[HADOOP-3565] JavaSerialization can throw java.io.StreamCorruptedException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.17.0, 0.18.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.17.1
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change, Reviewed
• Release Note: Change the Java serialization framework, which is not enabled by default, to correctly make the objects independent of the previous objects.
• Assignee: Thomas White
• Reporter: Thomas White
• Created: 16/Jun/08 10:59
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:52
• Resolved: 17/Jun/08 18:54

Description

When using JavaSerialization I sometimes get:

Caused by: java.io.StreamCorruptedException: illegal handle value
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readHandle(ObjectInputStream.java:1406)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1285)
        at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:348)
        at org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer.JavaSerialization$JavaSerializationDeserializer.deseriali
ze(JavaSerialization.java:53)
        at org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer.JavaSerialization$JavaSerializationDeserializer.deseriali
ze(JavaSerialization.java:36)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Task$ValuesIterator.readNextValue(Task.java:735)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Task$ValuesIterator.next(Task.java:675)
        ... 4 more

Issue Links

• blocks: MAPREDUCE-252 Create an InputFormat for reading lines of text as Java Strings