YARN-378. Fix RM to make the AM max attempts/retries to be configurable per application by clients. Contributed by Zhijie Shen.

svn merge --ignore-ancestry -c 1460895 ../../trunk/


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-2@1460897 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt

@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ Release 2.0.5-beta - UNRELEASED
     YARN-71. Fix the NodeManager to clean up local-dirs on restart.
     (Xuan Gong via sseth)
 
+    YARN-378. Fix RM to make the AM max attempts/retries to be configurable
+    per application by clients. (Zhijie Shen via vinodkv)
+
 Release 2.0.4-alpha - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/ApplicationConstants.java

@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ public interface ApplicationConstants {
 
   public static final String STDOUT = "stdout";
 
+  /**
+   * The environment variable for MAX_APP_ATTEMPTS. Set in AppMaster environment
+   * only
+   */
+  public static final String MAX_APP_ATTEMPTS_ENV = "MAX_APP_ATTEMPTS";
+
   /**
    * Environment for Applications.
    * 

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/ApplicationSubmissionContext.java

@@ -189,4 +189,22 @@ public interface ApplicationSubmissionContext {
   @LimitedPrivate("mapreduce")
   @Unstable
   public void setCancelTokensWhenComplete(boolean cancel);
+
+  /**
+   * @return the number of max attempts of the application to be submitted
+   */
+  @Public
+  @Unstable
+  public int getMaxAppAttempts();
+
+  /**
+   * Set the number of max attempts of the application to be submitted. WARNING:
+   * it should be no larger than the global number of max attempts in the Yarn
+   * configuration.
+   * @param maxAppAttempts the number of max attempts of the application
+   * to be submitted.
+   */
+  @Public
+  @Unstable
+  public void setMaxAppAttempts(int maxAppAttempts);
 }

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/records/impl/pb/ApplicationSubmissionContextPBImpl.java

@@ -232,6 +232,18 @@ implements ApplicationSubmissionContext {
     builder.setCancelTokensWhenComplete(cancel);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public int getMaxAppAttempts() {
+    ApplicationSubmissionContextProtoOrBuilder p = viaProto ? proto : builder;
+    return p.getMaxAppAttempts();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setMaxAppAttempts(int maxAppAttempts) {
+    maybeInitBuilder();
+    builder.setMaxAppAttempts(maxAppAttempts);
+  }
+
   private PriorityPBImpl convertFromProtoFormat(PriorityProto p) {
     return new PriorityPBImpl(p);
   }

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto/yarn_protos.proto

@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ message ApplicationSubmissionContextProto {
   optional ContainerLaunchContextProto am_container_spec = 6;
   optional bool cancel_tokens_when_complete = 7 [default = true];
   optional bool unmanaged_am = 8 [default = false];
+  optional int32 maxAppAttempts = 9 [default = 0];
 }
 
 enum ApplicationAccessTypeProto {

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java

@@ -180,10 +180,13 @@ public class YarnConfiguration extends Configuration {
     RM_PREFIX + "admin.client.thread-count";
   public static final int DEFAULT_RM_ADMIN_CLIENT_THREAD_COUNT = 1;
   
-  /** The maximum number of application master retries.*/
-  public static final String RM_AM_MAX_RETRIES = 
-    RM_PREFIX + "am.max-retries";
-  public static final int DEFAULT_RM_AM_MAX_RETRIES = 1;
+  /**
+   * The maximum number of application attempts.
+   * It's a global setting for all application masters.
+   */
+  public static final String RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS =
+    RM_PREFIX + "am.max-attempts";
+  public static final int DEFAULT_RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 1;
   
   /** The keytab for the resource manager.*/
   public static final String RM_KEYTAB = 

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml

@@ -135,8 +135,12 @@
   </property>
 
   <property>
-    <description>The maximum number of application master retries.</description>
-    <name>yarn.resourcemanager.am.max-retries</name>
+    <description>The maximum number of application attempts. It's a global
+    setting for all application masters. Each application master can specify
+    its individual maximum number of application attempts via the API, but the
+    individual number cannot be more than the global upper bound. If it is,
+    the resourcemanager will override it.</description>
+    <name>yarn.resourcemanager.am.max-attempts</name>
     <value>1</value>
   </property>
 

