[FLINK-5745] Set uncaught exception handler for Netty threads

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: Runtime / Network
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ufuk Celebi
• Created: 08/Feb/17 13:47
• Updated: 15/Feb/17 10:32
• Resolved: 15/Feb/17 10:32

Description

We pass a thread factory for the Netty event loop threads (see NettyServer and NettyClient), but don't set an uncaught exception handler. Let's add a JVM terminating handler that exits the process in cause of fatal errors.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3293