seek(long) in DFSInputStream should catch socket exception for retry later --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: HADOOP-3778 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-3778 Project: Hadoop Core Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 0.17.1 Reporter: LN HADOOP-2346 introduced data read/write timeout. when data stream borken, DFSClient will retry in read/write methods, but no such mechanism found when seek(long) calling blockReader.skip(diff) (DFSClient.java #1582), will let IOException throw to application. i met NPE when using MapFile in hbase. i'm supposing in the seek(long) method, let done be 'false' will causing retry (via 'blockEnd = -1'), a patch will attached later for review. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.