Index: hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java (revision 1581916) +++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/balancer/StochasticLoadBalancer.java (working copy) @@ -568,11 +568,10 @@ */ public abstract static class CostFunction { - protected float multiplier = 0; - protected Configuration conf; + private float multiplier = 0; CostFunction(Configuration c) { - this.conf = c; + } float getMultiplier() {