[HDFS-5345] NPE in block_info_xml JSP if the block has been deleted

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0
• Component/s: datanode
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Steve Loughran
• Created: 11/Oct/13 11:42
• Updated: 11/Oct/14 00:20
• Resolved: 11/Oct/14 00:20

Description

If you ask for a block info report on a block that has been deleted, you see a stack trace and a 500 error.

Steps to replicae

1. create a file
2. browse to it
3. get the block info
4. delete the file
5. reload the block info page

Maybe a 404 is the response to raise instead

Issue Links

• is related to: HDFS-6252 Phase out the old web UI in HDFS