diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index c64a31096d6..24ffd66f429 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ Release 2.0.1-alpha - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-3697. Enable fadvise readahead by default. (todd)
 
-    HDFS-3667.  Add retry support to WebHdfsFileSystem.  (szetszwo)
-
   BUG FIXES
 
     HDFS-3385. The last block of INodeFileUnderConstruction is not
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/ByteRangeInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/ByteRangeInputStream.java
index e745714c9be..62c67f9e9d0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/ByteRangeInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/ByteRangeInputStream.java
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ public URL getURL() {
       return url;
     }
 
-    /** Connect to server with a data offset. */
-    protected abstract HttpURLConnection connect(final long offset,
-        final boolean resolved) throws IOException;
+    protected abstract HttpURLConnection openConnection() throws IOException;
+
+    protected abstract HttpURLConnection openConnection(final long offset) throws IOException;
   }
 
   enum StreamStatus {
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ public ByteRangeInputStream(URLOpener o, URLOpener r) {
     this.resolvedURL = r;
   }
   
+  protected abstract void checkResponseCode(final HttpURLConnection connection
+      ) throws IOException;
+  
   protected abstract URL getResolvedUrl(final HttpURLConnection connection
       ) throws IOException;
 
@@ -110,10 +113,13 @@ protected InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
   protected InputStream openInputStream() throws IOException {
     // Use the original url if no resolved url exists, eg. if
     // it's the first time a request is made.
-    final boolean resolved = resolvedURL.getURL() != null; 
-    final URLOpener opener = resolved? resolvedURL: originalURL;
+    final URLOpener opener =
+      (resolvedURL.getURL() == null) ? originalURL : resolvedURL;
+
+    final HttpURLConnection connection = opener.openConnection(startPos);
+    connection.connect();
+    checkResponseCode(connection);
 
-    final HttpURLConnection connection = opener.connect(startPos, resolved);
     final String cl = connection.getHeaderField(StreamFile.CONTENT_LENGTH);
     if (cl == null) {
       throw new IOException(StreamFile.CONTENT_LENGTH+" header is missing");
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HftpFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HftpFileSystem.java
index 8c73e2a6bee..6df5f2dd9b0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HftpFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/HftpFileSystem.java
@@ -342,28 +342,19 @@ static class RangeHeaderUrlOpener extends ByteRangeInputStream.URLOpener {
       super(url);
     }
 
+    @Override
     protected HttpURLConnection openConnection() throws IOException {
       return (HttpURLConnection)URLUtils.openConnection(url);
     }
 
     /** Use HTTP Range header for specifying offset. */
     @Override
-    protected HttpURLConnection connect(final long offset,
-        final boolean resolved) throws IOException {
+    protected HttpURLConnection openConnection(final long offset) throws IOException {
       final HttpURLConnection conn = openConnection();
       conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
       if (offset != 0L) {
         conn.setRequestProperty("Range", "bytes=" + offset + "-");
       }
-      conn.connect();
-
-      //Expects HTTP_OK or HTTP_PARTIAL response codes. 
-      final int code = conn.getResponseCode();
-      if (offset != 0L && code != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_PARTIAL) {
-        throw new IOException("HTTP_PARTIAL expected, received " + code);
-      } else if (offset == 0L && code != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
-        throw new IOException("HTTP_OK expected, received " + code);
-      }
       return conn;
     }  
   }
@@ -377,6 +368,22 @@ static class RangeHeaderInputStream extends ByteRangeInputStream {
       this(new RangeHeaderUrlOpener(url), new RangeHeaderUrlOpener(null));
     }
 
+    /** Expects HTTP_OK and HTTP_PARTIAL response codes. */
+    @Override
+    protected void checkResponseCode(final HttpURLConnection connection
+        ) throws IOException {
+      final int code = connection.getResponseCode();
+      if (startPos != 0 && code != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_PARTIAL) {
+        // We asked for a byte range but did not receive a partial content
+        // response...
+        throw new IOException("HTTP_PARTIAL expected, received " + code);
+      } else if (startPos == 0 && code != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
+        // We asked for all bytes from the beginning but didn't receive a 200
+        // response (none of the other 2xx codes are valid here)
+        throw new IOException("HTTP_OK expected, received " + code);
+      }
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected URL getResolvedUrl(final HttpURLConnection connection) {
       return connection.getURL();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/NameNodeProxies.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/NameNodeProxies.java
index 1f582ebe602..1de42a5c366 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/NameNodeProxies.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/NameNodeProxies.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ private static NamenodeProtocol createNNProxyWithNamenodeProtocol(
    *     
    * Note that dfs.client.retry.max < 0 is not allowed.
    */
-  public static RetryPolicy getDefaultRetryPolicy(Configuration conf) {
+  private static RetryPolicy getDefaultRpcRetryPolicy(Configuration conf) {
     final RetryPolicy multipleLinearRandomRetry = getMultipleLinearRandomRetry(conf);
     if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
       LOG.debug("multipleLinearRandomRetry = " + multipleLinearRandomRetry);
@@ -300,13 +300,6 @@ public RetryAction shouldRetry(Exception e, int retries, int failovers,
               + p.getClass().getSimpleName() + ", exception=" + e);
           return p.shouldRetry(e, retries, failovers, isMethodIdempotent);
         }
-
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-          return "RetryPolicy[" + multipleLinearRandomRetry + ", "
-              + RetryPolicies.TRY_ONCE_THEN_FAIL.getClass().getSimpleName()
-              + "]";
-        }
       };
     }
   }
@@ -342,7 +335,7 @@ private static ClientProtocol createNNProxyWithClientProtocol(
       boolean withRetries) throws IOException {
     RPC.setProtocolEngine(conf, ClientNamenodeProtocolPB.class, ProtobufRpcEngine.class);
 
