[HADOOP-8711] provide an option for IPC server users to avoid printing stack information for certain exceptions

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0, 0.23.7, 2.1.0-beta
• Component/s: ipc
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Brandon Li
• Reporter: Brandon Li
• Created: 20/Aug/12 21:04
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:22
• Resolved: 21/Aug/12 20:57

Description

Currently it's hard coded in the server that it doesn't print the exception stack for StandbyException.

Similarly, other components may have their own exceptions which don't need to save the stack trace in log. One example is HDFS-3817.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: HDFS-4714 Log short messages in Namenode RPC server for exceptions meant for clients
• relates to: HDFS-3817 avoid printing stack information for SafeModeException