[MAPREDUCE-568] Streaming causes a lot of broken pipes which leads to job failure

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Component/s: contrib/streaming
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mahadev Konar
• Created: 28/Nov/06 18:52
• Updated: 16/Jan/12 10:19
• Resolved: 16/Jan/12 10:19

Description

java.io.IOException: Broken pipe
at java.io.FileOutputStream.writeBytes(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(FileOutputStream.java:260)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flushBuffer(BufferedOutputStream.java:65)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flush(BufferedOutputStream.java:123)
at java.io.BufferedOutputStream.flush(BufferedOutputStream.java:124)
at java.io.DataOutputStream.flush(DataOutputStream.java:106)
at org.apache.hadoop.streaming.PipeMapper.map(PipeMapper.java:77)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapRunner.run(MapRunner.java:48)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:215)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$Child.main(TaskTracker.java:1247)

at org.apache.hadoop.streaming.PipeMapper.map(PipeMapper.java:88)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapRunner.run(MapRunner.java:48)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:215)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$Child.main(TaskTracker.java:1247)

A lot of these errors occur in streaming. THis leads to job failure. I still am not sure what the reason might be of these errors, but these erros occur too often. I will try and invetigate more to see what the reason might be.