-    final RetryPolicy defaultPolicy = getDefaultRetryPolicy(conf);
+    final RetryPolicy defaultPolicy = getDefaultRpcRetryPolicy(conf);
     final long version = RPC.getProtocolVersion(ClientNamenodeProtocolPB.class);
     ClientNamenodeProtocolPB proxy = RPC.getProtocolProxy(
         ClientNamenodeProtocolPB.class, version, address, ugi, conf,
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsFileSystem.java
index 44e70e8636a..420d74d5829 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsFileSystem.java
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.ByteRangeInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.NameNodeProxies;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DSQuotaExceededException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsFileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.NSQuotaExceededException;
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.resources.TokenArgumentParam;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.resources.UserParam;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
@@ -149,7 +147,6 @@ public static boolean isEnabled(final Configuration conf, final Log log) {
   private URI uri;
   private Token<?> delegationToken;
   private final AuthenticatedURL.Token authToken = new AuthenticatedURL.Token();
-  private RetryPolicy retryPolicy = null;
   private Path workingDir;
 
   {
@@ -182,7 +179,6 @@ public synchronized void initialize(URI uri, Configuration conf
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
     }
     this.nnAddr = NetUtils.createSocketAddr(uri.getAuthority(), getDefaultPort());
-    this.retryPolicy = NameNodeProxies.getDefaultRetryPolicy(conf);
     this.workingDir = getHomeDirectory();
 
     if (UserGroupInformation.isSecurityEnabled()) {
@@ -280,13 +276,13 @@ private Path makeAbsolute(Path f) {
   }
 
   private static Map<?, ?> validateResponse(final HttpOpParam.Op op,
-      final HttpURLConnection conn, boolean unwrapException) throws IOException {
+      final HttpURLConnection conn) throws IOException {
     final int code = conn.getResponseCode();
     if (code != op.getExpectedHttpResponseCode()) {
       final Map<?, ?> m;
       try {
         m = jsonParse(conn, true);
-      } catch(Exception e) {
+      } catch(IOException e) {
         throw new IOException("Unexpected HTTP response: code=" + code + " != "
             + op.getExpectedHttpResponseCode() + ", " + op.toQueryString()
             + ", message=" + conn.getResponseMessage(), e);
@@ -297,42 +293,21 @@ private Path makeAbsolute(Path f) {
       }
 
       final RemoteException re = JsonUtil.toRemoteException(m);
-      throw unwrapException? toIOException(re): re;
+      throw re.unwrapRemoteException(AccessControlException.class,
+          InvalidToken.class,
+          AuthenticationException.class,
+          AuthorizationException.class,
+          FileAlreadyExistsException.class,
+          FileNotFoundException.class,
+          ParentNotDirectoryException.class,
+          UnresolvedPathException.class,
+          SafeModeException.class,
+          DSQuotaExceededException.class,
+          NSQuotaExceededException.class);
     }
     return null;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Covert an exception to an IOException.
-   * 
-   * For a non-IOException, wrap it with IOException.
-   * For a RemoteException, unwrap it.
-   * For an IOException which is not a RemoteException, return it. 
-   */
-  private static IOException toIOException(Exception e) {
-    if (!(e instanceof IOException)) {
-      return new IOException(e);
-    }
-
-    final IOException ioe = (IOException)e;
-    if (!(ioe instanceof RemoteException)) {
-      return ioe;
-    }
-
-    final RemoteException re = (RemoteException)ioe;
-    return re.unwrapRemoteException(AccessControlException.class,
-        InvalidToken.class,
-        AuthenticationException.class,
-        AuthorizationException.class,
-        FileAlreadyExistsException.class,
-        FileNotFoundException.class,
-        ParentNotDirectoryException.class,
-        UnresolvedPathException.class,
-        SafeModeException.class,
-        DSQuotaExceededException.class,
-        NSQuotaExceededException.class);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return a URL pointing to given path on the namenode.
    *
@@ -387,15 +362,70 @@ URL toUrl(final HttpOpParam.Op op, final Path fspath,
   }
 
