diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java
index fe6e4399bc..b637da11f2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
 public class NetworkTopology {
   public final static String DEFAULT_RACK = "/default-rack";
   public final static int DEFAULT_HOST_LEVEL = 2;
-  public static final Log LOG = 
+  public static final Log LOG =
     LogFactory.getLog(NetworkTopology.class);
-    
+
   public static class InvalidTopologyException extends RuntimeException {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     public InvalidTopologyException(String msg) {
@@ -379,6 +379,13 @@ int getNumOfLeaves() {
   private int depthOfAllLeaves = -1;
   /** rack counter */
   protected int numOfRacks = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether or not this cluster has ever consisted of more than 1 rack,
+   * according to the NetworkTopology.
+   */
+  private boolean clusterEverBeenMultiRack = false;
+
   /** the lock used to manage access */
   protected ReadWriteLock netlock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
 
@@ -417,7 +424,7 @@ public void add(Node node) {
       if (clusterMap.add(node)) {
         LOG.info("Adding a new node: "+NodeBase.getPath(node));
         if (rack == null) {
-          numOfRacks++;
+          incrementRacks();
         }
         if (!(node instanceof InnerNode)) {
           if (depthOfAllLeaves == -1) {
@@ -432,7 +439,14 @@ public void add(Node node) {
       netlock.writeLock().unlock();
     }
   }
-  
+
+  protected void incrementRacks() {
+    numOfRacks++;
+    if (!clusterEverBeenMultiRack && numOfRacks > 1) {
+      clusterEverBeenMultiRack = true;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return a reference to the node given its string representation.
    * Default implementation delegates to {@link #getNode(String)}.
@@ -540,10 +554,18 @@ public Node getNode(String loc) {
       netlock.readLock().unlock();
     }
   }
-  
+
+  /**
+   * @return true if this cluster has ever consisted of multiple racks, even if
+   *         it is not now a multi-rack cluster.
+   */
+  public boolean hasClusterEverBeenMultiRack() {
+    return clusterEverBeenMultiRack;
+  }
+
   /** Given a string representation of a rack for a specific network
    *  location
-   * 
+   *
    * To be overridden in subclasses for specific NetworkTopology 
    * implementations, as alternative to overriding the full 
    * {@link #getRack(String)} method.
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopologyWithNodeGroup.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopologyWithNodeGroup.java
index 3de49dcbea..72031aad93 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopologyWithNodeGroup.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopologyWithNodeGroup.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public void add(Node node) {
         LOG.info("Adding a new node: " + NodeBase.getPath(node));
         if (rack == null) {
           // We only track rack number here
-          numOfRacks++;
+          incrementRacks();
         }
       }
       if(LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 6464861ef0..988f2496e8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1543,6 +1543,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-9251. Refactor TestWriteToReplica and TestFsDatasetImpl to avoid
     explicitly creating Files in the tests code. (lei)
 
+    HDFS-8647. Abstract BlockManager's rack policy into BlockPlacementPolicy.
+    (Brahma Reddy Battula via mingma)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HDFS-8026. Trace FSOutputSummer#writeChecksumChunks rather than
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
index c7dbbd5db9..a312936e0a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockManager.java
@@ -252,9 +252,6 @@ public int getPendingDataNodeMessageCount() {
   final float blocksInvalidateWorkPct;
   final int blocksReplWorkMultiplier;
 
-  /** variable to enable check for enough racks */
-  final boolean shouldCheckForEnoughRacks;
-  
   // whether or not to issue block encryption keys.
   final boolean encryptDataTransfer;
   
@@ -355,10 +352,6 @@ public BlockManager(final Namesystem namesystem, final Configuration conf)
         conf.getInt(
             DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REPLICATION_STREAMS_HARD_LIMIT_KEY,
             DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_REPLICATION_STREAMS_HARD_LIMIT_DEFAULT);
-    this.shouldCheckForEnoughRacks =
-        conf.get(DFSConfigKeys.NET_TOPOLOGY_SCRIPT_FILE_NAME_KEY) == null
-            ? false : true;
-
     this.blocksInvalidateWorkPct = DFSUtil.getInvalidateWorkPctPerIteration(conf);
     this.blocksReplWorkMultiplier = DFSUtil.getReplWorkMultiplier(conf);
 
@@ -382,7 +375,6 @@ public BlockManager(final Namesystem namesystem, final Configuration conf)
     LOG.info("maxReplication             = " + maxReplication);
     LOG.info("minReplication             = " + minReplication);
     LOG.info("maxReplicationStreams      = " + maxReplicationStreams);
-    LOG.info("shouldCheckForEnoughRacks  = " + shouldCheckForEnoughRacks);
     LOG.info("replicationRecheckInterval = " + replicationRecheckInterval);
     LOG.info("encryptDataTransfer        = " + encryptDataTransfer);
     LOG.info("maxNumBlocksToLog          = " + maxNumBlocksToLog);
@@ -1531,7 +1523,7 @@ boolean hasEnoughEffectiveReplicas(BlockInfo block,
       NumberReplicas numReplicas, int pendingReplicaNum, int required) {
     int numEffectiveReplicas = numReplicas.liveReplicas() + pendingReplicaNum;
     return (numEffectiveReplicas >= required) &&
-        (pendingReplicaNum > 0 || blockHasEnoughRacks(block, required));
+        (pendingReplicaNum > 0 || isPlacementPolicySatisfied(block));
   }
 
   private BlockRecoveryWork scheduleRecovery(BlockInfo block, int priority) {
@@ -1627,7 +1619,7 @@ private boolean validateRecoveryWork(BlockRecoveryWork rw) {
 
