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Hairong Kuang resolved HDFS-686. -------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed > NullPointerException is thrown while merging edit log and image > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-686 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-686 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Bug > Components: name-node > Affects Versions: 0.20.1, 0.21.0 > Reporter: Hairong Kuang > Assignee: Hairong Kuang > Priority: Blocker > Attachments: nullSetTime.patch, openNPE-trunk.patch, openNPE.patch > > > Our secondary name node is not able to start on NullPointerException: > ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.unprotectedSetTimes(FSDirectory.java:1232) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.unprotectedSetTimes(FSDirectory.java:1221) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSEditLog.loadFSEdits(FSEditLog.java:776) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSImage.loadFSEdits(FSImage.java:992) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode$CheckpointStorage.doMerge(SecondaryNameNode.java:590) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode$CheckpointStorage.access$000(SecondaryNameNode.java:473) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode.doMerge(SecondaryNameNode.java:350) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode.doCheckpoint(SecondaryNameNode.java:314) > at > org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode.run(SecondaryNameNode.java:225) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) > This was caused by setting access time on a non-existent file. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.