   private HttpURLConnection getHttpUrlConnection(URL url)
-      throws IOException, AuthenticationException {
+      throws IOException {
     final HttpURLConnection conn;
-    if (ugi.hasKerberosCredentials()) { 
-      conn = new AuthenticatedURL(AUTH).openConnection(url, authToken);
-    } else {
-      conn = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
+    try {
+      if (ugi.hasKerberosCredentials()) { 
+        conn = new AuthenticatedURL(AUTH).openConnection(url, authToken);
+      } else {
+        conn = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
+      }
+    } catch (AuthenticationException e) {
+      throw new IOException("Authentication failed, url=" + url, e);
     }
     return conn;
   }
+  
+  private HttpURLConnection httpConnect(final HttpOpParam.Op op, final Path fspath,
+      final Param<?,?>... parameters) throws IOException {
+    final URL url = toUrl(op, fspath, parameters);
+
+    //connect and get response
+    HttpURLConnection conn = getHttpUrlConnection(url);
+    try {
+      conn.setRequestMethod(op.getType().toString());
+      if (op.getDoOutput()) {
+        conn = twoStepWrite(conn, op);
+        conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");
+      }
+      conn.setDoOutput(op.getDoOutput());
+      conn.connect();
+      return conn;
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      conn.disconnect();
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Two-step Create/Append:
+   * Step 1) Submit a Http request with neither auto-redirect nor data. 
+   * Step 2) Submit another Http request with the URL from the Location header with data.
+   * 
+   * The reason of having two-step create/append is for preventing clients to
+   * send out the data before the redirect. This issue is addressed by the
+   * "Expect: 100-continue" header in HTTP/1.1; see RFC 2616, Section 8.2.3.
+   * Unfortunately, there are software library bugs (e.g. Jetty 6 http server
+   * and Java 6 http client), which do not correctly implement "Expect:
+   * 100-continue". The two-step create/append is a temporary workaround for
+   * the software library bugs.
+   */
+  static HttpURLConnection twoStepWrite(HttpURLConnection conn,
+      final HttpOpParam.Op op) throws IOException {
+    //Step 1) Submit a Http request with neither auto-redirect nor data. 
+    conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
+    conn.setDoOutput(false);
+    conn.connect();
+    validateResponse(HttpOpParam.TemporaryRedirectOp.valueOf(op), conn);
+    final String redirect = conn.getHeaderField("Location");
+    conn.disconnect();
+
+    //Step 2) Submit another Http request with the URL from the Location header with data.
+    conn = (HttpURLConnection)new URL(redirect).openConnection();
+    conn.setRequestMethod(op.getType().toString());
+    conn.setChunkedStreamingMode(32 << 10); //32kB-chunk
+    return conn;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Run a http operation.
@@ -409,158 +439,12 @@ private HttpURLConnection getHttpUrlConnection(URL url)
    */
   private Map<?, ?> run(final HttpOpParam.Op op, final Path fspath,
       final Param<?,?>... parameters) throws IOException {
-    return new Runner(op, fspath, parameters).run().json;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * This class is for initialing a HTTP connection, connecting to server,
-   * obtaining a response, and also handling retry on failures.
-   */
-  class Runner {
-    private final HttpOpParam.Op op;
-    private final URL url;
-    private final boolean redirected;
-
-    private boolean checkRetry;
-    private HttpURLConnection conn = null;
-    private Map<?, ?> json = null;
-
-    Runner(final HttpOpParam.Op op, final URL url, final boolean redirected) {
-      this.op = op;
-      this.url = url;
-      this.redirected = redirected;
-    }
-
-    Runner(final HttpOpParam.Op op, final Path fspath,
-        final Param<?,?>... parameters) throws IOException {
-      this(op, toUrl(op, fspath, parameters), false);
-    }
-
-    Runner(final HttpOpParam.Op op, final HttpURLConnection conn) {
-      this(op, null, false);
-      this.conn = conn;
-    }
-
-    private void init() throws IOException {
-      checkRetry = !redirected;
-      try {
-        conn = getHttpUrlConnection(url);
-      } catch(AuthenticationException ae) {
-        checkRetry = false;
-        throw new IOException("Authentication failed, url=" + url, ae);
-      }
-    }
-    
-    private void connect() throws IOException {
-      connect(op.getDoOutput());
-    }
-
-    private void connect(boolean doOutput) throws IOException {
-      conn.setRequestMethod(op.getType().toString());
-      conn.setDoOutput(doOutput);
-      conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
-      conn.connect();
-    }
-
-    private void disconnect() {
-      if (conn != null) {
-        conn.disconnect();
-        conn = null;
-      }
-    }
-
-    Runner run() throws IOException {
-      for(int retry = 0; ; retry++) {
-        try {
-          init();
-          if (op.getDoOutput()) {
-            twoStepWrite();
-          } else {
-            getResponse(op != GetOpParam.Op.OPEN);
-          }
-          return this;
-        } catch(IOException ioe) {
-          shouldRetry(ioe, retry);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    private void shouldRetry(final IOException ioe, final int retry
-        ) throws IOException {
-      if (checkRetry) {
-        try {
-          final RetryPolicy.RetryAction a = retryPolicy.shouldRetry(
-              ioe, retry, 0, true);
-          if (a.action == RetryPolicy.RetryAction.RetryDecision.RETRY) {
-            LOG.info("Retrying connect to namenode: " + nnAddr
-                + ". Already tried " + retry + " time(s); retry policy is "
-                + retryPolicy + ", delay " + a.delayMillis + "ms.");      
-            Thread.sleep(a.delayMillis);
-            return;
-          }
-        } catch(Exception e) {
-          LOG.warn("Original exception is ", ioe);
-          throw toIOException(e);
-        }
-      }
-      throw toIOException(ioe);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Two-step Create/Append:
-     * Step 1) Submit a Http request with neither auto-redirect nor data. 
-     * Step 2) Submit another Http request with the URL from the Location header with data.
-     * 
-     * The reason of having two-step create/append is for preventing clients to
-     * send out the data before the redirect. This issue is addressed by the
-     * "Expect: 100-continue" header in HTTP/1.1; see RFC 2616, Section 8.2.3.
-     * Unfortunately, there are software library bugs (e.g. Jetty 6 http server
-     * and Java 6 http client), which do not correctly implement "Expect:
-     * 100-continue". The two-step create/append is a temporary workaround for
-     * the software library bugs.
-     */
-    HttpURLConnection twoStepWrite() throws IOException {
-      //Step 1) Submit a Http request with neither auto-redirect nor data. 
-      connect(false);
-      validateResponse(HttpOpParam.TemporaryRedirectOp.valueOf(op), conn, false);
-      final String redirect = conn.getHeaderField("Location");
-      disconnect();
-      checkRetry = false;
-      
-      //Step 2) Submit another Http request with the URL from the Location header with data.
-      conn = (HttpURLConnection)new URL(redirect).openConnection();
-      conn.setChunkedStreamingMode(32 << 10); //32kB-chunk
-      connect();
-      return conn;
-    }
-
-    FSDataOutputStream write(final int bufferSize) throws IOException {
-      return WebHdfsFileSystem.this.write(op, conn, bufferSize);
-    }
-
-    void getResponse(boolean getJsonAndDisconnect) throws IOException {
-      try {
-        connect();
-        if (!redirected && op.getRedirect()) {
-          final String redirect = conn.getHeaderField("Location");
-          json = validateResponse(HttpOpParam.TemporaryRedirectOp.valueOf(op),
-              conn, false);
-          disconnect();
-  
-          checkRetry = false;
-          conn = (HttpURLConnection)new URL(redirect).openConnection();
-          connect();
-        }
-
-        json = validateResponse(op, conn, false);
-        if (json == null && getJsonAndDisconnect) {
-          json = jsonParse(conn, false);
-        }
-      } finally {
-        if (getJsonAndDisconnect) {
-          disconnect();
-        }
-      }
+    final HttpURLConnection conn = httpConnect(op, fspath, parameters);
+    try {
+      final Map<?, ?> m = validateResponse(op, conn);
+      return m != null? m: jsonParse(conn, false);
+    } finally {
+      conn.disconnect();
     }
   }
 
