[HDFS-3214] InterDatanodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB doesn't handle null response from initReplicaRecovery

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Component/s: datanode
• Target Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 06/Apr/12 00:49
• Updated: 28/Sep/15 20:58
• Resolved: 09/Apr/12 03:23

Description

The initReplicaRecovery function may return null to indicate that the block doesn't exist on the local node. However, the translator doesn't handle this case, which results in NPEs.