Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java (revision 1228641) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterFileSystem.java (working copy) @@ -227,9 +227,10 @@ "hbase.hlog.split.failure.retry.interval", 30 * 1000)); } } catch (InterruptedException e) { - LOG.warn("Interrupted, returning w/o splitting at startup"); + LOG.warn("Interrupted, aborting since cannot return w/o splitting"); Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); retrySplitting = false; + Runtime.getRuntime().halt(1); } } } while (retrySplitting);