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package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;

/*
 * This keeps track of blocks and their last verification times.
 * Currently it does not modify the metadata for block.
 */

class DataBlockScanner implements Runnable {

    public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(DataBlockScanner.class);

    private static final int MAX_SCAN_RATE = 8 * 1024 * 1024; // 8MB per sec
    private static final int MIN_SCAN_RATE = 1 * 1024 * 1024; // 1MB per sec

    static final long DEFAULT_SCAN_PERIOD_HOURS = 21 * 24L; // three weeks
    private static final long ONE_DAY = 24 * 3600 * 1000L;

    static final DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS");

    static final String verificationLogFile = "dncp_block_verification.log";
    static final int verficationLogLimit = 5; // * numBlocks.

    private long scanPeriod = DEFAULT_SCAN_PERIOD_HOURS * 3600 * 1000;
    DataNode datanode;
    FSDataset dataset;

    // sorted set
    TreeSet<BlockScanInfo> blockInfoSet;
    HashMap<Block, BlockScanInfo> blockMap;

    long totalScans = 0;
    long totalVerifications = 0; // includes remote verification by clients.
    long totalScanErrors = 0;
    long totalTransientErrors = 0;

    long currentPeriodStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
    long bytesLeft = 0; // Bytes to scan in this period
    long totalBytesToScan = 0;

    private LogFileHandler verificationLog;

    Random random = new Random();

    BlockTransferThrottler throttler = null;

    private static enum ScanType {
        REMOTE_READ, // Verified when a block read by a client etc
        VERIFICATION_SCAN, // scanned as part of periodic verfication
        NONE,
    }

    static class BlockScanInfo implements Comparable<BlockScanInfo> {
        Block block;
        long lastScanTime = 0;
        long lastLogTime = 0;
        ScanType lastScanType = ScanType.NONE;
        boolean lastScanOk = true;

        BlockScanInfo(Block block) {
            this.block = block;
        }

        public int hashCode() {
            return block.hashCode();
        }

        public boolean equals(Object other) {
            return other instanceof BlockScanInfo && compareTo((BlockScanInfo) other) == 0;
        }

        long getLastScanTime() {
            return (lastScanType == ScanType.NONE) ? 0 : lastScanTime;
        }

        public int compareTo(BlockScanInfo other) {
            long t1 = lastScanTime;
            long t2 = other.lastScanTime;
            return (t1 < t2) ? -1 : ((t1 > t2) ? 1 : block.compareTo(other.block));
        }
    }

    DataBlockScanner(DataNode datanode, FSDataset dataset, Configuration conf) {
        this.datanode = datanode;
        this.dataset = dataset;
        scanPeriod = conf.getInt("dfs.datanode.scan.period.hours", 0);
        if (scanPeriod <= 0) {
            scanPeriod = DEFAULT_SCAN_PERIOD_HOURS;
        }
        scanPeriod *= 3600 * 1000;
        // initialized when the scanner thread is started.
    }

    private synchronized boolean isInitialized() {
        return throttler != null;
    }

    private void updateBytesToScan(long len, long lastScanTime) {
        // len could be negative when a block is deleted.
        totalBytesToScan += len;
        if (lastScanTime < currentPeriodStart) {
            bytesLeft += len;
        }
        // Should we change throttler bandwidth every time bytesLeft changes?
        // not really required.
    }

    private synchronized void addBlockInfo(BlockScanInfo info) {
        boolean added = blockInfoSet.add(info);
        blockMap.put(info.block, info);

        if (added) {
            LogFileHandler log = verificationLog;
            if (log != null) {
                log.setMaxNumLines(blockMap.size() * verficationLogLimit);
            }
            updateBytesToScan(info.block.getNumBytes(), info.lastScanTime);
        }
    }

    private synchronized void delBlockInfo(BlockScanInfo info) {
        boolean exists = blockInfoSet.remove(info);
        blockMap.remove(info.block);
        if (exists) {
            LogFileHandler log = verificationLog;
            if (log != null) {
                log.setMaxNumLines(blockMap.size() * verficationLogLimit);
            }
            updateBytesToScan(-info.block.getNumBytes(), info.lastScanTime);
        }
    }

    /** Update blockMap by the given LogEntry */
    private synchronized void updateBlockInfo(LogEntry e) {
        BlockScanInfo info = blockMap.get(new Block(e.blockId, 0, e.genStamp));

        if (info != null && e.verificationTime > 0 && info.lastScanTime < e.verificationTime) {
            delBlockInfo(info);
            info.lastScanTime = e.verificationTime;
            info.lastScanType = ScanType.VERIFICATION_SCAN;
            addBlockInfo(info);
        }
    }

    private void init() {

        // get the list of blocks and arrange them in random order
        Block arr[] = dataset.getBlockReport();
        Collections.shuffle(Arrays.asList(arr));

        blockInfoSet = new TreeSet<BlockScanInfo>();
        blockMap = new HashMap<Block, BlockScanInfo>();

        long scanTime = -1;
        for (Block block : arr) {
            BlockScanInfo info = new BlockScanInfo(block);
            info.lastScanTime = scanTime--;
            //still keep 'info.lastScanType' to NONE.
            addBlockInfo(info);
        }

        /* Pick the first directory that has any existing scanner log.
         * otherwise, pick the first directory.
         */
        File dir = null;
        FSDataset.FSVolume[] volumes = dataset.volumes.volumes;
        for (FSDataset.FSVolume vol : volumes) {
            if (LogFileHandler.isFilePresent(vol.getDir(), verificationLogFile)) {
                dir = vol.getDir();
                break;
            }
        }
        if (dir == null) {
            dir = volumes[0].getDir();
        }

        try {
            // max lines will be updated later during initialization.
            verificationLog = new LogFileHandler(dir, verificationLogFile, 100);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOG.warn("Could not open verfication log. " + "Verification times are not stored.");
        }

        synchronized (this) {
            throttler = new BlockTransferThrottler(200, MAX_SCAN_RATE);
        }
    }

    private synchronized long getNewBlockScanTime() {
        /* If there are a lot of blocks, this returns a random time with in 
         * the scan period. Otherwise something sooner.
         */
        long period = Math.min(scanPeriod, Math.max(blockMap.size(), 1) * 600 * 1000L);
        return System.currentTimeMillis() - scanPeriod + random.nextInt((int) period);
    }

    /** Adds block to list of blocks */
    synchronized void addBlock(Block block) {
        if (!isInitialized()) {
            return;
        }

        BlockScanInfo info = blockMap.get(block);
        if (info != null) {
            LOG.warn("Adding an already existing block " + block);
            delBlockInfo(info);
        }

        info = new BlockScanInfo(block);
        info.lastScanTime = getNewBlockScanTime();

        addBlockInfo(info);
        adjustThrottler();
    }

    /** Deletes the block from internal structures */
    synchronized void deleteBlock(Block block) {
        if (!isInitialized()) {
            return;
        }
        BlockScanInfo info = blockMap.get(block);
        if (info != null) {
            delBlockInfo(info);
        }
    }

    /** @return the last scan time */
    synchronized long getLastScanTime(Block block) {
        if (!isInitialized()) {
            return 0;
        }
        BlockScanInfo info = blockMap.get(block);
        return info == null ? 0 : info.lastScanTime;
    }

    /** Deletes blocks from internal structures */
    void deleteBlocks(Block[] blocks) {
        for (Block b : blocks) {
            deleteBlock(b);
        }
    }

    /*
     * A reader will try to indicate a block is verified and will add blocks to
     * the DataBlockScanner before they are finished (due to concurrent readers).
     * 
     * fixed so a read verification can't add the block
     */
    synchronized void verifiedByClient(Block block) {
        updateScanStatusInternal(block, ScanType.REMOTE_READ, true, true);
    }

    private synchronized void updateScanStatus(Block block, ScanType type, boolean scanOk) {
        updateScanStatusInternal(block, type, scanOk, false);
    }

    /**
     * @param block
     *          - block to update status for
     * @param type
     *          - client, DN, ...
     * @param scanOk
     *          - result of scan
     * @param updateOnly
     *          - if true, cannot add a block, but only update an existing block
     */
    private synchronized void updateScanStatusInternal(Block block, ScanType type, boolean scanOk,
            boolean updateOnly) {

        if (!isInitialized()) {
            return;
        }
        BlockScanInfo info = blockMap.get(block);

        if (info != null) {
            delBlockInfo(info);
        } else {
            if (updateOnly) {
                return;
            }
            // It might already be removed. Thats ok, it will be caught next time.
            info = new BlockScanInfo(block);
        }