     DatanodeStorageInfo[] targets = rw.getTargets();
     if ( (numReplicas.liveReplicas() >= requiredReplication) &&
-        (!blockHasEnoughRacks(block, requiredReplication)) ) {
+        (!isPlacementPolicySatisfied(block)) ) {
       if (rw.getSrcNodes()[0].getNetworkLocation().equals(
           targets[0].getDatanodeDescriptor().getNetworkLocation())) {
         //No use continuing, unless a new rack in this case
@@ -3145,8 +3137,8 @@ private void chooseExcessReplicates(
           bc.getStoragePolicyID());
       final List<StorageType> excessTypes = storagePolicy.chooseExcess(
           replication, DatanodeStorageInfo.toStorageTypes(nonExcess));
-      chooseExcessReplicasContiguous(bc, nonExcess, storedBlock,
-          replication, addedNode, delNodeHint, excessTypes);
+      chooseExcessReplicasContiguous(nonExcess, storedBlock, replication,
+          addedNode, delNodeHint, excessTypes);
     }
   }
 
@@ -3164,45 +3156,16 @@ private void chooseExcessReplicates(
    * If no such a node is available,
    * then pick a node with least free space
    */
-  private void chooseExcessReplicasContiguous(BlockCollection bc,
-      final Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> nonExcess,
-      BlockInfo storedBlock, short replication,
-      DatanodeDescriptor addedNode,
-      DatanodeDescriptor delNodeHint,
-      List<StorageType> excessTypes) {
+  private void chooseExcessReplicasContiguous(
+      final Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> nonExcess, BlockInfo storedBlock,
+      short replication, DatanodeDescriptor addedNode,
+      DatanodeDescriptor delNodeHint, List<StorageType> excessTypes) {
     BlockPlacementPolicy replicator = placementPolicies.getPolicy(false);
-    final Map<String, List<DatanodeStorageInfo>> rackMap = new HashMap<>();
-    final List<DatanodeStorageInfo> moreThanOne = new ArrayList<>();
-    final List<DatanodeStorageInfo> exactlyOne = new ArrayList<>();
-    
-    // split nodes into two sets
-    // moreThanOne contains nodes on rack with more than one replica
-    // exactlyOne contains the remaining nodes
-    replicator.splitNodesWithRack(nonExcess, rackMap, moreThanOne, exactlyOne);
-    
-    // pick one node to delete that favors the delete hint
-    // otherwise pick one with least space from priSet if it is not empty
-    // otherwise one node with least space from remains
-    boolean firstOne = true;
-    final DatanodeStorageInfo delNodeHintStorage
-        = DatanodeStorageInfo.getDatanodeStorageInfo(nonExcess, delNodeHint);
-    final DatanodeStorageInfo addedNodeStorage
-        = DatanodeStorageInfo.getDatanodeStorageInfo(nonExcess, addedNode);
-    while (nonExcess.size() - replication > 0) {
-      final DatanodeStorageInfo cur;
-      if (useDelHint(firstOne, delNodeHintStorage, addedNodeStorage,
-          moreThanOne, excessTypes)) {
-        cur = delNodeHintStorage;
-      } else { // regular excessive replica removal
-        cur = replicator.chooseReplicaToDelete(bc, storedBlock, replication,
-            moreThanOne, exactlyOne, excessTypes);
-      }
-      firstOne = false;
-      // adjust rackmap, moreThanOne, and exactlyOne
-      replicator.adjustSetsWithChosenReplica(rackMap, moreThanOne,
-          exactlyOne, cur);
-
-      processChosenExcessReplica(nonExcess, cur, storedBlock);
+    List<DatanodeStorageInfo> replicasToDelete = replicator
+        .chooseReplicasToDelete(nonExcess, replication, excessTypes,
+            addedNode, delNodeHint);
+    for (DatanodeStorageInfo choosenReplica : replicasToDelete) {
+      processChosenExcessReplica(nonExcess, choosenReplica, storedBlock);
     }
   }
 
@@ -3223,7 +3186,6 @@ private void chooseExcessReplicasStriped(BlockCollection bc,
     BlockInfoStriped sblk = (BlockInfoStriped) storedBlock;
     short groupSize = sblk.getTotalBlockNum();
     BlockPlacementPolicy placementPolicy = placementPolicies.getPolicy(true);
-    List<DatanodeStorageInfo> empty = new ArrayList<>(0);
 
     // find all duplicated indices
     BitSet found = new BitSet(groupSize); //indices found
@@ -3270,10 +3232,13 @@ private void chooseExcessReplicasStriped(BlockCollection bc,
       Block internalBlock = new Block(storedBlock);
       internalBlock.setBlockId(storedBlock.getBlockId() + targetIndex);
       while (candidates.size() > 1) {
-        DatanodeStorageInfo target = placementPolicy.chooseReplicaToDelete(bc,
-            internalBlock, (short)1, candidates, empty, excessTypes);
-        processChosenExcessReplica(nonExcess, target, storedBlock);
-        candidates.remove(target);
+        List<DatanodeStorageInfo> replicasToDelete = placementPolicy
+            .chooseReplicasToDelete(candidates, (short) 1, excessTypes, null,
+                null);
+        for (DatanodeStorageInfo chosen : replicasToDelete) {
+          processChosenExcessReplica(nonExcess, chosen, storedBlock);
+          candidates.remove(chosen);
+        }
       }
       duplicated.clear(targetIndex);
     }
@@ -3299,27 +3264,6 @@ private void processChosenExcessReplica(
         + "({}, {}) is added to invalidated blocks set", chosen, storedBlock);
   }
 
