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Amareshwari Sriramadasu commented on HADOOP-5234: ------------------------------------------------- One of the user mails also state this exception : {noformat} 2009-02-08 17:46:51,483 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker: >>> addFreeSlot : current free slots : 8 >>> 2009-02-08 17:46:51,483 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker: >>> Error cleaning up task runner: java.lang.NullPointerException >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$TaskInProgress.cleanup(TaskTracker.java:2298) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker.startNewTask(TaskTracker.java:1648) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker.access$1200(TaskTracker.java:102) >>> at >>> org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$TaskLauncher.run(TaskTracker.java:1602) >>> >>> 2009-02-08 17:46:55,622 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker: {noformat} The line points to same line TaskTracker > NPE in TaskTracker reinit action > -------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-5234 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-5234 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Bug > Components: mapred > Reporter: Amareshwari Sriramadasu > Priority: Critical > > I have seen an NPE in TT reinit action. > TT logs : > {noformat} > 2009-02-12 12:14:02,859 INFO org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker: Error > cleaning up task runner: java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$TaskInProgress.cleanup(TaskTracker.java:2515) > at > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$TaskInProgress.jobHasFinished(TaskTracker.java:2381) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker.close(TaskTracker.java:925) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker.run(TaskTracker.java:1830) > at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker.main(TaskTracker.java:2901) > {noformat} > corresponding code is > {noformat} > 2515 if (localJobConf.getNumTasksToExecutePerJvm() == 1) { > {noformat} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.