Github user pwendell commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1056#discussion_r15505792
--- Diff: core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala ---
@@ -186,6 +191,7 @@ private[spark] class Executor(
// Run the actual task and measure its runtime.
taskStart = System.currentTimeMillis()
+ running = true
--- End diff --
for good measure, would it make sense to setting `running` to `false` here?
I.e. what if someone else writes code that depends on this variable.
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