[HADOOP-2977] Null pointer exception when parsing config

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.16.0

Environment

debian linux sarge

• Assignee: Philip Martin
• Reporter: Chen Gang
• Created: 08/Mar/08 01:08
• Updated: 22/May/09 00:47
• Resolved: 22/May/09 00:47

Description

When placing a fully qualified URL here in hadoop-site.xml,

<property>
<name>fs.default.name</name>
<value>hdfs://sim1.dev.lindenlab.com:54310/</value>
</property>

I get

String newAddrPort = conf.get(newBindAddressName)

at
2008-03-06 17:59:21,087 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at
org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils.getServerAddress(NetUtils.java:148)
at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSNamesystem.initialize(FSNamesystem.java:279)
at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.FSNamesystem.<init>(FSNamesystem.java:235)
at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.initialize(NameNode.java:130)
at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:175)
at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.<init>(NameNode.java:161)
at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:843)
at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:852)

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-5687 Hadoop NameNode throws NPE if fs.default.name is the default value