Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-issues-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 18032 invoked from network); 10 Sep 2009 10:41:31 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Sep 2009 10:41:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 32430 invoked by uid 500); 10 Sep 2009 10:41:30 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-hdfs-issues-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 32401 invoked by uid 500); 10 Sep 2009 10:41:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact hdfs-issues-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: hdfs-issues@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list hdfs-issues@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 32360 invoked by uid 99); 10 Sep 2009 10:41:30 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:41:30 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2000.0 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.140] (HELO brutus.apache.org) (140.211.11.140) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:41:18 +0000 Received: from brutus (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brutus.apache.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFA01234C1EA for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:40:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <40495380.1252579257784.JavaMail.jira@brutus> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:40:57 -0700 (PDT) From: "Hudson (JIRA)" To: hdfs-issues@hadoop.apache.org Subject: [jira] Commented: (HDFS-173) Recursively deleting a directory with millions of files makes NameNode unresponsive for other commands until the deletion completes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-173?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12753555#action_12753555 ] Hudson commented on HDFS-173: ----------------------------- Integrated in Hdfs-Patch-h5.grid.sp2.yahoo.net #21 (See [http://hudson.zones.apache.org/hudson/job/Hdfs-Patch-h5.grid.sp2.yahoo.net/21/]) > Recursively deleting a directory with millions of files makes NameNode unresponsive for other commands until the deletion completes > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-173 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-173 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: name-node > Reporter: Suresh Srinivas > Assignee: Suresh Srinivas > Fix For: 0.21.0 > > Attachments: HDFS-173.1.patch, HDFS-173.2.patch, HDFS-173.3.patch, HDFS-173.4.patch, HDFS-173.patch > > > Delete a directory with millions of files. This could take several minutes (observed 12 mins for 9 million files). While the operation is in progress FSNamesystem lock is held and the requests from clients are not handled until deletion completes. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.