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ResourceManager.java

@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ public class ResourceManager extends CompositeService implements Recoverable {
   @Override
   public synchronized void init(Configuration conf) {
 
+    validateConfigs(conf);
+
     this.conf = conf;
 
     this.conf.setBoolean(Dispatcher.DISPATCHER_EXIT_ON_ERROR_KEY, true);
@@ -325,6 +327,15 @@ public class ResourceManager extends CompositeService implements Recoverable {
       this.applicationACLsManager, this.conf);
   }
 
+  protected static void validateConfigs(Configuration conf) {
+    int globalMaxAppAttempts = conf.getInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+        YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+    if (globalMaxAppAttempts <= 0) {
+      throw new YarnException(
+          "The global max attempts should be a positive integer.");
+    }
+  }
+
   @Private
   public static class SchedulerEventDispatcher extends AbstractService
       implements EventHandler<SchedulerEvent> {

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/amlauncher/AMLauncher.java

@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ public class AMLauncher implements Runnable {
         String.valueOf(rmContext.getRMApps()
             .get(applicationId)
             .getSubmitTime()));
+    environment.put(ApplicationConstants.MAX_APP_ATTEMPTS_ENV,
+        String.valueOf(rmContext.getRMApps().get(
+            applicationId).getMaxAppAttempts()));
  
     if (UserGroupInformation.isSecurityEnabled()) {
       // TODO: Security enabled/disabled info should come from RM.

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMApp.java

@@ -173,4 +173,10 @@ public interface RMApp extends EventHandler<RMAppEvent> {
    * {@link FinishApplicationMasterRequest#setFinishApplicationStatus(FinalApplicationStatus)}.
    */
   FinalApplicationStatus getFinalApplicationStatus();
+
+  /**
+   * The number of max attempts of the application.
+   * @return the number of max attempts of the application.
+   */
+  int getMaxAppAttempts();
 }

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/RMAppImpl.java

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class RMAppImpl implements RMApp, Recoverable {
   private final YarnScheduler scheduler;
   private final ApplicationMasterService masterService;
   private final StringBuilder diagnostics = new StringBuilder();
-  private final int maxRetries;
+  private final int maxAppAttempts;
   private final ReadLock readLock;
   private final WriteLock writeLock;
   private final Map<ApplicationAttemptId, RMAppAttempt> attempts
@@ -231,8 +231,19 @@ public class RMAppImpl implements RMApp, Recoverable {
     this.submitTime = submitTime;
     this.startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-    this.maxRetries = conf.getInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_RETRIES,
-        YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_AM_MAX_RETRIES);
+    int globalMaxAppAttempts = conf.getInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+        YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+    int individualMaxAppAttempts = submissionContext.getMaxAppAttempts();
+    if (individualMaxAppAttempts <= 0 ||
+        individualMaxAppAttempts > globalMaxAppAttempts) {
+      this.maxAppAttempts = globalMaxAppAttempts;
+      LOG.warn("The specific max attempts: " + individualMaxAppAttempts
+          + " for application: " + applicationId.getId()
+          + " is invalid, because it is out of the range [1, "
+          + globalMaxAppAttempts + "]. Use the global max attempts instead.");
+    } else {
+      this.maxAppAttempts = individualMaxAppAttempts;
+    }
 
     ReentrantReadWriteLock lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
     this.readLock = lock.readLock();
@@ -493,6 +504,11 @@ public class RMAppImpl implements RMApp, Recoverable {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public int getMaxAppAttempts() {
+    return this.maxAppAttempts;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void handle(RMAppEvent event) {
 