-  /** Check if we can use delHint */
-  static boolean useDelHint(boolean isFirst, DatanodeStorageInfo delHint,
-      DatanodeStorageInfo added, List<DatanodeStorageInfo> moreThan1Racks,
-      List<StorageType> excessTypes) {
-    if (!isFirst) {
-      return false; // only consider delHint for the first case
-    } else if (delHint == null) {
-      return false; // no delHint
-    } else if (!excessTypes.contains(delHint.getStorageType())) {
-      return false; // delHint storage type is not an excess type
-    } else {
-      // check if removing delHint reduces the number of racks
-      if (moreThan1Racks.contains(delHint)) {
-        return true; // delHint and some other nodes are under the same rack 
-      } else if (added != null && !moreThan1Racks.contains(added)) {
-        return true; // the added node adds a new rack
-      }
-      return false; // removing delHint reduces the number of racks;
-    }
-  }
-
   private void addToExcessReplicate(DatanodeInfo dn, BlockInfo storedBlock) {
     assert namesystem.hasWriteLock();
     LightWeightHashSet<BlockInfo> excessBlocks = excessReplicateMap.get(
@@ -3888,74 +3832,23 @@ public boolean containsInvalidateBlock(final DatanodeInfo dn,
     return invalidateBlocks.contains(dn, block);
   }
 
-  boolean blockHasEnoughRacks(BlockInfo storedBlock, int expectedStorageNum) {
-    if (!this.shouldCheckForEnoughRacks) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    Collection<DatanodeDescriptor> corruptNodes =
-        corruptReplicas.getNodes(storedBlock);
-
-    if (storedBlock.isStriped()) {
-      return blockHasEnoughRacksStriped(storedBlock, corruptNodes);
-    } else {
-      return blockHashEnoughRacksContiguous(storedBlock, expectedStorageNum,
-          corruptNodes);
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Verify whether given striped block is distributed through enough racks.
-   * As dicussed in HDFS-7613, ec file requires racks at least as many as
-   * the number of data block number.
-   */
-  boolean blockHasEnoughRacksStriped(BlockInfo storedBlock,
-      Collection<DatanodeDescriptor> corruptNodes) {
-    if (!datanodeManager.hasClusterEverBeenMultiRack()) {
-      return true;
-    }
-    boolean enoughRacks = false;
-    Set<String> rackNameSet = new HashSet<>();
-    int dataBlockNum = ((BlockInfoStriped)storedBlock).getRealDataBlockNum();
+  boolean isPlacementPolicySatisfied(BlockInfo storedBlock) {
+    List<DatanodeDescriptor> liveNodes = new ArrayList<>();
+    Collection<DatanodeDescriptor> corruptNodes = corruptReplicas
+        .getNodes(storedBlock);
     for (DatanodeStorageInfo storage : blocksMap.getStorages(storedBlock)) {
       final DatanodeDescriptor cur = storage.getDatanodeDescriptor();
-      if (!cur.isDecommissionInProgress() && !cur.isDecommissioned()) {
-        if ((corruptNodes == null) || !corruptNodes.contains(cur)) {
-          String rackNameNew = cur.getNetworkLocation();
-          rackNameSet.add(rackNameNew);
-          if (rackNameSet.size() >= dataBlockNum) {
-            enoughRacks = true;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
+      if (!cur.isDecommissionInProgress() && !cur.isDecommissioned()
+          && ((corruptNodes == null) || !corruptNodes.contains(cur))) {
+        liveNodes.add(cur);
       }
     }
-    return enoughRacks;
-  }
-
-  boolean blockHashEnoughRacksContiguous(BlockInfo storedBlock,
-      int expectedStorageNum, Collection<DatanodeDescriptor> corruptNodes) {
-    boolean enoughRacks = false;
-    String rackName = null;
-    for(DatanodeStorageInfo storage : blocksMap.getStorages(storedBlock)) {
-      final DatanodeDescriptor cur = storage.getDatanodeDescriptor();
-      if (!cur.isDecommissionInProgress() && !cur.isDecommissioned()) {
-        if ((corruptNodes == null ) || !corruptNodes.contains(cur)) {
-          if (expectedStorageNum == 1 || (expectedStorageNum > 1 &&
-                  !datanodeManager.hasClusterEverBeenMultiRack())) {
-            enoughRacks = true;
-            break;
-          }
-          String rackNameNew = cur.getNetworkLocation();
-          if (rackName == null) {
-            rackName = rackNameNew;
-          } else if (!rackName.equals(rackNameNew)) {
-            enoughRacks = true;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return enoughRacks;
+    DatanodeInfo[] locs = liveNodes.toArray(new DatanodeInfo[liveNodes.size()]);
+    BlockPlacementPolicy placementPolicy = placementPolicies
+        .getPolicy(storedBlock.isStriped());
+    int numReplicas = storedBlock.isStriped() ? ((BlockInfoStriped) storedBlock)
+        .getRealDataBlockNum() : storedBlock.getReplication();
+    return placementPolicy.verifyBlockPlacement(locs, numReplicas).isPlacementPolicySatisfied();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -3964,7 +3857,7 @@ boolean blockHashEnoughRacksContiguous(BlockInfo storedBlock,
    */
   boolean isNeededReplication(BlockInfo storedBlock, int current) {
     int expected = getExpectedReplicaNum(storedBlock);
-    return current < expected || !blockHasEnoughRacks(storedBlock, expected);
+    return current < expected || !isPlacementPolicySatisfied(storedBlock);
   }
 
