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Amar Kamat commented on MAPREDUCE-1316: --------------------------------------- I ran test-patch on trunk (i.e added a log line to JobTracker) and here is the output {noformat} [exec] -1 overall. [exec] [exec] +1 @author. The patch does not contain any @author tags. [exec] [exec] -1 tests included. The patch doesn't appear to include any new or modified tests. [exec] Please justify why no new tests are needed for this patch. [exec] Also please list what manual steps were performed to verify this patch. [exec] [exec] -1 javadoc. The javadoc tool appears to have generated 1 warning messages. [exec] [exec] +1 javac. The applied patch does not increase the total number of javac compiler warnings. [exec] [exec] +1 findbugs. The patch does not introduce any new Findbugs warnings. [exec] [exec] +1 release audit. The applied patch does not increase the total number of release audit warnings. {noformat} Looking at the test-patch output, I see a line {noformat} [javadoc] src/contrib/mumak/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/SimulatorJobTracker.java:44: warning - Tag @link: reference not found: JobSubmissionProtocol {noformat} I dont see any JobSubmissionProtocol.java file in mapreduce trunk. I think JobSubmissionProtocol.java is renamed to ClientProtocol.java. > JobTracker holds stale references to retired jobs via unreported tasks > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MAPREDUCE-1316 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-1316 > Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce > Issue Type: Bug > Components: jobtracker > Reporter: Amar Kamat > Assignee: Amar Kamat > Priority: Blocker > Attachments: mapreduce-1316-v1.11.patch, > mapreduce-1316-v1.13-branch20-yahoo.patch, > mapreduce-1316-v1.14-branch20-yahoo.patch, > mapreduce-1316-v1.14.1-branch20-yahoo.patch, > mapreduce-1316-v1.15-branch20-yahoo.patch, mapreduce-1316-v1.15.patch, > mapreduce-1316-v1.7.patch > > > JobTracker fails to remove _unreported_ tasks' mapping from _taskToTIPMap_ if > the job finishes and retires. _Unreported tasks_ refers to tasks that were > scheduled but the tasktracker did not report back with the task status. In > such cases a stale reference is held to TaskInProgress (and thus > JobInProgress) long after the job is gone leading to memory leak. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.