diff --git hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/LocalDirsHandlerService.java hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/LocalDirsHandlerService.java index 976df7c62d3..2fbeb598745 100644 --- hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/LocalDirsHandlerService.java +++ hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/LocalDirsHandlerService.java @@ -163,7 +163,12 @@ public MonitoringTimerTask(Configuration conf) throws YarnRuntimeException { @Override public void run() { - checkDirs(); + try { + checkDirs(); + } catch (Throwable t) { + // Prevent uncaught exceptions from killing this thread + LOG.warn("Error while checking local directories: " + t); + } } }