   public short getExpectedReplicaNum(BlockInfo block) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicy.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicy.java
index 86aaf79ced..be169c30df 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicy.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicy.java
@@ -29,13 +29,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.StorageType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
-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.net.NetworkTopology;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.Node;
-import org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /** 
  * This interface is used for choosing the desired number of targets
@@ -103,37 +99,33 @@ DatanodeStorageInfo[] chooseTarget(String src,
    * Verify if the block's placement meets requirement of placement policy,
    * i.e. replicas are placed on no less than minRacks racks in the system.
    * 
-   * @param srcPath the full pathname of the file to be verified
-   * @param lBlk block with locations
+   * @param locs block with locations
    * @param numOfReplicas replica number of file to be verified
    * @return the result of verification
    */
-  abstract public BlockPlacementStatus verifyBlockPlacement(String srcPath,
-      LocatedBlock lBlk,
-      int numOfReplicas);
-  /**
-   * Decide whether deleting the specified replica of the block still makes 
-   * the block conform to the configured block placement policy.
-   * 
-   * @param srcBC block collection of file to which block-to-be-deleted belongs
-   * @param block The block to be deleted
-   * @param replicationFactor The required number of replicas for this block
-   * @param moreThanOne The replica locations of this block that are present
-   *                    on more than one unique racks.
-   * @param exactlyOne Replica locations of this block that  are present
-   *                    on exactly one unique racks.
-   * @param excessTypes The excess {@link StorageType}s according to the
-   *                    {@link BlockStoragePolicy}.
-   * @return the replica that is the best candidate for deletion
-   */
-  abstract public DatanodeStorageInfo chooseReplicaToDelete(
-      BlockCollection srcBC,
-      Block block, 
-      short replicationFactor,
-      Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> moreThanOne,
-      Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> exactlyOne,
-      List<StorageType> excessTypes);
+  abstract public BlockPlacementStatus verifyBlockPlacement(
+      DatanodeInfo[] locs, int numOfReplicas);
 
+  /**
+   * Select the excess replica storages for deletion based on either
+   * delNodehint/Excess storage types.
+   *
+   * @param candidates
+   *          available replicas
+   * @param expectedNumOfReplicas
+   *          The required number of replicas for this block
+   * @param excessTypes
+   *          type of the storagepolicy
+   * @param addedNode
+   *          New replica reported
+   * @param delNodeHint
+   *          Hint for excess storage selection
+   * @return Returns the list of excess replicas chosen for deletion
+   */
+  abstract public List<DatanodeStorageInfo> chooseReplicasToDelete(
+      Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> candidates, int expectedNumOfReplicas,
+      List<StorageType> excessTypes, DatanodeDescriptor addedNode,
+      DatanodeDescriptor delNodeHint);
   /**
    * Used to setup a BlockPlacementPolicy object. This should be defined by 
    * all implementations of a BlockPlacementPolicy.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.java
index ad399d6119..ad1a739eb5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.java
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.StorageType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
-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.net.NetworkTopology;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.Node;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NodeBase;
@@ -859,16 +857,16 @@ private DatanodeStorageInfo[] getPipeline(Node writer,
   }
 
   @Override
-  public BlockPlacementStatus verifyBlockPlacement(String srcPath,
-      LocatedBlock lBlk, int numberOfReplicas) {
-    DatanodeInfo[] locs = lBlk.getLocations();
+  public BlockPlacementStatus verifyBlockPlacement(DatanodeInfo[] locs,
+      int numberOfReplicas) {
     if (locs == null)
       locs = DatanodeDescriptor.EMPTY_ARRAY;
-    int numRacks = clusterMap.getNumOfRacks();
-    if(numRacks <= 1) // only one rack
-      return new BlockPlacementStatusDefault(
-          Math.min(numRacks, numberOfReplicas), numRacks);
-    int minRacks = Math.min(2, numberOfReplicas);
+    if (!clusterMap.hasClusterEverBeenMultiRack()) {
+      // only one rack
+      return new BlockPlacementStatusDefault(1, 1);
+    }
+    int minRacks = 2;
+    minRacks = Math.min(minRacks, numberOfReplicas);
     // 1. Check that all locations are different.
     // 2. Count locations on different racks.
     Set<String> racks = new TreeSet<String>();
@@ -876,12 +874,22 @@ public BlockPlacementStatus verifyBlockPlacement(String srcPath,
       racks.add(dn.getNetworkLocation());
     return new BlockPlacementStatusDefault(racks.size(), minRacks);
   }
-
-  @Override
-  public DatanodeStorageInfo chooseReplicaToDelete(BlockCollection bc,
-      Block block, short replicationFactor,
-      Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> first,
-      Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> second,
+  /**
+   * Decide whether deleting the specified replica of the block still makes
+   * the block conform to the configured block placement policy.
+   * @param replicationFactor The required number of replicas for this block
+   * @param moreThanone The replica locations of this block that are present
+   *                    on more than one unique racks.
+   * @param exactlyOne Replica locations of this block that  are present
+   *                    on exactly one unique racks.
+   * @param excessTypes The excess {@link StorageType}s according to the
+   *                    {@link BlockStoragePolicy}.
+   *
+   * @return the replica that is the best candidate for deletion
+   */
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public DatanodeStorageInfo chooseReplicaToDelete(short replicationFactor,
+      Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> moreThanone, Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> exactlyOne,
       final List<StorageType> excessTypes) {
     long oldestHeartbeat =
       monotonicNow() - heartbeatInterval * tolerateHeartbeatMultiplier;
@@ -891,7 +899,7 @@ public DatanodeStorageInfo chooseReplicaToDelete(BlockCollection bc,
 
