[hbase] null regioninfo breaks meta scanner -------------------------------------------
Key: HADOOP-2308 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2308 Project: Hadoop Issue Type: Bug Components: contrib/hbase Reporter: stack Priority: Minor Of a sudden, scanner starts reporting below: {code} ... 2007-11-29 00:23:44,778 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - HMaster.metaScanner scanner: -6615509571006418923 regioninfo: {regionname: postlog,img529/6013/46da7e3f111daje2.jpg,1196321411482, startKey: <img529/6013/46da7e3f111daje2.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: XX.XX.XX.132:60020, startCode: 1196311486483 2007-11-29 00:23:44,778 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - Checking postlog,img529/6013/46da7e3f111daje2.jpg,1196321411482 is assigned 2007-11-29 00:23:44,779 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - HMaster.metaScanner scanner: -6615509571006418923 regioninfo: {regionname: postlog,img86/3396/batalla4rq3.png,1196321411483, startKey: <img86/3396/batalla4rq3.png>, 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: XX.XX.XX.132:60020, startCode: 1196311486483 2007-11-29 00:23:44,779 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - Checking postlog,img86/3396/batalla4rq3.png,1196321411483 is assigned 2007-11-29 00:23:44,782 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - HMaster.metaScanner scanner: -6615509571006418923 regioninfo: {regionname: postlog,img87/3956/20070303003sp5.jpg,1196320397009, startKey: <img87/3956/20070303003sp5.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: XX.XX.XX.22:60020, startCode: 1196311486822 2007-11-29 00:23:44,783 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - Checking postlog,img87/3956/20070303003sp5.jpg,1196320397009 is assigned 2007-11-29 00:23:44,786 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) 2007-11-29 00:23:44,789 INFO hbase.HMaster - HMaster.metaScanner scanning meta region regionname: .META.,,1, startKey: <>, server: XX.XX.XX.131:60020} 2007-11-29 00:23:44,806 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - HMaster.metaScanner scanner: -5184039432872494086 regioninfo: {regionname: postlog,,1196314409969, startKey: <>, 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: XX.XX.XX.105:60020, startCode: 1196311486639 2007-11-29 00:23:44,807 DEBUG hbase.HMaster - Checking postlog,,1196314409969 is assigned ... {code} Keeps at it... then seems to clean itself up after a long time. Later in the log, we start to have same problem again w/ seemingly different regioninfo. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.