@@ -694,7 +578,7 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
           super.close();
         } finally {
           try {
-            validateResponse(op, conn, true);
+            validateResponse(op, conn);
           } finally {
             conn.disconnect();
           }
@@ -710,14 +594,13 @@ public FSDataOutputStream create(final Path f, final FsPermission permission,
     statistics.incrementWriteOps(1);
 
     final HttpOpParam.Op op = PutOpParam.Op.CREATE;
-    return new Runner(op, f, 
+    final HttpURLConnection conn = httpConnect(op, f, 
         new PermissionParam(applyUMask(permission)),
         new OverwriteParam(overwrite),
         new BufferSizeParam(bufferSize),
         new ReplicationParam(replication),
-        new BlockSizeParam(blockSize))
-      .run()
-      .write(bufferSize);
+        new BlockSizeParam(blockSize));
+    return write(op, conn, bufferSize);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -726,9 +609,9 @@ public FSDataOutputStream append(final Path f, final int bufferSize,
     statistics.incrementWriteOps(1);
 
     final HttpOpParam.Op op = PostOpParam.Op.APPEND;
-    return new Runner(op, f, new BufferSizeParam(bufferSize))
-      .run()
-      .write(bufferSize);
+    final HttpURLConnection conn = httpConnect(op, f, 
+        new BufferSizeParam(bufferSize));
+    return write(op, conn, bufferSize);
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
@@ -755,17 +638,26 @@ public FSDataInputStream open(final Path f, final int buffersize
   }
 
   class OffsetUrlOpener extends ByteRangeInputStream.URLOpener {
+    /** The url with offset parameter */
+    private URL offsetUrl;
+  
     OffsetUrlOpener(final URL url) {
       super(url);
     }
 
-    /** Setup offset url and connect. */
+    /** Open connection with offset url. */
     @Override
-    protected HttpURLConnection connect(final long offset,
-        final boolean resolved) throws IOException {
-      final URL offsetUrl = offset == 0L? url
-          : new URL(url + "&" + new OffsetParam(offset));
-      return new Runner(GetOpParam.Op.OPEN, offsetUrl, resolved).run().conn;
+    protected HttpURLConnection openConnection() throws IOException {
+      return getHttpUrlConnection(offsetUrl);
+    }
+
+    /** Setup offset url before open connection. */
+    @Override
+    protected HttpURLConnection openConnection(final long offset) throws IOException {
+      offsetUrl = offset == 0L? url: new URL(url + "&" + new OffsetParam(offset));
+      final HttpURLConnection conn = openConnection();
+      conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
+      return conn;
     }  
   }
 
@@ -806,6 +698,12 @@ static class OffsetUrlInputStream extends ByteRangeInputStream {
     OffsetUrlInputStream(OffsetUrlOpener o, OffsetUrlOpener r) {
       super(o, r);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    protected void checkResponseCode(final HttpURLConnection connection
+        ) throws IOException {
+      validateResponse(GetOpParam.Op.OPEN, connection);
+    }
 
     /** Remove offset parameter before returning the resolved url. */
     @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/DeleteOpParam.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/DeleteOpParam.java
index a82b8a72c8e..12962b4a4ee 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/DeleteOpParam.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/DeleteOpParam.java
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ public boolean getDoOutput() {
       return false;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean getRedirect() {
-      return false;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public int getExpectedHttpResponseCode() {
       return expectedHttpResponseCode;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/GetOpParam.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/GetOpParam.java
index 6bbd9e21693..34d6e12ecf9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/GetOpParam.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/GetOpParam.java
@@ -23,27 +23,25 @@
 public class GetOpParam extends HttpOpParam<GetOpParam.Op> {
   /** Get operations. */
   public static enum Op implements HttpOpParam.Op {
-    OPEN(true, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
+    OPEN(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
 
-    GETFILESTATUS(false, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
-    LISTSTATUS(false, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
-    GETCONTENTSUMMARY(false, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
-    GETFILECHECKSUM(true, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
+    GETFILESTATUS(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
+    LISTSTATUS(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
+    GETCONTENTSUMMARY(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
+    GETFILECHECKSUM(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
 
-    GETHOMEDIRECTORY(false, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
-    GETDELEGATIONTOKEN(false, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
-    GETDELEGATIONTOKENS(false, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
+    GETHOMEDIRECTORY(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
+    GETDELEGATIONTOKEN(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
+    GETDELEGATIONTOKENS(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
 
     /** GET_BLOCK_LOCATIONS is a private unstable op. */
-    GET_BLOCK_LOCATIONS(false, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
+    GET_BLOCK_LOCATIONS(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK),
 
-    NULL(false, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+    NULL(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
 
-    final boolean redirect;
     final int expectedHttpResponseCode;
 
-    Op(final boolean redirect, final int expectedHttpResponseCode) {
-      this.redirect = redirect;
+    Op(final int expectedHttpResponseCode) {
       this.expectedHttpResponseCode = expectedHttpResponseCode;
     }
 
@@ -57,11 +55,6 @@ public boolean getDoOutput() {
       return false;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean getRedirect() {
-      return redirect;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public int getExpectedHttpResponseCode() {
       return expectedHttpResponseCode;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/HttpOpParam.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/HttpOpParam.java
index 9765f67996c..ab32ab59aa3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/HttpOpParam.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/HttpOpParam.java
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.resources;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 
@@ -46,9 +42,6 @@ public static interface Op {
     /** @return true if the operation will do output. */
     public boolean getDoOutput();
 
-    /** @return true if the operation will be redirected. */
-    public boolean getRedirect();
-
     /** @return true the expected http response code. */
     public int getExpectedHttpResponseCode();
 
@@ -58,25 +51,15 @@ public static interface Op {
 
   /** Expects HTTP response 307 "Temporary Redirect". */
   public static class TemporaryRedirectOp implements Op {
-    static final TemporaryRedirectOp CREATE = new TemporaryRedirectOp(
-        PutOpParam.Op.CREATE);
-    static final TemporaryRedirectOp APPEND = new TemporaryRedirectOp(
-        PostOpParam.Op.APPEND);
-    static final TemporaryRedirectOp OPEN = new TemporaryRedirectOp(
-        GetOpParam.Op.OPEN);
-    static final TemporaryRedirectOp GETFILECHECKSUM = new TemporaryRedirectOp(
-        GetOpParam.Op.GETFILECHECKSUM);
+    static final TemporaryRedirectOp CREATE = new TemporaryRedirectOp(PutOpParam.Op.CREATE);
+    static final TemporaryRedirectOp APPEND = new TemporaryRedirectOp(PostOpParam.Op.APPEND);
     