     // Pick the node with the oldest heartbeat or with the least free space,
     // if all hearbeats are within the tolerable heartbeat interval
-    for(DatanodeStorageInfo storage : pickupReplicaSet(first, second)) {
+    for(DatanodeStorageInfo storage : pickupReplicaSet(moreThanone, exactlyOne)) {
       if (!excessTypes.contains(storage.getStorageType())) {
         continue;
       }
@@ -921,6 +929,76 @@ public DatanodeStorageInfo chooseReplicaToDelete(BlockCollection bc,
     return storage;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public List<DatanodeStorageInfo> chooseReplicasToDelete(
+      Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> candidates,
+      int expectedNumOfReplicas,
+      List<StorageType> excessTypes,
+      DatanodeDescriptor addedNode,
+      DatanodeDescriptor delNodeHint) {
+
+    List<DatanodeStorageInfo> excessReplicas = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    final Map<String, List<DatanodeStorageInfo>> rackMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+    final List<DatanodeStorageInfo> moreThanOne = new ArrayList<>();
+    final List<DatanodeStorageInfo> exactlyOne = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    // split nodes into two sets
+    // moreThanOne contains nodes on rack with more than one replica
+    // exactlyOne contains the remaining nodes
+    splitNodesWithRack(candidates, rackMap, moreThanOne, exactlyOne);
+
+    // pick one node to delete that favors the delete hint
+    // otherwise pick one with least space from priSet if it is not empty
+    // otherwise one node with least space from remains
+    boolean firstOne = true;
+    final DatanodeStorageInfo delNodeHintStorage =
+        DatanodeStorageInfo.getDatanodeStorageInfo(candidates, delNodeHint);
+    final DatanodeStorageInfo addedNodeStorage =
+        DatanodeStorageInfo.getDatanodeStorageInfo(candidates, addedNode);
+
+    while (candidates.size() - expectedNumOfReplicas > excessReplicas.size()) {
+      final DatanodeStorageInfo cur;
+      if (useDelHint(firstOne, delNodeHintStorage, addedNodeStorage,
+          moreThanOne, excessTypes)) {
+        cur = delNodeHintStorage;
+      } else { // regular excessive replica removal
+        cur =
+            chooseReplicaToDelete((short) expectedNumOfReplicas, moreThanOne, exactlyOne,
+                excessTypes);
+      }
+      firstOne = false;
+
+      // adjust rackmap, moreThanOne, and exactlyOne
+      adjustSetsWithChosenReplica(rackMap, moreThanOne, exactlyOne, cur);
+      excessReplicas.add(cur);
+    }
+    return excessReplicas;
+  }
+
+  /** Check if we can use delHint. */
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static boolean useDelHint(boolean isFirst, DatanodeStorageInfo delHint,
+      DatanodeStorageInfo added, List<DatanodeStorageInfo> moreThan1Racks,
+      List<StorageType> excessTypes) {
+    if (!isFirst) {
+      return false; // only consider delHint for the first case
+    } else if (delHint == null) {
+      return false; // no delHint
+    } else if (!excessTypes.contains(delHint.getStorageType())) {
+      return false; // delHint storage type is not an excess type
+    } else {
+      // check if removing delHint reduces the number of racks
+      if (moreThan1Racks.contains(delHint)) {
+        return true; // delHint and some other nodes are under the same rack
+      } else if (added != null && !moreThan1Racks.contains(added)) {
+        return true; // the added node adds a new rack
+      }
+      return false; // removing delHint reduces the number of racks;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Pick up replica node set for deleting replica as over-replicated. 
    * First set contains replica nodes on rack with more than one
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyRackFaultTolerant.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyRackFaultTolerant.java
index f25fb1513f..8ca0d2b0a1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyRackFaultTolerant.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyRackFaultTolerant.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.StorageType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.Node;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NodeBase;
 
@@ -151,4 +152,21 @@ private Node chooseOnce(int numOfReplicas,
         maxNodesPerRack, results, avoidStaleNodes, storageTypes);
     return writer;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public BlockPlacementStatus verifyBlockPlacement(DatanodeInfo[] locs,
+      int numberOfReplicas) {
+    if (locs == null)
+      locs = DatanodeDescriptor.EMPTY_ARRAY;
+    if (!clusterMap.hasClusterEverBeenMultiRack()) {
+      // only one rack
+      return new BlockPlacementStatusDefault(1, 1);
+    }
+    // 1. Check that all locations are different.
+    // 2. Count locations on different racks.
+    Set<String> racks = new TreeSet<String>();
+    for (DatanodeInfo dn : locs)
+      racks.add(dn.getNetworkLocation());
+    return new BlockPlacementStatusDefault(racks.size(), numberOfReplicas);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyWithUpgradeDomain.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyWithUpgradeDomain.java
index 71c02b8712..32419080ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyWithUpgradeDomain.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/BlockPlacementPolicyWithUpgradeDomain.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetworkTopology;
 
 /**
@@ -135,13 +134,13 @@ private Map<String, List<DatanodeStorageInfo>> getUpgradeDomainMap(
   }
 
   @Override
-  public BlockPlacementStatus verifyBlockPlacement(String srcPath,
-      LocatedBlock lBlk, int numberOfReplicas) {
-    BlockPlacementStatus defaultStatus = super.verifyBlockPlacement(srcPath,
-        lBlk, numberOfReplicas);
+  public BlockPlacementStatus verifyBlockPlacement(DatanodeInfo[] locs,
+      int numberOfReplicas) {
+    BlockPlacementStatus defaultStatus = super.verifyBlockPlacement(locs,
+        numberOfReplicas);
     BlockPlacementStatusWithUpgradeDomain upgradeDomainStatus =
         new BlockPlacementStatusWithUpgradeDomain(defaultStatus,
-            getUpgradeDomainsFromNodes(lBlk.getLocations()),
+            getUpgradeDomainsFromNodes(locs),
                 numberOfReplicas, upgradeDomainFactor);
     return upgradeDomainStatus;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
index 2436001c6e..e30bc2ac00 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeManager.java
@@ -1156,14 +1156,6 @@ public void fetchDatanodes(final List<DatanodeDescriptor> live,
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @return true if this cluster has ever consisted of multiple racks, even if
-   *         it is not now a multi-rack cluster.
-   */
-  boolean hasClusterEverBeenMultiRack() {
-    return hasClusterEverBeenMultiRack;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Check if the cluster now consists of multiple racks. If it does, and this
    * is the first time it's consisted of multiple racks, then process blocks
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NamenodeFsck.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NamenodeFsck.java
index 21666396ae..c9a99a9d00 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NamenodeFsck.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NamenodeFsck.java
@@ -641,8 +641,9 @@ private void collectBlocksSummary(String parent, HdfsFileStatus file, Result res
       }
 
       // count mis replicated blocks
-      BlockPlacementStatus blockPlacementStatus = bpPolicies.getPolicy(false)
-          .verifyBlockPlacement(path, lBlk, targetFileReplication);
+      BlockPlacementStatus blockPlacementStatus = bpPolicies.getPolicy(
+          lBlk.isStriped()).verifyBlockPlacement(lBlk.getLocations(),
+          targetFileReplication);
       if (!blockPlacementStatus.isPlacementPolicySatisfied()) {
         res.numMisReplicatedBlocks++;
         misReplicatedPerFile++;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
index 2d7cabaadd..332ae15194 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
@@ -360,12 +360,12 @@ public void testBalancerWithPinnedBlocks() throws Exception {
     conf.setBoolean(DFS_DATANODE_BLOCK_PINNING_ENABLED, true);
     
     long[] capacities =  new long[] { CAPACITY, CAPACITY };
+    String[] hosts = {"host0", "host1"};
     String[] racks = { RACK0, RACK1 };
     int numOfDatanodes = capacities.length;
 
     cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(capacities.length)
-      .hosts(new String[]{"localhost", "localhost"})
-      .racks(racks).simulatedCapacities(capacities).build();
+        .hosts(hosts).racks(racks).simulatedCapacities(capacities).build();
 
     try {
       cluster.waitActive();
@@ -377,7 +377,10 @@ public void testBalancerWithPinnedBlocks() throws Exception {
       long totalUsedSpace = totalCapacity * 8 / 10;
       InetSocketAddress[] favoredNodes = new InetSocketAddress[numOfDatanodes];
       for (int i = 0; i < favoredNodes.length; i++) {
-        favoredNodes[i] = cluster.getDataNodes().get(i).getXferAddress();
+        // DFSClient will attempt reverse lookup. In case it resolves
+        // "127.0.0.1" to "localhost", we manually specify the hostname.
+        int port = cluster.getDataNodes().get(i).getXferAddress().getPort();
+        favoredNodes[i] = new InetSocketAddress(hosts[i], port);
       }
 
       DFSTestUtil.createFile(cluster.getFileSystem(0), filePath, false, 1024,
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java
index 35ccf91793..5692152358 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockManager.java
@@ -824,11 +824,11 @@ public void testUseDelHint() {
     List<StorageType> excessTypes = new ArrayList<StorageType>();
 
     excessTypes.add(StorageType.DEFAULT);
-    Assert.assertTrue(BlockManager.useDelHint(true, delHint, null,
-        moreThan1Racks, excessTypes));
+    Assert.assertTrue(BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.useDelHint(true, delHint,
+        null, moreThan1Racks, excessTypes));
     excessTypes.remove(0);
     excessTypes.add(StorageType.SSD);
-    Assert.assertFalse(BlockManager.useDelHint(true, delHint, null,
-        moreThan1Racks, excessTypes));
+    Assert.assertFalse(BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.useDelHint(true, delHint,
+        null, moreThan1Racks, excessTypes));
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicy.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicy.java
index a0adc6029f..ef730016ab 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicy.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicy.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.TestBlockStoragePolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManager.StatefulBlockInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.BlockUCState;
@@ -968,12 +970,12 @@ public void testChooseReplicaToDelete() throws Exception {
     {
       // test returning null
       excessTypes.add(StorageType.SSD);
-      assertNull(replicator.chooseReplicaToDelete(
-          null, null, (short)3, first, second, excessTypes));
+      assertNull(((BlockPlacementPolicyDefault) replicator)
+          .chooseReplicaToDelete((short) 3, first, second, excessTypes));
     }
     excessTypes.add(StorageType.DEFAULT);
-    DatanodeStorageInfo chosen = replicator.chooseReplicaToDelete(
-        null, null, (short)3, first, second, excessTypes);
+    DatanodeStorageInfo chosen = ((BlockPlacementPolicyDefault) replicator)
+        .chooseReplicaToDelete((short) 3, first, second, excessTypes);
     // Within first set, storages[1] with less free space
     assertEquals(chosen, storages[1]);
 
