[HBASE-1815] HBaseClient can get stuck in an infinite loop while attempting to contact a failed regionserver

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.20.1
• Component/s: Client

Environment

Ubuntu Linux (Linux <elided> 2.6.24-23-generic #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 21:43:24 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux), java version "1.6.0_06", Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_06-b02), Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0-b22, mixed mode)

• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Michael Stack
• Reporter: Justin Lynn
• Created: 03/Sep/09 22:25
• Updated: 20/Nov/15 13:01
• Resolved: 22/Sep/09 16:34

Description

While using HBase Thrift server, if a regionserver goes down due to shutdown or failure clients will timeout because the thrift server cannot contact the dead regionserver.