[ACCUMULO-243] garbage collector (sometimes) hangs if the tracer is not running

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.5-incubating
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.6
• Component/s: client

Environment

user noticed the accumulo garbage collector was running with erratically long times, no tracer was running

• Assignee: Eric C. Newton
• Reporter: Eric C. Newton
• Created: 03/Jan/12 20:30
• Updated: 13/Jan/12 12:45
• Resolved: 13/Jan/12 12:45

Description

The GC randomly selects to trace GC cycles. At the end of the run, it flushes the trace spans to the tracer. This hangs, which causes the GC to fail to run again on a regular cycle.