[SPARK-1772] Spark executors do not successfully die on OOM

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: Spark Core
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Aaron Davidson
• Created: 09/May/14 00:33
• Updated: 13/May/14 03:11
• Resolved: 12/May/14 18:09

Description

Executor catches Throwable, and does not always die when JVM fatal exceptions occur. This is a problem because any subsequent use of these Executors are very likely to fail.