[HADOOP-9115] Deadlock in configuration when writing configuration to hdfs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.2
• Target Version/s: 1.1.2
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: This fixes a bug where Hive could trigger a deadlock condition in the Hadoop configuration management code.
• Assignee: Jing Zhao
• Reporter: Arpit Gupta
• Created: 04/Dec/12 18:31
• Updated: 06/Mar/13 09:55
• Resolved: 05/Dec/12 00:13

Description

This was noticed when using hive with hadoop-1.1.1 and running

select count(*) from tbl;

This would cause a deadlock configuration.

Issue Links

• is related to: HDFS-4161 HDFS keeps a thread open for every file writer