Index: conf/hadoop-metrics.properties
===================================================================
--- conf/hadoop-metrics.properties	（revision 728845）
+++ conf/hadoop-metrics.properties	（working copy)）
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 #dfs.fileName=/tmp/dfsmetrics.log
 
 # Configuration of the "dfs" context for ganglia
-# dfs.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext
+# dfs.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext (defalut for Ganglia3.0.x)
+# dfs.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext31 (for Ganglia3.1.x)
 # dfs.period=10
 # dfs.servers=localhost:8649
 
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@
 #mapred.fileName=/tmp/mrmetrics.log
 
 # Configuration of the "mapred" context for ganglia
-# mapred.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext
+# mapred.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext (defalut for Ganglia3.0.x)
+# mapred.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext31 (for Ganglia3.1.x)
 # mapred.period=10
 # mapred.servers=localhost:8649
 
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
 #jvm.fileName=/tmp/jvmmetrics.log
 
 # Configuration of the "jvm" context for ganglia
-# jvm.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext
+# jvm.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext (defalut for Ganglia3.0.x)
+# jvm.class=org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia.GangliaContext31 (for Ganglia3.1.x)
 # jvm.period=10
 # jvm.servers=localhost:8649
Index: src/core/org/apache/hadoop/metrics/ganglia/GangliaContext.java
===================================================================
--- src/core/org/apache/hadoop/metrics/ganglia/GangliaContext.java	（revision 728845）
+++ src/core/org/apache/hadoop/metrics/ganglia/GangliaContext.java	（working copy）
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@
     typeTable.put(Float.class, "float");
   }
     
-  private byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
-  private int offset;
+  protected byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
+  protected int offset;
     
-  private List<? extends SocketAddress> metricsServers;
+  protected List<? extends SocketAddress> metricsServers;
   private Map<String,String> unitsTable;
   private Map<String,String> slopeTable;
   private Map<String,String> tmaxTable;
   private Map<String,String> dmaxTable;
     
-  private DatagramSocket datagramSocket;
+  protected DatagramSocket datagramSocket;
     
   /** Creates a new instance of GangliaContext */
   public GangliaContext() {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
     }
   }
     
-  private void emitMetric(String name, String type,  String value) 
+  protected void emitMetric(String name, String type,  String value) 
   throws IOException {
     String units = getUnits(name);
     int slope = getSlope(name);
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     }
   }
     
-  private String getUnits(String metricName) {
+  protected String getUnits(String metricName) {
     String result = unitsTable.get(metricName);
     if (result == null) {
       result = DEFAULT_UNITS;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     return result;
   }
     
-  private int getSlope(String metricName) {
+  protected int getSlope(String metricName) {
     String slopeString = slopeTable.get(metricName);
     if (slopeString == null) {
       slopeString = DEFAULT_SLOPE; 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     return ("zero".equals(slopeString) ? 0 : 3); // see gmetric.c
   }
     
-  private int getTmax(String metricName) {
+  protected int getTmax(String metricName) {
     if (tmaxTable == null) {
       return DEFAULT_TMAX;
     }
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
     }
   }
     
