[HBASE-5196] Failure in region split after PONR could cause region hole

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.92.0, 0.94.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.90.6, 0.92.0, 0.94.0
• Component/s: master, regionserver
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Jimmy Xiang
• Reporter: Jimmy Xiang
• Created: 13/Jan/12 19:05
• Updated: 12/Oct/12 05:34
• Resolved: 14/Jan/12 16:22

Description

If region split fails after PONR, it relies on the master ServerShutdown handler to fix it. However, if the master doesn't get a chance to fix it. There will be a hole in the region chain.