@@ -982,11 +984,76 @@ public void testChooseReplicaToDelete() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(3, second.size());
     // Within second set, storages[5] with less free space
     excessTypes.add(StorageType.DEFAULT);
-    chosen = replicator.chooseReplicaToDelete(
-        null, null, (short)2, first, second, excessTypes);
+    chosen = ((BlockPlacementPolicyDefault) replicator).chooseReplicaToDelete(
+        (short)2, first, second, excessTypes);
     assertEquals(chosen, storages[5]);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testChooseReplicasToDelete() throws Exception {
+    Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> nonExcess = new ArrayList<DatanodeStorageInfo>();
+    nonExcess.add(storages[0]);
+    nonExcess.add(storages[1]);
+    nonExcess.add(storages[2]);
+    nonExcess.add(storages[3]);
+    List<DatanodeStorageInfo> excessReplicas = new ArrayList<>();
+    BlockStoragePolicySuite POLICY_SUITE = BlockStoragePolicySuite
+        .createDefaultSuite();
+    BlockStoragePolicy storagePolicy = POLICY_SUITE.getDefaultPolicy();
+
+    // use delete hint case.
+
+    DatanodeDescriptor delHintNode = storages[0].getDatanodeDescriptor();
+    List<StorageType> excessTypes = storagePolicy.chooseExcess((short) 3,
+        DatanodeStorageInfo.toStorageTypes(nonExcess));
+    excessReplicas = replicator.chooseReplicasToDelete(nonExcess, 3,
+        excessTypes, storages[3].getDatanodeDescriptor(), delHintNode);
+    assertTrue(excessReplicas.size() > 0);
+    assertTrue(excessReplicas.contains(storages[0]));
+
+    // Excess type deletion
+
+    DatanodeStorageInfo excessStorage = DFSTestUtil.createDatanodeStorageInfo(
+        "Storage-excess-ID", "localhost", delHintNode.getNetworkLocation(),
+        "foo.com", StorageType.ARCHIVE);
+    nonExcess.add(excessStorage);
+    excessTypes = storagePolicy.chooseExcess((short) 3,
+        DatanodeStorageInfo.toStorageTypes(nonExcess));
+    excessReplicas = replicator.chooseReplicasToDelete(nonExcess, 3,
+        excessTypes, storages[3].getDatanodeDescriptor(), null);
+    assertTrue(excessReplicas.contains(excessStorage));
+  }
+
+ @Test
+  public void testUseDelHint() throws Exception {
+    List<StorageType> excessTypes = new ArrayList<StorageType>();
+    excessTypes.add(StorageType.ARCHIVE);
+    // only consider delHint for the first case
+    assertFalse(BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.useDelHint(false, null, null, null,
+        null));
+    // no delHint
+    assertFalse(BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.useDelHint(true, null, null, null,
+        null));
+    // delHint storage type is not an excess type
+    assertFalse(BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.useDelHint(true, storages[0], null,
+        null, excessTypes));
+    // check if removing delHint reduces the number of racks
+    List<DatanodeStorageInfo> chosenNodes = new ArrayList<DatanodeStorageInfo>();
+    chosenNodes.add(storages[0]);
+    chosenNodes.add(storages[2]);
+    excessTypes.add(StorageType.DEFAULT);
+    assertTrue(BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.useDelHint(true, storages[0], null,
+        chosenNodes, excessTypes));
+    // the added node adds a new rack
+    assertTrue(BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.useDelHint(true, storages[3],
+        storages[5], chosenNodes, excessTypes));
+    // removing delHint reduces the number of racks;
+    assertFalse(BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.useDelHint(true, storages[3],
+        storages[0], chosenNodes, excessTypes));
+    assertFalse(BlockPlacementPolicyDefault.useDelHint(true, storages[3], null,
+        chosenNodes, excessTypes));
+  }
+
   /**
    * This testcase tests whether the default value returned by
    * DFSUtil.getInvalidateWorkPctPerIteration() is positive, 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicyWithNodeGroup.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicyWithNodeGroup.java
index 86f10a8aa6..528021d156 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicyWithNodeGroup.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicyWithNodeGroup.java
@@ -533,8 +533,8 @@ public void testChooseReplicaToDelete() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(1, second.size());
     List<StorageType> excessTypes = new ArrayList<>();
     excessTypes.add(StorageType.DEFAULT);
-    DatanodeStorageInfo chosen = replicator.chooseReplicaToDelete(
-        null, null, (short)3, first, second, excessTypes);
+    DatanodeStorageInfo chosen = ((BlockPlacementPolicyDefault) replicator)
+        .chooseReplicaToDelete((short) 3, first, second, excessTypes);
     // Within first set {dataNodes[0], dataNodes[1], dataNodes[2]}, 
     // dataNodes[0] and dataNodes[1] are in the same nodegroup, 
     // but dataNodes[1] is chosen as less free space
@@ -546,8 +546,8 @@ public void testChooseReplicaToDelete() throws Exception {
     // Within first set {dataNodes[0], dataNodes[2]}, dataNodes[2] is chosen
     // as less free space
     excessTypes.add(StorageType.DEFAULT);
-    chosen = replicator.chooseReplicaToDelete(
-        null, null, (short)2, first, second, excessTypes);
+    chosen = ((BlockPlacementPolicyDefault) replicator).chooseReplicaToDelete(
+        (short) 2, first, second, excessTypes);
     assertEquals(chosen, storages[2]);
 
     replicator.adjustSetsWithChosenReplica(rackMap, first, second, chosen);
@@ -555,8 +555,8 @@ public void testChooseReplicaToDelete() throws Exception {
     assertEquals(2, second.size());
     // Within second set, dataNodes[5] with less free space
     excessTypes.add(StorageType.DEFAULT);
-    chosen = replicator.chooseReplicaToDelete(
-        null, null, (short)1, first, second, excessTypes);
+    chosen = ((BlockPlacementPolicyDefault) replicator).chooseReplicaToDelete(
+        (short) 1, first, second, excessTypes);
     assertEquals(chosen, storages[5]);
   }
   