@@ -669,10 +685,10 @@ public class RMAppImpl implements RMApp, Recoverable {
         msg = "Unmanaged application " + app.getApplicationId()
             + " failed due to " + failedEvent.getDiagnostics()
             + ". Failing the application.";
-      } else if (app.attempts.size() >= app.maxRetries) {
+      } else if (app.attempts.size() >= app.maxAppAttempts) {
         retryApp = false;
         msg = "Application " + app.getApplicationId() + " failed "
-            + app.maxRetries + " times due to " + failedEvent.getDiagnostics()
+            + app.maxAppAttempts + " times due to " + failedEvent.getDiagnostics()
             + ". Failing the application.";
       }
 

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/attempt/RMAppAttempt.java

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMApp;
 /**
  * Interface to an Application Attempt in the Resource Manager.
  * A {@link RMApp} can have multiple app attempts based on
- * {@link YarnConfiguration#RM_AM_MAX_RETRIES}. For specific
+ * {@link YarnConfiguration#RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS}. For specific
  * implementation take a look at {@link RMAppAttemptImpl}.
  */
 public interface RMAppAttempt extends EventHandler<RMAppAttemptEvent> {

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestAppManager.java

@@ -377,7 +377,61 @@ public class TestAppManager{
     ((Service)rmContext.getDispatcher()).stop();
   }
 
-  @Test
+  @Test (timeout = 30000)
+  public void testRMAppSubmitMaxAppAttempts() throws Exception {
+    int[] globalMaxAppAttempts = new int[] { 10, 1 };
+    int[][] individualMaxAppAttempts = new int[][]{
+        new int[]{ 9, 10, 11, 0 },
+        new int[]{ 1, 10, 0, -1 }};
+    int[][] expectedNums = new int[][]{
+        new int[]{ 9, 10, 10, 10 },
+        new int[]{ 1, 1, 1, 1 }};
+    for (int i = 0; i < globalMaxAppAttempts.length; ++i) {
+      for (int j = 0; j < individualMaxAppAttempts.length; ++j) {
+        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        RMContext rmContext = mockRMContext(0, now - 10);
+        ResourceScheduler scheduler = new CapacityScheduler();
+        Configuration conf = new Configuration();
+        conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS, globalMaxAppAttempts[i]);
+        ApplicationMasterService masterService =
+            new ApplicationMasterService(rmContext, scheduler);
+        TestRMAppManager appMonitor = new TestRMAppManager(rmContext,
+            new ClientToAMTokenSecretManagerInRM(), scheduler, masterService,
+            new ApplicationACLsManager(conf), conf);
+
+        RecordFactory recordFactory = RecordFactoryProvider.getRecordFactory(null);
+        ApplicationSubmissionContext context =
+            recordFactory.newRecordInstance(ApplicationSubmissionContext.class);
+        ContainerLaunchContext amContainer = recordFactory
+            .newRecordInstance(ContainerLaunchContext.class);
+        amContainer.setApplicationACLs(new HashMap<ApplicationAccessType, String>());
+        context.setAMContainerSpec(amContainer);
+        setupDispatcher(rmContext, conf);
+
+        ApplicationId appID = MockApps.newAppID(1);
+        context.setApplicationId(appID);
+        if (individualMaxAppAttempts[i][j] != 0) {
+          context.setMaxAppAttempts(individualMaxAppAttempts[i][j]);
+        }
+        appMonitor.submitApplication(context);
+        RMApp app = rmContext.getRMApps().get(appID);
+        Assert.assertEquals("max application attempts doesn't match",
+            expectedNums[i][j], app.getMaxAppAttempts());
+
+        // wait for event to be processed
+        int timeoutSecs = 0;
+        while ((getAppEventType() == RMAppEventType.KILL) &&
+            timeoutSecs++ < 20) {
+          Thread.sleep(1000);
+        }
+        setAppEventType(RMAppEventType.KILL);
+        ((Service)rmContext.getDispatcher()).stop();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test (timeout = 3000)
   public void testRMAppSubmitWithQueueAndName() throws Exception {
     long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
 

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestApplicationMasterLauncher.java

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.protocolrecords.StopContainerResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationAttemptId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ContainerState;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnRemoteException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.RMApp;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.attempt.RMAppAttempt;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ public class TestApplicationMasterLauncher {
     int nmPortAtContainerManager;
     int nmHttpPortAtContainerManager;
     long submitTimeAtContainerManager;
+    int maxAppAttempts;
 
