namenode generates infinite stream of null pointers ---------------------------------------------------
Key: HADOOP-898 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-898 Project: Hadoop Issue Type: Bug Components: dfs Reporter: Owen O'Malley Assigned To: Konstantin Shvachko My namenode is generating a constant stream of NullPointerExceptions. The log looks like: 2007-01-17 19:51:27,461 INFO org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server: IPC Server handler 3 on 50000 call error: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSNamesystem.addStoredBlock(FSNamesystem.java:1 621) at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSNamesystem.processReport(FSNamesystem.java:15 63) at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.blockReport(NameNode.java:573) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor6.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:589) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC$Server.call(RPC.java:337) at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server$Handler.run(Server.java:538) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira