[HIVE-3648] HiveMetaStoreFsImpl is not compatible with hadoop viewfs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.0, 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.11.0
• Component/s: Metastore
• Labels: namenode_federation
• Release Note: Make deleteDir work with federated namenode
• Assignee: Arup Malakar
• Reporter: Kihwal Lee
• Created: 01/Nov/12 14:49
• Updated: 16/May/13 21:10
• Resolved: 27/Nov/12 19:46

Description

HiveMetaStoreFsImpl#deleteDir() method calls Trash#moveToTrash(). This may not work when viewfs is used. It needs to call Trash#moveToAppropriateTrash() instead. Please note that this method is not available in hadoop versions earlier than 0.23.

Issue Links

• breaks: HIVE-3789 Patch HIVE-3648 causing the majority of unit tests to fail on branch 0.9