     @Override
     public StartContainerResponse
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ public class TestApplicationMasterLauncher {
           Integer.parseInt(env.get(ApplicationConstants.NM_HTTP_PORT_ENV));
       submitTimeAtContainerManager =
           Long.parseLong(env.get(ApplicationConstants.APP_SUBMIT_TIME_ENV));
-
+      maxAppAttempts =
+          Integer.parseInt(env.get(ApplicationConstants.MAX_APP_ATTEMPTS_ENV));
       return null;
     }
 
@@ -139,6 +142,8 @@ public class TestApplicationMasterLauncher {
         containerManager.nmPortAtContainerManager);
     Assert.assertEquals(nm1.getHttpPort(),
         containerManager.nmHttpPortAtContainerManager);
+    Assert.assertEquals(YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+        containerManager.maxAppAttempts);
 
     MockAM am = new MockAM(rm.getRMContext(), rm
         .getApplicationMasterService(), appAttemptId);

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestClientRMService.java

@@ -374,8 +374,10 @@ public class TestClientRMService {
 
   private RMAppImpl getRMApp(RMContext rmContext, YarnScheduler yarnScheduler,
       ApplicationId applicationId3, YarnConfiguration config, String queueName) {
+    ApplicationSubmissionContext asContext = mock(ApplicationSubmissionContext.class);
+    when(asContext.getMaxAppAttempts()).thenReturn(1);
     return new RMAppImpl(applicationId3, rmContext, config, null, null,
-        queueName, null, yarnScheduler, null , System
+        queueName, asContext, yarnScheduler, null , System
             .currentTimeMillis());
   }
 }

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestResourceManager.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetworkTopology;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.YarnException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.NodeHealthStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Priority;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
@@ -183,4 +185,16 @@ public class TestResourceManager {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test (timeout = 30000)
+  public void testResourceManagerInitConfigValidation() throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
+    conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS, -1);
+    try {
+      resourceManager.init(conf);
+      fail("Exception is expected because the global max attempts is negative.");
+    } catch (YarnException e) {
+      // Exception is expected.
+    }
+  }
+
 }

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/applicationsmanager/MockAsm.java

@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ public abstract class MockAsm extends MockApps {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
     }
     @Override
+    public int getMaxAppAttempts() {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+    @Override
     public ApplicationReport createAndGetApplicationReport(boolean allowAccess) {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
     }
@@ -248,6 +252,7 @@ public abstract class MockAsm extends MockApps {
     final long finish = 234567 + i * 1000;
     RMAppState[] allStates = RMAppState.values();
     final RMAppState state = allStates[i % allStates.length];
+    final int maxAppAttempts = i % 1000;
     return new ApplicationBase() {
       @Override
       public ApplicationId getApplicationId() {
@@ -302,6 +307,11 @@ public abstract class MockAsm extends MockApps {
       public RMAppAttempt getCurrentAppAttempt() {
         return null;
       }
+
+      @Override
+      public int getMaxAppAttempts() {
+        return maxAppAttempts;
+      }
       
     };
   }

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/MockRMApp.java

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class MockRMApp implements RMApp {
   String url = null;
   StringBuilder diagnostics = new StringBuilder();
   RMAppAttempt attempt;
+  int maxAppAttempts = 1;
 
   public MockRMApp(int newid, long time, RMAppState newState) {
     finish = time;
@@ -186,6 +187,15 @@ public class MockRMApp implements RMApp {
     this.diagnostics  = new StringBuilder(diag);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public int getMaxAppAttempts() {
+    return maxAppAttempts;
+  }
+
+  public void setNumMaxRetries(int maxAppAttempts) {
+    this.maxAppAttempts = maxAppAttempts;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void handle(RMAppEvent event) {
   }

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/rmapp/TestRMAppTransitions.java

