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* Warm Regards_**∞_* * Shashwat Shriparv* [image: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shashwat-shriparv/19/214/2a9]<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shashwat-shriparv/19/214/2a9>[image: https://twitter.com/shriparv] <https://twitter.com/shriparv>[image: https://www.facebook.com/shriparv] <https://www.facebook.com/shriparv>[image: http://google.com/+ShashwatShriparv] <http://google.com/+ShashwatShriparv>[image: http://www.youtube.com/user/sShriparv/videos]<http://www.youtube.com/user/sShriparv/videos>[image: http://profile.yahoo.com/SWXSTW3DVSDTF2HHSRM47AV6DI/] <shrip...@yahoo.com> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 12:04 PM, haihong lu <ung3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi: > > i have a problem when run Hibench with hadoop-2.2.0, the wrong > message list as below > > 14/03/07 13:54:53 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 19% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 13:54:54 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 21% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:00:26 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000020_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:00:27 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 20% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:00:40 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000008_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:00:41 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 19% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:00:59 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 20% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:00:59 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000015_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:01:00 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 19% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:01:03 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000023_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:01:11 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000026_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:01:35 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 20% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:01:35 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000019_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:01:36 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 19% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:01:43 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000007_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:00 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000000_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:01 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 18% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:02:23 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000021_0, Status : FAILED > Error: Java heap space > 14/03/07 14:02:24 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 17% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:02:31 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 18% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:02:33 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000029_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:34 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 17% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:02:38 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000010_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:41 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000018_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:43 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000014_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:47 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000028_0, Status : FAILED > Error: Java heap space > 14/03/07 14:02:50 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000002_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:51 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 16% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:02:51 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000005_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:52 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 15% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:02:55 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000006_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:57 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000027_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:02:58 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 14% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:03:04 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000009_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:03:05 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000017_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:03:05 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000022_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:03:06 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 12% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:03:10 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000001_0, Status : FAILED > Error: GC overhead limit exceeded > 14/03/07 14:03:11 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 13% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 14:03:11 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0010_m_000024_0, Status : FAILED > > and then i add a parameter "mapred.child.java.opts" to the file > "mapred-site.xml", > <property> > <name>mapred.child.java.opts</name> > <value>-Xmx1024m</value> > </property> > then another error occurs as below > > 14/03/07 11:21:51 INFO mapreduce.Job: map 0% reduce 0% > 14/03/07 11:21:59 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0003_m_000002_0, Status : FAILED > Container [pid=5592,containerID=container_1394160253524_0003_01_000004] is > running beyond virtual memory limits. Current usage: 112.6 MB of 1 GB > physical memory used; 2.7 GB of > > 2.1 GB virtual memory used. Killing container. > Dump of the process-tree for container_1394160253524_0003_01_000004 : > |- PID PPID PGRPID SESSID CMD_NAME USER_MODE_TIME(MILLIS) > SYSTEM_TIME(MILLIS) VMEM_USAGE(BYTES) RSSMEM_USAGE(PAGES) FULL_CMD_LINE > |- 5598 5592 5592 5592 (java) 563 14 2778632192 28520 > /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_45/bin/java -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true > -Dhadoop.metrics.log.level=WARN -Xmx2048m - > > Djava.io.tmpdir=/home/hadoop/tmp/nm-local-dir/usercache/hadoop/appcache/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000004/tmp > - > > Dlog4j.configuration=container-log4j.properties > -Dyarn.app.container.log.dir=/var/log/hadoop/yarn/userlogs/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000004 > > -Dyarn.app.container.log.filesize=0 -Dhadoop.root.logger=INFO,CLA > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.YarnChild 10.239.44.34 46837 > attempt_1394160253524_0003_m_000002_0 4 > |- 5592 4562 5592 5592 (bash) 0 0 108650496 300 /bin/bash -c > /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_45/bin/java -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true > -Dhadoop.metrics.log.level=WARN -Xmx2048m - > > Djava.io.tmpdir=/home/hadoop/tmp/nm-local-dir/usercache/hadoop/appcache/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000004/tmp > - > > Dlog4j.configuration=container-log4j.properties > -Dyarn.app.container.log.dir=/var/log/hadoop/yarn/userlogs/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000004 > > -Dyarn.app.container.log.filesize=0 -Dhadoop.root.logger=INFO,CLA > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.YarnChild 10.239.44.34 46837 > attempt_1394160253524_0003_m_000002_0 4 > > > 1>/var/log/hadoop/yarn/userlogs/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000004/stdout > > 2>/var/log/hadoop/yarn/userlogs/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000004/stderr > > > Container killed on request. Exit code is 143 > 14/03/07 11:22:02 INFO mapreduce.Job: Task Id : > attempt_1394160253524_0003_m_000001_0, Status : FAILED > Container [pid=5182,containerID=container_1394160253524_0003_01_000003] is > running beyond virtual memory limits. Current usage: 118.5 MB of 1 GB > physical memory used; 2.7 GB of > > 2.1 GB virtual memory used. Killing container. > Dump of the process-tree for container_1394160253524_0003_01_000003 : > |- PID PPID PGRPID SESSID CMD_NAME USER_MODE_TIME(MILLIS) > SYSTEM_TIME(MILLIS) VMEM_USAGE(BYTES) RSSMEM_USAGE(PAGES) FULL_CMD_LINE > |- 5182 4313 5182 5182 (bash) 0 0 108650496 303 /bin/bash -c > /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_45/bin/java -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true > -Dhadoop.metrics.log.level=WARN -Xmx2048m - > > Djava.io.tmpdir=/home/hadoop/tmp/nm-local-dir/usercache/hadoop/appcache/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000003/tmp > - > > Dlog4j.configuration=container-log4j.properties > -Dyarn.app.container.log.dir=/var/log/hadoop/yarn/userlogs/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000003 > > -Dyarn.app.container.log.filesize=0 -Dhadoop.root.logger=INFO,CLA > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.YarnChild 10.239.44.34 46837 > attempt_1394160253524_0003_m_000001_0 3 > > > 1>/var/log/hadoop/yarn/userlogs/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000003/stdout > > 2>/var/log/hadoop/yarn/userlogs/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000003/stderr > > |- 5187 5182 5182 5182 (java) 616 19 2783928320 30028 > /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_45/bin/java -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true > -Dhadoop.metrics.log.level=WARN -Xmx2048m - > > Djava.io.tmpdir=/home/hadoop/tmp/nm-local-dir/usercache/hadoop/appcache/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000003/tmp > - > > Dlog4j.configuration=container-log4j.properties > -Dyarn.app.container.log.dir=/var/log/hadoop/yarn/userlogs/application_1394160253524_0003/container_1394160253524_0003_01_000003 > > -Dyarn.app.container.log.filesize=0 -Dhadoop.root.logger=INFO,CLA > org.apache.hadoop.mapred.YarnChild 10.239.44.34 46837 > attempt_1394160253524_0003_m_000001_0 3 > > Container killed on request. Exit code is 143 > > at last, the task failed. > Thanks for any help! >