[MAPREDUCE-4993] AM thinks it was killed when an error occurs setting up a task container launch context

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.3-alpha, 0.23.5
• Component/s: mr-am
• Assignee: Abhishek Kapoor
• Reporter: Jason Darrell Lowe
• Created: 08/Feb/13 17:44
• Updated: 07/Mar/13 15:30

Description

If an IOException occurs while setting up a container launch context for a task then the AM exits with a KILLED status and no diagnostics. The job should be marked as FAILED (or maybe ERROR) with a useful diagnostics message indicating the nature of the error.