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Steve Loughran commented on HADOOP-3648: ---------------------------------------- in SVN_HEAD, The FileChecksumServlets also assume that getDataNode() returns their datanode; that is information that should be passed to the servlet as a parameter when setting up the servlet context. > improve singleton handling in DataNode > -------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-3648 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-3648 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: dfs > Affects Versions: 0.20.0 > Reporter: Steve Loughran > Priority: Minor > > when a DataNode is constructed, it saves its identity to a static field: > datanodeObject=this; > 1. there's no check on what if this is already set > 2. when the datanode terminates, it may want to set this to null -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.