[MAPREDUCE-383] pipes combiner does not reset properly after a spill

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.20.1
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Fixed a bug in Pipes combiner to reset the spilled bytes count after the spill.
• Assignee: Christian Kunz
• Reporter: Christian Kunz
• Created: 17/Jun/09 17:53
• Updated: 28/Aug/09 07:28
• Resolved: 27/Jul/09 08:43

Description

When using a pipes combiner, the variable numBytes is not reset to 0 in spillAll, effectively reducing the effect of running a combiner to the first spill.