[HBASE-5922] HalfStoreFileReader seekBefore causes StackOverflowError

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.90.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.94.1, 0.95.0
• Component/s: Client, io

Environment

HBase 0.90.4

• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Nate Putnam
• Reporter: Nate Putnam
• Created: 02/May/12 22:48
• Updated: 26/Feb/13 08:16
• Resolved: 11/May/12 23:34

Description

Calling HRegionServer.getClosestRowBefore() can cause a stack overflow if the underlying store file is a reference and the row key is in the bottom.

java.io.IOException: java.io.IOException: java.lang.StackOverflowError
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer.convertThrowableToIOE(HRegionServer.java:990)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer.convertThrowableToIOE(HRegionServer.java:978)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer.getClosestRowBefore(HRegionServer.java:1651)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor174.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC$Server.call(HBaseRPC.java:570)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseServer$Handler.run(HBaseServer.java:1039)
Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.HalfStoreFileReader$1.seekBefore(HalfStoreFileReader.java:147)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.HalfStoreFileReader$1.seekBefore(HalfStoreFileReader.java:149)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.HalfStoreFileReader$1.seekBefore(HalfStoreFileReader.java:149)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.HalfStoreFileReader$1.seekBefore(HalfStoreFileReader.java:149)
at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.HalfStoreFileReader$1.seekBefore(HalfStoreFileReader.java:149)

Issue Links

• relates to: HBASE-5997 Fix concerns raised in HBASE-5922 related to HalfStoreFileReader