[FLINK-7240] Externalized RocksDB can fail with stackoverflow

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.1, 1.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: Runtime / State Backends, Tests
• Labels: test-stability

Environment

https://travis-ci.org/zentol/flink/jobs/255760513

• Assignee: Till Rohrmann
• Reporter: Chesnay Schepler
• Created: 20/Jul/17 18:24
• Updated: 10/Aug/17 09:22
• Resolved: 10/Aug/17 09:22

Description

testExternalizedFullRocksDBCheckpointsStandalone(org.apache.flink.test.checkpointing.ExternalizedCheckpointITCase)  Time elapsed: 146.894 sec  <<< ERROR!
java.lang.StackOverflowError: null
	at java.util.Hashtable.get(Hashtable.java:363)
	at java.util.Properties.getProperty(Properties.java:969)
	at java.lang.System.getProperty(System.java:720)
	at sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction.run(GetPropertyAction.java:84)
	at sun.security.action.GetPropertyAction.run(GetPropertyAction.java:49)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.io.PrintWriter.<init>(PrintWriter.java:116)
	at java.io.PrintWriter.<init>(PrintWriter.java:100)
	at org.apache.log4j.DefaultThrowableRenderer.render(DefaultThrowableRenderer.java:58)
	at org.apache.log4j.spi.ThrowableInformation.getThrowableStrRep(ThrowableInformation.java:87)
	at org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent.getThrowableStrRep(LoggingEvent.java:413)
	at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.subAppend(WriterAppender.java:313)
	at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:162)
	at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:251)
	at org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:66)
	at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:206)
	at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:391)
	at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:856)
	at org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerAdapter.info(Log4jLoggerAdapter.java:381)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.testingUtils.TestingCluster.requestCheckpoint(TestingCluster.scala:392)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.testingUtils.TestingCluster.requestCheckpoint(TestingCluster.scala:394)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.testingUtils.TestingCluster.requestCheckpoint(TestingCluster.scala:394)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.testingUtils.TestingCluster.requestCheckpoint(TestingCluster.scala:394)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.testingUtils.TestingCluster.requestCheckpoint(TestingCluster.scala:394)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.testingUtils.TestingCluster.requestCheckpoint(TestingCluster.scala:394)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.testingUtils.TestingCluster.requestCheckpoint(TestingCluster.scala:394)
	at org.apache.flink.runtime.testingUtils.TestingCluster.requestCheckpoint(TestingCluster.scala:394)
...

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4497