apache/hadoop · error · IllegalArgumentException

Invalid memory specified for application master, exiting. Sp

Error message

Invalid memory specified for application master, exiting. Specified memory={}

What it means

Error "Invalid memory specified for application master, exiting. Specified memory={}" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-dynamometer/hadoop-dynamometer-infra/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/dynamometer/Client.java:435

          commandLine.getOptionValue(NAMENODE_SERVICERPC_ADDR_ARG);
    } else {
      launchNameNode = true;
      FileSystem localFS = FileSystem.getLocal(getConf());
      fsImageDir = fsImageDir.makeQualified(localFS.getUri(),
          localFS.getWorkingDirectory());
      FileSystem fsImageFS = fsImageDir.getFileSystem(getConf());
      FileStatus[] fsImageFiles = fsImageFS.listStatus(fsImageDir,
          (path) -> path.getName().matches("^fsimage_(\\d)+$"));
      if (fsImageFiles.length != 1) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
            "Must be exactly one fsimage file present in fs_image_dir");
      }
      fsImagePath = fsImageFiles[0].getPath().toString();
      fsImageMD5Path = fsImageFiles[0].getPath().suffix(".md5").toString();
    }

    if (amMemory < 0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid memory specified for "
          + "application master, exiting. Specified memory=" + amMemory);
    }
    if (amVCores < 0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid virtual cores specified for "
          + "application master, exiting. Specified virtual cores=" + amVCores);
    }

    this.appName = commandLine.getOptionValue(APPNAME_ARG, APPNAME_DEFAULT);
    this.amQueue = commandLine.getOptionValue(QUEUE_ARG, QUEUE_DEFAULT);
    this.amMemory = Integer.parseInt(commandLine
        .getOptionValue(MASTER_MEMORY_MB_ARG, MASTER_MEMORY_MB_DEFAULT));
    this.amVCores = Integer.parseInt(
        commandLine.getOptionValue(MASTER_VCORES_ARG, MASTER_VCORES_DEFAULT));
    this.confPath = commandLine.getOptionValue(CONF_PATH_ARG);
    this.blockListPath = commandLine.getOptionValue(BLOCK_LIST_PATH_ARG);
    if (commandLine.hasOption(HADOOP_BINARY_PATH_ARG)) {
      this.hadoopBinary = commandLine.getOptionValue(HADOOP_BINARY_PATH_ARG);
    } else {

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Solutions

1. Set a positive --am_memory value (in MB) for the dynamometer client and resubmit.

Example fix

hadoop jar dynamometer.jar ... --am_memory 4096

When it happens

Trigger: The -master_memory argument passed to the dynamometer Client is not a positive integer, so the application master container request cannot be built.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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