[HBASE-4563] When error occurs in this.parent.close(false) of split, the split region cannot write or read

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.90.4, 0.92.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.90.5
• Component/s: regionserver
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: bluedavy
• Reporter: bluedavy
• Created: 10/Oct/11 03:13
• Updated: 20/Nov/15 11:55
• Resolved: 17/Oct/11 05:19

Description

Follow below steps to replay the problem:
1. change the SplitTransaction.java as below,just like mock the hdfs error.

SplitTransaction.java

      List<StoreFile> hstoreFilesToSplit = this.parent.close(false);
      throw new IOException("some unexpected error in close store files");
   

2. update the regionserver code,restart;
3. create a table & put some data to the table;
4. split the table;
5. scan the table,then it'll fail.

We can fix the bug just use the patch.