Loading Metadata for a table fails with what looks like an hdfs client error

I0305 19:10:51.463315  4933 jni-util.cc:177] com.cloudera.impala.common.AnalysisException: Failed to load metadata for table: functional_seq.alltypessmall
        at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.Analyzer.getTable(Analyzer.java:1340)
        at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.Analyzer.registerBaseTableRef(Analyzer.java:299)
        at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.BaseTableRef.analyze(BaseTableRef.java:71)
        at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.SelectStmt.analyze(SelectStmt.java:118)
        at com.cloudera.impala.analysis.AnalysisContext.analyze(AnalysisContext.java:248)
        at com.cloudera.impala.service.Frontend.analyzeStmt(Frontend.java:539)
        at com.cloudera.impala.service.Frontend.createExecRequest(Frontend.java:563)
        at com.cloudera.impala.service.JniFrontend.createExecRequest(JniFrontend.java:116)
Caused by: com.cloudera.impala.catalog.TableLoadingException: Failed to load metadata for table: alltypessmall
CAUSED BY: CancellationException: null
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.IncompleteTable.loadFromThrift(IncompleteTable.java:113)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.Table.fromThrift(Table.java:204)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.ImpaladCatalog.addTable(ImpaladCatalog.java:561)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.ImpaladCatalog.addCatalogObject(ImpaladCatalog.java:489)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.ImpaladCatalog.updateCatalog(ImpaladCatalog.java:227)
        at com.cloudera.impala.service.Frontend.updateCatalogCache(Frontend.java:140)
        at com.cloudera.impala.service.JniFrontend.updateCatalogCache(JniFrontend.java:133)
        at ========.<Remote stack trace on catalogd>: com.cloudera.impala.catalog.TableLoadingException: Failed to load metadata for table: alltypessmall
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.HdfsTable.load(HdfsTable.java:828)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.TableLoader.load(TableLoader.java:84)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.TableLoadingMgr$1.call(TableLoadingMgr.java:174)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.TableLoadingMgr$1.call(TableLoadingMgr.java:171)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: java.util.concurrent.CancellationException
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(FutureTask.java:220)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:83)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.BlockStorageLocationUtil.queryDatanodesForHdfsBlocksMetadata(BlockStorageLocationUtil.java:159)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient.getBlockStorageLocations(DFSClient.java:1219)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem.getFileBlockStorageLocations(DistributedFileSystem.java:255)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.HdfsTable.loadBlockMd(HdfsTable.java:237)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.HdfsTable.loadPartitions(HdfsTable.java:535)
        at com.cloudera.impala.catalog.HdfsTable.load(HdfsTable.java:798)
        ... 8 more

W0305 19:07:52.011731 11445 Client.java:1387] interrupted waiting to send rpc request to server
Java exception follows:
java.lang.InterruptedException
        at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.doAcquireSharedInterruptibly(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:979)
        at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquireSharedInterruptibly(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:1281)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(FutureTask.java:218)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:83)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client$Connection.sendRpcRequest(Client.java:1028)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1382)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.call(Client.java:1362)
        at org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine$Invoker.invoke(ProtobufRpcEngine.java:206)
        at $Proxy11.getHdfsBlockLocations(Unknown Source)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.ClientDatanodeProtocolTranslatorPB.getHdfsBlocksMetadata(ClientDatanodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java:246)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.BlockStorageLocationUtil$VolumeBlockLocationCallable.call(BlockStorageLocationUtil.java:343)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.BlockStorageLocationUtil$VolumeBlockLocationCallable.call(BlockStorageLocationUtil.java:307)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
        at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
        at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98)
        at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:206)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)