[SPARK-10432] spark.port.maxRetries documentation is unclear

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.0
• Component/s: Documentation
• Target Version/s: 1.6.0
• Assignee: Thomas Graves
• Reporter: Thomas Graves
• Created: 03/Sep/15 13:38
• Updated: 03/Sep/15 20:46
• Resolved: 03/Sep/15 20:46

Description

The documentation for spark.port.maxRetries says:

spark.port.maxRetries 16 Default maximum number of retries when binding to a port before giving up.

But what really happens when the port for that service is not 0 is:

• Each subsequent attempt uses 1 + the port used in the previous attempt (unless the port is 0).

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #8585 (tgravescs)