        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
        info.lastScanType = type;
        info.lastScanTime = now;
        info.lastScanOk = scanOk;
        addBlockInfo(info);

        if (type == ScanType.REMOTE_READ) {
            totalVerifications++;
        }

        // Don't update meta data too often in case of REMOTE_READ
        // of if the verification failed.
        long diff = now - info.lastLogTime;
        if (!scanOk || (type == ScanType.REMOTE_READ && diff < scanPeriod / 3 && diff < ONE_DAY)) {
            return;
        }

        info.lastLogTime = now;
        LogFileHandler log = verificationLog;
        if (log != null) {
            log.appendLine(LogEntry.newEnry(block, now));
        }
    }

    private void handleScanFailure(Block block) {

        LOG.info("Reporting bad block " + block + " to namenode.");

        try {
            DatanodeInfo[] dnArr = { new DatanodeInfo(datanode.dnRegistration) };
            LocatedBlock[] blocks = { new LocatedBlock(block, dnArr) };
            datanode.namenode.reportBadBlocks(blocks);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            /* One common reason is that NameNode could be in safe mode.
             * Should we keep on retrying in that case?
             */
            LOG.warn("Failed to report bad block " + block + " to namenode : " + " Exception : "
                    + StringUtils.stringifyException(e));
        }
    }

    static private class LogEntry {
        long blockId = -1;
        long verificationTime = -1;
        long genStamp = Block.GRANDFATHER_GENERATION_STAMP;

        /**
         * The format consists of single line with multiple entries. each 
         * entry is in the form : name="value".
         * This simple text and easily extendable and easily parseable with a
         * regex.
         */
        private static Pattern entryPattern = Pattern.compile("\\G\\s*([^=\\p{Space}]+)=\"(.*?)\"\\s*");

        static String newEnry(Block block, long time) {
            return "date=\"" + dateFormat.format(new Date(time)) + "\"\t " + "time=\"" + time + "\"\t "
                    + "genstamp=\"" + block.getGenerationStamp() + "\"\t " + "id=\"" + block.getBlockId() + "\"";
        }

        static LogEntry parseEntry(String line) {
            LogEntry entry = new LogEntry();

            Matcher matcher = entryPattern.matcher(line);
            while (matcher.find()) {
                String name = matcher.group(1);
                String value = matcher.group(2);

                try {
                    if (name.equals("id")) {
                        entry.blockId = Long.valueOf(value);
                    } else if (name.equals("time")) {
                        entry.verificationTime = Long.valueOf(value);
                    } else if (name.equals("genstamp")) {
                        entry.genStamp = Long.valueOf(value);
                    }
                } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
                    LOG.warn("Cannot parse line: " + line, nfe);
                    return null;
                }
            }

            return entry;
        }
    }

    private synchronized void adjustThrottler() {
        long timeLeft = currentPeriodStart + scanPeriod - System.currentTimeMillis();
        long bw = Math.max(bytesLeft * 1000 / timeLeft, MIN_SCAN_RATE);
        throttler.setBandwidth(Math.min(bw, MAX_SCAN_RATE));
    }

    private void verifyBlock(Block block) {

        BlockSender blockSender = null;

        /* In case of failure, attempt to read second time to reduce
         * transient errors. How do we flush block data from kernel 
         * buffers before the second read? 
         */
        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
            boolean second = (i > 0);

            try {
                adjustThrottler();

                blockSender = new BlockSender(block, 0, -1, false, false, true, datanode);

                DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(new IOUtils.NullOutputStream());

                blockSender.sendBlock(out, null, throttler);

                LOG.info((second ? "Second " : "") + "Verification succeeded for " + block);

                if (second) {
                    totalTransientErrors++;
                }

                updateScanStatus(block, ScanType.VERIFICATION_SCAN, true);

                return;
            } catch (IOException e) {

                totalScanErrors++;
                updateScanStatus(block, ScanType.VERIFICATION_SCAN, false);

                // If the block does not exists anymore, then its not an error
                if (dataset.getFile(block) == null) {
                    LOG.info("Verification failed for " + block + ". Its ok since "
                            + "it not in datanode dataset anymore.");
                    deleteBlock(block);
                    return;
                }