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicyWithUpgradeDomain.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicyWithUpgradeDomain.java
index feb2b79a06..b5caebfe6d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicyWithUpgradeDomain.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestReplicationPolicyWithUpgradeDomain.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public void testChooseReplicaToDelete() throws Exception {
     second.add(storages[8]);
     DatanodeStorageInfo chosenStorage =
         upgradeDomainPolicy.chooseReplicaToDelete(
-            null, null, (short)3, first, second, excessTypes);
+            (short)3, first, second, excessTypes);
     assertEquals(chosenStorage, storages[1]);
     first.clear();
     second.clear();
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public void testChooseReplicaToDelete() throws Exception {
     first.add(storages[4]);
     first.add(storages[5]);
     chosenStorage = upgradeDomainPolicy.chooseReplicaToDelete(
-        null, null, (short)3, first, second, excessTypes);
+        (short)3, first, second, excessTypes);
     assertTrue(chosenStorage.equals(storages[1]) ||
         chosenStorage.equals(storages[4]));
   }
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ public void testVerifyBlockPlacement() throws Exception {
     set.add(storages[4]);
     locatedBlock = BlockManager.newLocatedBlock(b,
         set.toArray(new DatanodeStorageInfo[set.size()]), 0, false);
-    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement("", locatedBlock, set.size());
+    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement(locatedBlock.getLocations(),
+        set.size());
     assertFalse(status.isPlacementPolicySatisfied());
 
     // 3 upgrade domains (enough), 2 racks (enough)
@@ -275,7 +276,8 @@ public void testVerifyBlockPlacement() throws Exception {
     set.add(storages[5]);
     locatedBlock = BlockManager.newLocatedBlock(b,
         set.toArray(new DatanodeStorageInfo[set.size()]), 0, false);
-    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement("", locatedBlock, set.size());
+    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement(locatedBlock.getLocations(),
+        set.size());
     assertTrue(status.isPlacementPolicySatisfied());
 
     // 3 upgrade domains (enough), 1 rack (not enough)
@@ -285,7 +287,8 @@ public void testVerifyBlockPlacement() throws Exception {
     set.add(storages[2]);
     locatedBlock = BlockManager.newLocatedBlock(b,
         set.toArray(new DatanodeStorageInfo[set.size()]), 0, false);
-    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement("", locatedBlock, set.size());
+    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement(locatedBlock.getLocations(),
+        set.size());
     assertFalse(status.isPlacementPolicySatisfied());
     assertFalse(status.getErrorDescription().contains("upgrade domain"));
 
@@ -296,7 +299,8 @@ public void testVerifyBlockPlacement() throws Exception {
     set.add(storages[8]);
     locatedBlock = BlockManager.newLocatedBlock(b,
         set.toArray(new DatanodeStorageInfo[set.size()]), 0, false);
-    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement("", locatedBlock, set.size());
+    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement(locatedBlock.getLocations(),
+        set.size());
     assertFalse(status.isPlacementPolicySatisfied());
     assertTrue(status.getErrorDescription().contains("upgrade domain"));
 
@@ -307,7 +311,8 @@ public void testVerifyBlockPlacement() throws Exception {
     set.add(storages[8]);
     locatedBlock = BlockManager.newLocatedBlock(b,
         set.toArray(new DatanodeStorageInfo[set.size()]), 0, false);
-    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement("", locatedBlock, set.size());
+    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement(locatedBlock.getLocations(),
+        set.size());
     assertTrue(status.isPlacementPolicySatisfied());
 
 
@@ -319,7 +324,8 @@ public void testVerifyBlockPlacement() throws Exception {
     set.add(storages[8]);
     locatedBlock = BlockManager.newLocatedBlock(b,
         set.toArray(new DatanodeStorageInfo[set.size()]), 0, false);
-    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement("", locatedBlock, set.size());
+    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement(locatedBlock.getLocations(),
+        set.size());
     assertTrue(status.isPlacementPolicySatisfied());
 
     // 2 upgrade domains (not enough), 3 racks (enough), 4 replicas
@@ -330,7 +336,8 @@ public void testVerifyBlockPlacement() throws Exception {
     set.add(storages[8]);
     locatedBlock = BlockManager.newLocatedBlock(b,
         set.toArray(new DatanodeStorageInfo[set.size()]), 0, false);
-    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement("", locatedBlock, set.size());
+    status = replicator.verifyBlockPlacement(locatedBlock.getLocations(),
+        set.size());
     assertFalse(status.isPlacementPolicySatisfied());
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestDNFencing.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestDNFencing.java
index 04b7b94c64..143665a449 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestDNFencing.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ha/TestDNFencing.java
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSTestUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSNNTopology;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ExtendedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.DatanodeProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockCollection;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManagerTestUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockPlacementPolicy;
@@ -631,10 +629,8 @@ public RandomDeleterPolicy() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public DatanodeStorageInfo chooseReplicaToDelete(BlockCollection inode,
-        Block block, short replicationFactor,
-        Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> first,
-        Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> second,
+    public DatanodeStorageInfo chooseReplicaToDelete(short replicationFactor,
+        Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> first, Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> second,
         List<StorageType> excessTypes) {
       
       Collection<DatanodeStorageInfo> chooseFrom = !first.isEmpty() ? first : second;