Author: mattf
Date: Tue Jul 24 07:37:09 2012
New Revision: 1364928
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1364928&view=rev
Log:
HADOOP-7154. Set MALLOC_ARENA_MAX in hadoop-env.sh. Contributed by Todd Lipcon.
Modified:
hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/CHANGES.txt (contents, props changed)
hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/bin/hadoop-config.sh
Modified: hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/CHANGES.txt
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/CHANGES.txt?rev=1364928&r1=1364927&r2=1364928&view=diff
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--- hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/CHANGES.txt (original)
+++ hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/CHANGES.txt Tue Jul 24 07:37:09 2012
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ Release 1.1.0 - unreleased
HDFS-2465. Add HDFS support for fadvise readahead and drop-behind.
(todd, backported by Brandon Li via suresh)
+ HADOOP-7154. Should set MALLOC_ARENA_MAX in hadoop-env.sh
+ (todd via mattf)
+
MAPREDUCE-4399. Change the Jetty response buffer size to improve
shuffle performance. (Luke Lu via suresh)
Propchange: hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/CHANGES.txt
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Merged /hadoop/common/branches/branch-1.1/CHANGES.txt:r1364925
Modified: hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/bin/hadoop-config.sh
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/bin/hadoop-config.sh?rev=1364928&r1=1364927&r2=1364928&view=diff
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--- hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/bin/hadoop-config.sh (original)
+++ hadoop/common/branches/branch-1/bin/hadoop-config.sh Tue Jul 24 07:37:09
2012
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ if [ "$HADOOP_HOME_WARN_SUPPRESS" = "" ]
echo 1>&2
fi
+# Newer versions of glibc use an arena memory allocator that causes virtual
+# memory usage to explode. This interacts badly with the many threads that
+# we use in Hadoop. Tune the variable down to prevent vmem explosion.
+export MALLOC_ARENA_MAX=${MALLOC_ARENA_MAX:-4}
+
export HADOOP_HOME=${HADOOP_PREFIX}
export HADOOP_HOME_WARN_SUPPRESS=1