                LOG.warn((second ? "Second " : "First ") + "Verification failed for " + block + ". Exception : "
                        + StringUtils.stringifyException(e));

                if (second) {
                    datanode.getMetrics().incrBlockVerificationFailures();
                    handleScanFailure(block);
                    return;
                }
            } finally {
                IOUtils.closeStream(blockSender);
                datanode.getMetrics().incrBlocksVerified();
                totalScans++;
                totalVerifications++;
            }
        }
    }

    private synchronized long getEarliestScanTime() {
        if (blockInfoSet.size() > 0) {
            return blockInfoSet.first().lastScanTime;
        }
        return Long.MAX_VALUE;
    }

    // Picks one block and verifies it
    private void verifyFirstBlock() {
        Block block = null;
        synchronized (this) {
            if (blockInfoSet.size() > 0) {
                block = blockInfoSet.first().block;
            }
        }

        if (block != null) {
            verifyBlock(block);
        }
    }

    /** returns false if the process was interrupted
     * because the thread is marked to exit.
     */
    private boolean assignInitialVerificationTimes() {
        int numBlocks = 1;
        synchronized (this) {
            numBlocks = Math.max(blockMap.size(), 1);
        }

        //First udpates the last verification times from the log file.
        LogFileHandler.Reader logReader = null;
        try {
            if (verificationLog != null) {
                logReader = verificationLog.new Reader(false);
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOG.warn("Could not read previous verification times : " + StringUtils.stringifyException(e));
        }

        if (verificationLog != null) {
            verificationLog.updateCurNumLines();
        }

        try {
            // update verification times from the verificationLog.
            while (logReader != null && logReader.hasNext()) {
                if (!datanode.shouldRun || Thread.interrupted()) {
                    return false;
                }
                LogEntry entry = LogEntry.parseEntry(logReader.next());
                if (entry != null) {
                    updateBlockInfo(entry);
                }
            }
        } finally {
            IOUtils.closeStream(logReader);
        }

        /* Initially spread the block reads over half of 
         * MIN_SCAN_PERIOD so that we don't keep scanning the 
         * blocks too quickly when restarted.
         */
        long verifyInterval = (long) (Math.min(scanPeriod / 2.0 / numBlocks, 10 * 60 * 1000));
        long lastScanTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - scanPeriod;

        /* Before this loop, entries in blockInfoSet that are not
         * updated above have lastScanTime of <= 0 . Loop until first entry has
         * lastModificationTime > 0.
         */
        synchronized (this) {
            if (blockInfoSet.size() > 0) {
                BlockScanInfo info;
                while ((info = blockInfoSet.first()).lastScanTime < 0) {
                    delBlockInfo(info);
                    info.lastScanTime = lastScanTime;
                    lastScanTime += verifyInterval;
                    addBlockInfo(info);
                }
            }
        }

        return true;
    }

    private synchronized void startNewPeriod() {
        LOG.info("Starting a new period : work left in prev period : "
                + String.format("%.2f%%", (bytesLeft * 100.0) / totalBytesToScan));
        // reset the byte counts :
        bytesLeft = totalBytesToScan;
        currentPeriodStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
    }

    public void run() {
        try {

            init();

            //Read last verification times
            if (!assignInitialVerificationTimes()) {
                return;
            }

            adjustThrottler();

            while (datanode.shouldRun && !Thread.interrupted()) {
                long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
                synchronized (this) {
                    if (now >= (currentPeriodStart + scanPeriod)) {
                        startNewPeriod();
                    }
                }
                if ((now - getEarliestScanTime()) >= scanPeriod) {
                    verifyFirstBlock();
                } else {
                    try {
                        Thread.sleep(1000);
                    } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
            LOG.warn("RuntimeException during DataBlockScanner.run() : " + StringUtils.stringifyException(e));
            throw e;
        } finally {
            shutdown();
            LOG.info("Exiting DataBlockScanner thread.");
        }
    }

    synchronized void shutdown() {
        LogFileHandler log = verificationLog;
        verificationLog = null;
        if (log != null) {
            log.close();
        }
    }

    synchronized void printBlockReport(StringBuilder buffer, boolean summaryOnly) {
        long oneHour = 3600 * 1000;
        long oneDay = 24 * oneHour;
        long oneWeek = 7 * oneDay;
        long fourWeeks = 4 * oneWeek;

        int inOneHour = 0;
        int inOneDay = 0;
        int inOneWeek = 0;
        int inFourWeeks = 0;
        int inScanPeriod = 0;
        int neverScanned = 0;

        int total = blockInfoSet.size();

        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();