-    static final List<TemporaryRedirectOp> values
-        = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(
-            new TemporaryRedirectOp[]{CREATE, APPEND, OPEN, GETFILECHECKSUM}));
-
     /** Get an object for the given op. */
     public static TemporaryRedirectOp valueOf(final Op op) {
-      for(TemporaryRedirectOp t : values) {
-        if (op == t.op) {
-          return t;
-        }
+      if (op == CREATE.op) {
+        return CREATE;
+      } else if (op == APPEND.op) {
+        return APPEND;
       }
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(op + " not found.");
     }
@@ -97,11 +80,6 @@ public boolean getDoOutput() {
       return op.getDoOutput();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean getRedirect() {
-      return false;
-    }
-
     /** Override the original expected response with "Temporary Redirect". */
     @Override
     public int getExpectedHttpResponseCode() {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/PostOpParam.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/PostOpParam.java
index 83f2cd19155..89c02fe0d79 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/PostOpParam.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/PostOpParam.java
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ public boolean getDoOutput() {
       return true;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean getRedirect() {
-      return true;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public int getExpectedHttpResponseCode() {
       return expectedHttpResponseCode;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/PutOpParam.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/PutOpParam.java
index 77bad214225..b6fc9198801 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/PutOpParam.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/resources/PutOpParam.java
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ public static enum Op implements HttpOpParam.Op {
     
     NULL(false, HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
 
-    final boolean doOutputAndRedirect;
+    final boolean doOutput;
     final int expectedHttpResponseCode;
 
-    Op(final boolean doOutputAndRedirect, final int expectedHttpResponseCode) {
-      this.doOutputAndRedirect = doOutputAndRedirect;
+    Op(final boolean doOutput, final int expectedHttpResponseCode) {
+      this.doOutput = doOutput;
       this.expectedHttpResponseCode = expectedHttpResponseCode;
     }
 
@@ -54,12 +54,7 @@ public HttpOpParam.Type getType() {
 
     @Override
     public boolean getDoOutput() {
-      return doOutputAndRedirect;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean getRedirect() {
-      return doOutputAndRedirect;
+      return doOutput;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSClientRetries.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSClientRetries.java
index f36f4708f4e..520f46382cf 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSClientRetries.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSClientRetries.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileChecksum;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NotReplicatedYetException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.NamenodeProtocols;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.WebHdfsTestUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
-import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
@@ -775,17 +772,13 @@ public void testClientDNProtocolTimeout() throws IOException {
   /** Test client retry with namenode restarting. */
   @Test
   public void testNamenodeRestart() throws Exception {
-    namenodeRestartTest(new Configuration(), false);
-  }
-
-  public static void namenodeRestartTest(final Configuration conf,
-      final boolean isWebHDFS) throws Exception {
     ((Log4JLogger)DFSClient.LOG).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ALL);
 
     final List<Exception> exceptions = new ArrayList<Exception>();
 
     final Path dir = new Path("/testNamenodeRestart");
 
+    final Configuration conf = new Configuration();
     conf.setBoolean(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_CLIENT_RETRY_POLICY_ENABLED_KEY, true);
 
     final short numDatanodes = 3;
@@ -795,18 +788,16 @@ public static void namenodeRestartTest(final Configuration conf,
     try {
       cluster.waitActive();
       final DistributedFileSystem dfs = cluster.getFileSystem();
-      final FileSystem fs = isWebHDFS?
-          WebHdfsTestUtil.getWebHdfsFileSystem(conf): dfs;
       final URI uri = dfs.getUri();
       assertTrue(HdfsUtils.isHealthy(uri));
 
       //create a file
       final long length = 1L << 20;
       final Path file1 = new Path(dir, "foo"); 
-      DFSTestUtil.createFile(fs, file1, length, numDatanodes, 20120406L);
+      DFSTestUtil.createFile(dfs, file1, length, numDatanodes, 20120406L);
 
       //get file status
-      final FileStatus s1 = fs.getFileStatus(file1);
+      final FileStatus s1 = dfs.getFileStatus(file1);
       assertEquals(length, s1.getLen());
 
       //shutdown namenode
@@ -814,25 +805,6 @@ public static void namenodeRestartTest(final Configuration conf,
       cluster.shutdownNameNode(0);
       assertFalse(HdfsUtils.isHealthy(uri));
 
