[HADOOP-9211] HADOOP_CLIENT_OPTS default setting fixes max heap size at 128m, disregards HADOOP_HEAPSIZE

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.2-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.0-beta
• Component/s: conf
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Plamen Jeliazkov
• Reporter: Sarah Weissman
• Created: 15/Jan/13 03:41
• Updated: 12/Nov/13 22:29
• Resolved: 12/Apr/13 18:17

Description

hadoop-env.sh as included in the 2.0.2alpha release tarball contains:
export HADOOP_CLIENT_OPTS="-Xmx128m $HADOOP_CLIENT_OPTS"

This overrides any heap settings in HADOOP_HEAPSIZE.

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-10093 hadoop-env.cmd sets HADOOP_CLIENT_OPTS with a max heap size that is too small.
• is related to: HDFS-4475 OutOfMemory by BPServiceActor.offerService() takes down DataNode