        Date date = new Date();

        for (Iterator<BlockScanInfo> it = blockInfoSet.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
            BlockScanInfo info = it.next();

            long scanTime = info.getLastScanTime();
            long diff = now - scanTime;

            if (diff <= oneHour)
                inOneHour++;
            if (diff <= oneDay)
                inOneDay++;
            if (diff <= oneWeek)
                inOneWeek++;
            if (diff <= fourWeeks)
                inFourWeeks++;
            if (diff <= scanPeriod)
                inScanPeriod++;
            if (scanTime <= 0)
                neverScanned++;

            if (!summaryOnly) {
                date.setTime(scanTime);
                String scanType = (info.lastScanType == ScanType.REMOTE_READ) ? "remote"
                        : ((info.lastScanType == ScanType.VERIFICATION_SCAN) ? "local" : "none");
                buffer.append(String.format("%-26s : status : %-6s type : %-6s" + " scan time : " + "%-15d %s\n",
                        info.block, (info.lastScanOk ? "ok" : "failed"), scanType, scanTime,
                        (scanTime <= 0) ? "not yet verified" : dateFormat.format(date)));
            }
        }

        double pctPeriodLeft = (scanPeriod + currentPeriodStart - now) * 100.0 / scanPeriod;
        double pctProgress = (totalBytesToScan == 0) ? 100
                : (totalBytesToScan - bytesLeft) * 10000.0 / totalBytesToScan / (100 - pctPeriodLeft + 1e-10);

        buffer.append(String.format("\nTotal Blocks                 : %6d" + "\nVerified in last hour        : %6d"
                + "\nVerified in last day         : %6d" + "\nVerified in last week        : %6d"
                + "\nVerified in last four weeks  : %6d" + "\nVerified in SCAN_PERIOD      : %6d"
                + "\nNot yet verified             : %6d" + "\nVerified since restart       : %6d"
                + "\nScans since restart          : %6d" + "\nScan errors since restart    : %6d"
                + "\nTransient scan errors        : %6d" + "\nCurrent scan rate limit KBps : %6d"
                + "\nProgress this period         : %6.0f%%" + "\nTime left in cur period      : %6.2f%%" + "\n",
                total, inOneHour, inOneDay, inOneWeek, inFourWeeks, inScanPeriod, neverScanned, totalVerifications,
                totalScans, totalScanErrors, totalTransientErrors, Math.round(throttler.getBandwidth() / 1024.0),
                pctProgress, pctPeriodLeft));
    }

    /**
     * This class takes care of log file used to store the last verification
     * times of the blocks. It rolls the current file when it is too big etc.
     * If there is an error while writing, it stops updating with an error
     * message.
     */
    private static class LogFileHandler {

        private static final String curFileSuffix = ".curr";
        private static final String prevFileSuffix = ".prev";

        // Don't roll files more often than this
        private static final long minRollingPeriod = 6 * 3600 * 1000L; // 6 hours
        private static final long minWarnPeriod = minRollingPeriod;
        private static final int minLineLimit = 1000;

        static boolean isFilePresent(File dir, String filePrefix) {
            return new File(dir, filePrefix + curFileSuffix).exists()
                    || new File(dir, filePrefix + prevFileSuffix).exists();
        }

        private File curFile;
        private File prevFile;

        private int maxNumLines = -1; // not very hard limit on number of lines.
        private int curNumLines = -1;

        long lastWarningTime = 0;

        private PrintStream out;

        int numReaders = 0;

        /**
         * Opens the log file for appending.
         * Note that rolling will happen only after "updateLineCount()" is 
         * called. This is so that line count could be updated in a separate
         * thread without delaying start up.
         * 
         * @param dir where the logs files are located.
         * @param filePrefix prefix of the file.
         * @param maxNumLines max lines in a file (its a soft limit).
         * @throws IOException
         */
        LogFileHandler(File dir, String filePrefix, int maxNumLines) throws IOException {
            curFile = new File(dir, filePrefix + curFileSuffix);
            prevFile = new File(dir, filePrefix + prevFileSuffix);
            openCurFile();
            curNumLines = -1;
            setMaxNumLines(maxNumLines);
        }

        // setting takes affect when next entry is added.
        synchronized void setMaxNumLines(int maxNumLines) {
            this.maxNumLines = Math.max(maxNumLines, minLineLimit);
        }

        /**
         * Append "\n" + line.
         * If the log file need to be rolled, it will done after 
         * appending the text.
         * This does not throw IOException when there is an error while 
         * appending. Currently does not throw an error even if rolling 
         * fails (may be it should?).
         * return true if append was successful.
         */
        synchronized boolean appendLine(String line) {
            if (out == null) {
                return false;
            }
            out.println();
            out.print(line);
            curNumLines += (curNumLines < 0) ? -1 : 1;
            try {
                rollIfRequired();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                warn("Rolling failed for " + curFile + " : " + e.getMessage());
                return false;
            }
            return true;
        }

        //warns only once in a while
        synchronized private void warn(String msg) {
            long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
            if ((now - lastWarningTime) >= minWarnPeriod) {
                lastWarningTime = now;
                LOG.warn(msg);
            }
        }

        private synchronized void openCurFile() throws FileNotFoundException {
            close();
            out = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream(curFile, true));
        }

        //This reads the current file and updates the count.
        void updateCurNumLines() {
            int count = 0;
            Reader it = null;
            try {
                for (it = new Reader(true); it.hasNext(); count++) {
                    it.next();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {

            } finally {
                synchronized (this) {
                    curNumLines = count;
                }
                IOUtils.closeStream(it);
            }
        }

        private void rollIfRequired() throws IOException {
            if (curNumLines < maxNumLines || numReaders > 0) {
                return;
            }

            long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
            if (now < minRollingPeriod) {
                return;
            }

            if (!prevFile.delete() && prevFile.exists()) {
                throw new IOException("Could not delete " + prevFile);
            }

            close();

            if (!curFile.renameTo(prevFile)) {
                openCurFile();
                throw new IOException("Could not rename " + curFile + " to " + prevFile);
            }

            openCurFile();
            updateCurNumLines();
        }

        synchronized void close() {
            if (out != null) {
                out.close();
                out = null;
            }
        }

        /**
         * This is used to read the lines in order.
         * If the data is not read completely (i.e, untill hasNext() returns
         * false), it needs to be explicitly 
         */
        private class Reader implements Iterator<String>, Closeable {

            BufferedReader reader;
            File file;
            String line;
            boolean closed = false;

            private Reader(boolean skipPrevFile) throws IOException {
                synchronized (LogFileHandler.this) {
                    numReaders++;
                }
                reader = null;
                file = (skipPrevFile) ? curFile : prevFile;
                readNext();
            }

            private boolean openFile() throws IOException {

                for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
                    if (reader != null || i > 0) {
                        // move to next file
                        file = (file == prevFile) ? curFile : null;
                    }
                    if (file == null) {
                        return false;
                    }
                    if (file.exists()) {
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if (reader != null) {
                    reader.close();
                    reader = null;
                }

                reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
                return true;
            }

            // read next line if possible.
            private void readNext() throws IOException {
                line = null;
                try {
                    if (reader != null && (line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                        return;
                    }
                    if (line == null) {
                        // move to the next file.
                        if (openFile()) {
                            readNext();
                        }
                    }
                } finally {
                    if (!hasNext()) {
                        close();
                    }
                }
            }

            public boolean hasNext() {
                return line != null;
            }

            public String next() {
                String curLine = line;
                try {
                    readNext();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    LOG.info("Could not reade next line in LogHandler : " + StringUtils.stringifyException(e));
                }
                return curLine;
            }

            public void remove() {
                throw new RuntimeException("remove() is not supported.");
            }

            public void close() throws IOException {
                if (!closed) {
                    try {
                        if (reader != null) {
                            reader.close();
                        }
                    } finally {
                        file = null;
                        reader = null;
                        closed = true;
                        synchronized (LogFileHandler.this) {
                            numReaders--;
                            assert (numReaders >= 0);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public static class Servlet extends HttpServlet {

        public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {

            response.setContentType("text/plain");

            DataBlockScanner blockScanner = (DataBlockScanner) getServletContext()
                    .getAttribute("datanode.blockScanner");

            boolean summary = (request.getParameter("listblocks") == null);

            StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(8 * 1024);
            if (blockScanner == null) {
                buffer.append("Periodic block scanner is not running. "
                        + "Please check the datanode log if this is unexpected.");
            } else if (blockScanner.isInitialized()) {
                blockScanner.printBlockReport(buffer, summary);
            } else {
                buffer.append("Periodic block scanner is not yet initialized. "
                        + "Please check back again after some time.");
            }
            response.getWriter().write(buffer.toString()); // extra copy!
        }
    }
}