diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcFrameDecoder.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcFrameDecoder.java
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--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/oncrpc/RpcFrameDecoder.java
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-/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
-import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
-import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.FrameDecoder;
-
-/**
- * {@link FrameDecoder} for RPC messages.
- */
-public class RpcFrameDecoder extends FrameDecoder {
-  public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RpcFrameDecoder.class);
-  private ChannelBuffer frame;
-
-  /**
-   * Decode an RPC message received on the socket.
-   * @return mpnull if incomplete message is received.
-   */
-  @Override
-  protected Object decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, Channel channel,
-      ChannelBuffer buf) {
-
-    // Make sure if the length field was received.
-    if (buf.readableBytes() < 4) {
-      if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
-        LOG.trace("Length field is not received yet");
-      }
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    // Note the index and go back to it when an incomplete message is received
-    buf.markReaderIndex();
-
-    // Read the record marking.
-    ChannelBuffer fragmentHeader = buf.readBytes(4);
-    int length = XDR.fragmentSize(fragmentHeader.array());
-    boolean isLast = XDR.isLastFragment(fragmentHeader.array());
-
-    // Make sure if there's enough bytes in the buffer.
-    if (buf.readableBytes() < length) {
-
-      if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
-        LOG.trace(length + " bytes are not received yet");
-      }
-      buf.resetReaderIndex(); // Go back to the right reader index
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    if (frame == null) {
-      frame = buf.readBytes(length);
-    } else {
-      ChannelBuffer tmp = ChannelBuffers.copiedBuffer(frame.array(), buf
-          .readBytes(length).array());
-      frame = tmp;
-    }
-
-    // Successfully decoded a frame. Return the decoded frame if the frame is
-    // the last one. Otherwise, wait for the next frame.
-    if (isLast) {
-      ChannelBuffer completeFrame = frame;
-      frame = null;
-      return completeFrame;
-    } else {
-      LOG.info("Wait for the next frame. This rarely happens.");
-      return null;
-    }
-  }
-}
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