[HDFS-3919] MiniDFSCluster:waitClusterUp can hang forever

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.1-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.3-alpha, 0.23.5
• Component/s: test
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Andy Isaacson
• Reporter: Andy Isaacson
• Created: 11/Sep/12 20:26
• Updated: 06/Feb/13 17:05
• Resolved: 12/Sep/12 04:32

Description

A test run hung due to a known system config issue, but the hang was interesting:

2012-09-11 13:22:41,888 WARN  hdfs.MiniDFSCluster (MiniDFSCluster.java:waitClusterUp(925)) - Waiting for the Mini HDFS Cluster to start...
2012-09-11 13:22:42,889 WARN  hdfs.MiniDFSCluster (MiniDFSCluster.java:waitClusterUp(925)) - Waiting for the Mini HDFS Cluster to start...
2012-09-11 13:22:43,889 WARN  hdfs.MiniDFSCluster (MiniDFSCluster.java:waitClusterUp(925)) - Waiting for the Mini HDFS Cluster to start...
2012-09-11 13:22:44,890 WARN  hdfs.MiniDFSCluster (MiniDFSCluster.java:waitClusterUp(925)) - Waiting for the Mini HDFS Cluster to start...

The MiniDFSCluster should give up after a few seconds.