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class TestRMAppTransitions {
   static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestRMAppTransitions.class);
 
   private RMContext rmContext;
-  private static int maxRetries = 4;
+  private static int maxAppAttempts = 4;
   private static int appId = 1;
   private DrainDispatcher rmDispatcher;
 
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ public class TestRMAppTransitions {
     String name = MockApps.newAppName();
     String queue = MockApps.newQueue();
     Configuration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
-    // ensure max retries set to known value
-    conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_RETRIES, maxRetries);
+    // ensure max application attempts set to known value
+    conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS, maxAppAttempts);
     YarnScheduler scheduler = mock(YarnScheduler.class);
     ApplicationMasterService masterService =
         new ApplicationMasterService(rmContext, scheduler);
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ public class TestRMAppTransitions {
 
     RMApp application = testCreateAppAccepted(null);
     // ACCEPTED => ACCEPTED event RMAppEventType.RMAppEventType.ATTEMPT_FAILED
-    for (int i=1; i<maxRetries; i++) {
+    for (int i=1; i < maxAppAttempts; i++) {
       RMAppEvent event = 
           new RMAppFailedAttemptEvent(application.getApplicationId(), 
               RMAppEventType.ATTEMPT_FAILED, "");
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ public class TestRMAppTransitions {
     }
 
     // ACCEPTED => FAILED event RMAppEventType.RMAppEventType.ATTEMPT_FAILED 
-    // after max retries
+    // after max application attempts
     String message = "Test fail";
     RMAppEvent event = 
         new RMAppFailedAttemptEvent(application.getApplicationId(), 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ public class TestRMAppTransitions {
     Assert.assertEquals(expectedAttemptId, 
         appAttempt.getAppAttemptId().getAttemptId());
     // RUNNING => FAILED/RESTARTING event RMAppEventType.ATTEMPT_FAILED
-    for (int i=1; i<maxRetries; i++) {
+    for (int i=1; i<maxAppAttempts; i++) {
       RMAppEvent event = 
           new RMAppFailedAttemptEvent(application.getApplicationId(), 
               RMAppEventType.ATTEMPT_FAILED, "");
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ public class TestRMAppTransitions {
     }
 
     // RUNNING => FAILED/RESTARTING event RMAppEventType.ATTEMPT_FAILED 
-    // after max retries
+    // after max application attempts
     RMAppEvent event = 
         new RMAppFailedAttemptEvent(application.getApplicationId(), 
             RMAppEventType.ATTEMPT_FAILED, "");

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesApps.java

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class TestRMWebServicesApps extends JerseyTest {
       bind(RMWebServices.class);
       bind(GenericExceptionHandler.class);
       Configuration conf = new Configuration();
-      conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_RETRIES, 2);
+      conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS, 2);
       conf.setClass(YarnConfiguration.RM_SCHEDULER, FifoScheduler.class,
           ResourceScheduler.class);
       rm = new MockRM(conf);
@@ -871,9 +871,9 @@ public class TestRMWebServicesApps extends JerseyTest {
     MockNM amNodeManager = rm.registerNode("amNM:1234", 2048);
     RMApp app1 = rm.submitApp(1024, "testwordcount", "user1");
     amNodeManager.nodeHeartbeat(true);
-    int maxRetries = rm.getConfig().getInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_RETRIES,
-        YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_AM_MAX_RETRIES);
-    int retriesLeft = maxRetries;
+    int maxAppAttempts = rm.getConfig().getInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+        YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+    int retriesLeft = maxAppAttempts;
     while (--retriesLeft > 0) {
       RMAppEvent event =
           new RMAppFailedAttemptEvent(app1.getApplicationId(),
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ public class TestRMWebServicesApps extends JerseyTest {
       rm.waitForState(app1.getApplicationId(), RMAppState.ACCEPTED);
       amNodeManager.nodeHeartbeat(true);
     }
-    assertEquals("incorrect number of attempts", maxRetries,
+    assertEquals("incorrect number of attempts", maxAppAttempts,
         app1.getAppAttempts().values().size());
     testAppAttemptsHelper(app1.getApplicationId().toString(), app1,
         MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);