-      //namenode is down, read the file in a thread
-      final Thread reader = new Thread(new Runnable() {
-        @Override
-        public void run() {
-          try {
-            //it should retry till namenode is up.
-            final FileSystem fs = createFsWithDifferentUsername(conf, isWebHDFS);
-            final FSDataInputStream in = fs.open(file1);
-            int count = 0;
-            for(; in.read() != -1; count++);
-            in.close();
-            assertEquals(s1.getLen(), count);
-          } catch (Exception e) {
-            exceptions.add(e);
-          }
-        }
-      });
-      reader.start();
-
       //namenode is down, create another file in a thread
       final Path file3 = new Path(dir, "file"); 
       final Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
@@ -840,7 +812,7 @@ public void run() {
         public void run() {
           try {
             //it should retry till namenode is up.
-            final FileSystem fs = createFsWithDifferentUsername(conf, isWebHDFS);
+            final FileSystem fs = AppendTestUtil.createHdfsWithDifferentUsername(conf);
             DFSTestUtil.createFile(fs, file3, length, numDatanodes, 20120406L);
           } catch (Exception e) {
             exceptions.add(e);
@@ -867,15 +839,12 @@ public void run() {
       }).start();
 
       //namenode is down, it should retry until namenode is up again. 
-      final FileStatus s2 = fs.getFileStatus(file1);
+      final FileStatus s2 = dfs.getFileStatus(file1);
       assertEquals(s1, s2);
 
       //check file1 and file3
       thread.join();
-      assertEquals(s1.getLen(), fs.getFileStatus(file3).getLen());
-      assertEquals(fs.getFileChecksum(file1), fs.getFileChecksum(file3));
-
-      reader.join();
+      assertEquals(dfs.getFileChecksum(file1), dfs.getFileChecksum(file3));
 
       //enter safe mode
       assertTrue(HdfsUtils.isHealthy(uri));
@@ -900,8 +869,8 @@ public void run() {
 
       //namenode is in safe mode, create should retry until it leaves safe mode.
       final Path file2 = new Path(dir, "bar");
-      DFSTestUtil.createFile(fs, file2, length, numDatanodes, 20120406L);
-      assertEquals(fs.getFileChecksum(file1), fs.getFileChecksum(file2));
+      DFSTestUtil.createFile(dfs, file2, length, numDatanodes, 20120406L);
+      assertEquals(dfs.getFileChecksum(file1), dfs.getFileChecksum(file2));
       
       assertTrue(HdfsUtils.isHealthy(uri));
 
@@ -909,7 +878,7 @@ public void run() {
       final Path nonExisting = new Path(dir, "nonExisting");
       LOG.info("setPermission: " + nonExisting);
       try {
-        fs.setPermission(nonExisting, new FsPermission((short)0));
+        dfs.setPermission(nonExisting, new FsPermission((short)0));
         fail();
       } catch(FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
         LOG.info("GOOD!", fnfe);
@@ -927,17 +896,6 @@ public void run() {
     }
   }
 