-  private int getDmax(String metricName) {
+  protected int getDmax(String metricName) {
     String dmaxString = dmaxTable.get(metricName);
     if (dmaxString == null) {
       return DEFAULT_DMAX;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
    * as an int, followed by the bytes of the string, padded if necessary to
    * a multiple of 4.
    */
-  private void xdr_string(String s) {
+  protected void xdr_string(String s) {
     byte[] bytes = s.getBytes();
     int len = bytes.length;
     xdr_int(len);
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
   /**
    * Puts an integer into the buffer as 4 bytes, big-endian.
    */
-  private void xdr_int(int i) {
+  protected void xdr_int(int i) {
     buffer[offset++] = (byte)((i >> 24) & 0xff);
     buffer[offset++] = (byte)((i >> 16) & 0xff);
     buffer[offset++] = (byte)((i >> 8) & 0xff);
Index: src/core/org/apache/hadoop/metrics/ganglia/GangliaContext31.java
===================================================================
--- src/core/org/apache/hadoop/metrics/ganglia/GangliaContext31.java	（revision 0）
+++ src/core/org/apache/hadoop/metrics/ganglia/GangliaContext31.java	（revision 0）
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/*
+ * GangliaContext31.java
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ganglia;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.DatagramPacket;
+import java.net.DatagramSocket;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.SocketAddress;
+import java.net.SocketException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.metrics.ContextFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.metrics.MetricsException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.AbstractMetricsContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.OutputRecord;
+import org.apache.hadoop.metrics.spi.Util;
+
+/**
+ * Context for sending metrics to Ganglia version 3.1.x.
+ * 
+ * 3.1.1 has a slightly different wire portal compared to 3.0.x.
+ */
+public class GangliaContext31 extends GangliaContext {
+
+  String hostName = "UNKNOWN.example.com";
+
+  private static final Log LOG = 
+    LogFactory.getLog("org.apache.hadoop.util.GangliaContext31");
+
+  public void init(String contextName, ContextFactory factory) {
+    super.init(contextName, factory);
+
+    LOG.debug("Initializing the GangliaContext31 for Ganglia 3.1 metrics.");
+
+    try {
+        InetAddress localMachine = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
+        hostName = localMachine.getHostName();
+    } catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
+        LOG.error(uhe);
+    } 
+  }
+
+  protected void emitMetric(String name, String type,  String value) 
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    if (name == null) {
+        LOG.warn("Metric was emitted with no name.");
+        return;
+    } else if (value == null) {
+        LOG.warn("Metric name " + name +" was emitted with a null value.");
+    } else if (type == null) {
+        LOG.warn("Metric name " + name + ", value " + value + " has no type.");
+    }
+
+    LOG.debug("Emitting metric " + name + ", type " + type + ", value " + value + " from hostname" + hostName);
+
+    String units = getUnits(name);
+    if (units == null) {
+        LOG.warn("Metric name " + name + ", value " + value
+            + " had 'null' units");
+        units = "";
+    }
+    int slope = getSlope(name);
+    int tmax = getTmax(name);
+    int dmax = getDmax(name);
+    offset = 0;
+    String GroupName = name.substring(0,name.lastIndexOf("."));
+
+    /* The following XDR recipe was done through a careful reading of
+     * gm_protocol.x in Ganglia 3.1 and carefully examining the output of
+     * the gmetric utility with strace.
+
+     * First we send out a metadata message*/
+
+    xdr_int(128);         /* metric_id = metadata_msg */
+    xdr_string(hostName); /* hostname  */
+    xdr_string(name);     /* metric name */
+    xdr_int(0);           /* spoof = False */
+    xdr_string(type);     /* metric type */
+    xdr_string(name);     /* metric name */
+    xdr_string(units);    /* units */
+    xdr_int(slope);       /* slope */
+    xdr_int(tmax);        /* tmax, the maximum time between metrics */
+    xdr_int(dmax);        /* dmax, the maximum data value */
+
+    xdr_int(1);             /*Num of the entries in extra_value field for Ganglia 3.1.x*/
+    xdr_string("GROUP");    /*Group attribute*/
+    xdr_string(GroupName);  /*Group value*/
+    for (SocketAddress socketAddress : metricsServers) {
+      DatagramPacket packet =
+        new DatagramPacket(buffer, offset, socketAddress);
+      datagramSocket.send(packet);
+    }
+
+    /* Now we send out a message with the actual value.
+     * Technically, we only need to send out the metadata message once for
+     * each metric, but I don't want to have to record which metrics we did and
+     * did not send.
+     */
+    offset = 0;
+    xdr_int(133);         /* we are sending a string value */
+    xdr_string(hostName); /* hostName */
+    xdr_string(name);     /* metric name */
+    xdr_int(0);           /* spoof = False */
+    xdr_string("%s");     /* format field */
+    xdr_string(value);    /* metric value */
+        
+    for (SocketAddress socketAddress : metricsServers) {
+      DatagramPacket packet = 
+        new DatagramPacket(buffer, offset, socketAddress);
+      datagramSocket.send(packet);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
