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Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE commented on MAPREDUCE-1482: --------------------------------------------------- It seems that all RPC api with String parameters have this problem since it does not prevent the client putting a large string into the parameter value. > Better handling of task diagnostic information stored in the TaskInProgress > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MAPREDUCE-1482 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-1482 > Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce > Issue Type: Bug > Components: jobtracker > Reporter: Amar Kamat > > Task diagnostic information can be very large at times eating up Jobtracker's > memory. There should be some way to avoid storing large error strings in > JobTracker. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.