-  public static FileSystem createFsWithDifferentUsername(
-      final Configuration conf, final boolean isWebHDFS
-      ) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-    String username = UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser().getShortUserName()+"_XXX";
-    UserGroupInformation ugi = 
-      UserGroupInformation.createUserForTesting(username, new String[]{"supergroup"});
-    
-    return isWebHDFS? WebHdfsTestUtil.getWebHdfsFileSystemAs(ugi, conf)
-        : DFSTestUtil.getFileSystemAs(ugi, conf);
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testMultipleLinearRandomRetry() {
     parseMultipleLinearRandomRetry(null, "");
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/security/TestDelegationTokenForProxyUser.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/security/TestDelegationTokenForProxyUser.java
index fe32fcdfbe5..02c04141050 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/security/TestDelegationTokenForProxyUser.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/security/TestDelegationTokenForProxyUser.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.delegation.DelegationTokenIdentifier;
@@ -139,7 +140,9 @@ public void testDelegationTokenWithRealUser() throws IOException {
           .doAs(new PrivilegedExceptionAction<Token<DelegationTokenIdentifier>>() {
             @Override
             public Token<DelegationTokenIdentifier> run() throws IOException {
-              return cluster.getFileSystem().getDelegationToken("RenewerUser");
+              DistributedFileSystem dfs = (DistributedFileSystem) cluster
+                  .getFileSystem();
+              return dfs.getDelegationToken("RenewerUser");
             }
           });
       DelegationTokenIdentifier identifier = new DelegationTokenIdentifier();
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ public String getName() {
       final PutOpParam.Op op = PutOpParam.Op.CREATE;
       final URL url = WebHdfsTestUtil.toUrl(webhdfs, op,  f, new DoAsParam(PROXY_USER));
       HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
-      conn = WebHdfsTestUtil.twoStepWrite(webhdfs, op, conn);
+      conn = WebHdfsTestUtil.twoStepWrite(conn, op);
       final FSDataOutputStream out = WebHdfsTestUtil.write(webhdfs, op, conn, 4096);
       out.write("Hello, webhdfs user!".getBytes());
       out.close();
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ public String getName() {
       final PostOpParam.Op op = PostOpParam.Op.APPEND;
       final URL url = WebHdfsTestUtil.toUrl(webhdfs, op,  f, new DoAsParam(PROXY_USER));
       HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
-      conn = WebHdfsTestUtil.twoStepWrite(webhdfs, op, conn);
+      conn = WebHdfsTestUtil.twoStepWrite(conn, op);
       final FSDataOutputStream out = WebHdfsTestUtil.write(webhdfs, op, conn, 4096);
       out.write("\nHello again!".getBytes());
       out.close();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestOffsetUrlInputStream.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestOffsetUrlInputStream.java
index 1a95fc8c327..4ef0dd680e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestOffsetUrlInputStream.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestOffsetUrlInputStream.java
@@ -18,10 +18,22 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.TestByteRangeInputStream.MockHttpURLConnection;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.WebHdfsFileSystem.OffsetUrlInputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.WebHdfsFileSystem.OffsetUrlOpener;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class TestOffsetUrlInputStream {
@@ -61,4 +73,65 @@ public void testRemoveOffset() throws IOException {
           WebHdfsFileSystem.removeOffsetParam(new URL(s)).toString());
     }
   }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testByteRange() throws Exception {
+    final Configuration conf = new Configuration(); 
+    final String uri = WebHdfsFileSystem.SCHEME  + "://localhost:50070/";
+    final WebHdfsFileSystem webhdfs = (WebHdfsFileSystem)FileSystem.get(new URI(uri), conf);
+
+    OffsetUrlOpener ospy = spy(webhdfs.new OffsetUrlOpener(new URL("http://test/")));
+    doReturn(new MockHttpURLConnection(ospy.getURL())).when(ospy)
+        .openConnection();
+    OffsetUrlOpener rspy = spy(webhdfs.new OffsetUrlOpener((URL) null));
+    doReturn(new MockHttpURLConnection(rspy.getURL())).when(rspy)
+        .openConnection();
+    final OffsetUrlInputStream is = new OffsetUrlInputStream(ospy, rspy);
+
+    assertEquals("getPos wrong", 0, is.getPos());
+
+    is.read();
+
+    assertNull("Initial call made incorrectly (Range Check)", ospy
+        .openConnection().getRequestProperty("Range"));
+
+    assertEquals("getPos should be 1 after reading one byte", 1, is.getPos());
+
+    is.read();
+
+    assertEquals("getPos should be 2 after reading two bytes", 2, is.getPos());
+
+    // No additional connections should have been made (no seek)
+
+    rspy.setURL(new URL("http://resolvedurl/"));
+
+    is.seek(100);
+    is.read();
+
+    assertEquals("getPos should be 101 after reading one byte", 101,
+        is.getPos());
+
+    verify(rspy, times(1)).openConnection();
+
+    is.seek(101);
+    is.read();
+
+    verify(rspy, times(1)).openConnection();
+
+    // Seek to 101 should not result in another request"
+
+    is.seek(2500);
+    is.read();
+
+    ((MockHttpURLConnection) rspy.openConnection()).setResponseCode(206);
+    is.seek(0);
+
+    try {
+      is.read();
+      fail("Exception should be thrown when 206 response is given "
+           + "but 200 is expected");
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      WebHdfsFileSystem.LOG.info(e.toString());
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestWebHdfsRetries.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestWebHdfsRetries.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 27ff56d8395..00000000000
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/TestWebHdfsRetries.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * 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.hdfs.web;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger;
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.TestDFSClientRetries;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.web.resources.NamenodeWebHdfsMethods;
-import org.apache.log4j.Level;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/** Test WebHdfsFileSystem retry on failures. */
-public class TestWebHdfsRetries {
-  /** Test client retry with namenode restarting. */
-  @Test
-  public void testNamenodeRestart() throws Exception {
-    ((Log4JLogger)NamenodeWebHdfsMethods.LOG).getLogger().setLevel(Level.ALL);
-    final Configuration conf = WebHdfsTestUtil.createConf();
-    TestDFSClientRetries.namenodeRestartTest(conf, true);
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsTestUtil.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsTestUtil.java
index e51a2524ecd..9ae0fb28c21 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsTestUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/web/WebHdfsTestUtil.java
@@ -79,9 +79,13 @@ public static URL toUrl(final WebHdfsFileSystem webhdfs,
     return WebHdfsFileSystem.jsonParse(conn, false);
   }
   
-  public static HttpURLConnection twoStepWrite(final WebHdfsFileSystem webhdfs,
-      final HttpOpParam.Op op, HttpURLConnection conn) throws IOException {
-    return webhdfs.new Runner(op, conn).twoStepWrite();
+  public static HttpURLConnection twoStepWrite(HttpURLConnection conn,
+      final HttpOpParam.Op op) throws IOException {
+    conn.setRequestMethod(op.getType().toString());
+    conn = WebHdfsFileSystem.twoStepWrite(conn, op);
+    conn.setDoOutput(true);
+    conn.connect();
+    return conn;
   }
 
   public static FSDataOutputStream write(final WebHdfsFileSystem webhdfs,