[hbase] null regioninfo breaks meta scanner
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                 Key: HADOOP-2307
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2307
             Project: Hadoop
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: stack
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: 0.16.0


>From pauls master log last night:

{code}
...
2007-11-28 23:37:46,927 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - HMaster.metaScanner scanner: 
-915674454874775062 regioninfo: {regionname: 
postlog,img223/8154/img002qk3.jpg,1196321112639, startKey: 
<img223/8154/img002qk3.jpg>, tableDesc: {name: postlog, families: 
{cookie:={name: cookie, max versions: 1, compression: NONE, in memory: false, 
max length: 2147483647, bloom filter: none}, ip:={name: ip, max versions: 1, 
compression: NONE, in memory: false, max length: 2147483647, bloom filter: 
none}}}}, server: 38.99.76.16:60020, startCode: 1196311487014                   
                                                                             
2007-11-28 23:37:46,927 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - Checking 
postlog,img223/8154/img002qk3.jpg,1196321112639 is assigned
2007-11-28 23:37:46,928 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - HMaster.metaScanner scanner: 
-915674454874775062 regioninfo: {regionname: 
postlog,img225/2462/babyyua1.jpg,1196315340001, startKey: 
<img225/2462/babyyua1.jpg>, tableDesc: {name: postlog, families: 
{cookie:={name: cookie, max versions: 1, compression: NONE, in memory: false, 
max length: 2147483647, bloom filter: none}, ip:={name: ip, max versions: 1, 
compression: NONE, in memory: false, max length: 2147483647, bloom filter: 
none}}}}, server: 38.99.76.101:60020, startCode: 1196311489607                  
                                                                               
2007-11-28 23:37:46,929 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - Checking 
postlog,img225/2462/babyyua1.jpg,1196315340001 is assigned
2007-11-28 23:37:46,929 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - Checking 
postlog,img225/2462/babyyua1.jpg,1196315340001 is assigned
2007-11-28 23:37:46,930 ERROR hbase.HMaster - Unexpected exception
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Can't build a writable with empty bytes 
array                                                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
    at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Writables.getWritable(Writables.java:78)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$BaseScanner.scanRegion(HMaster.java:238)
    at 
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$MetaScanner.scanOneMetaRegion(HMaster.java:695) 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                         at 
org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$MetaScanner.maintenanceScan(HMaster.java:758)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HMaster$BaseScanner.chore(HMaster.java:202)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Chore.run(Chore.java:58) 
...
{code}

Eventually the bad regioninfo seems to go away because scans start running to 
completion again.

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