous AM is still up and > running. If the previous AM does not need any more resources from the RM it > could try to commit either tasks or jobs. This could cause lots of problems > where the second AM finishes and tries to commit too. This could result in > data corruption. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira