[ARROW-16390] [C++] Dataset initialization could segfault if called simultaneously

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.0.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/31770
• Assignee: Weston Pace
• Reporter: Weston Pace
• Created: 28/Apr/22 03:23
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:43
• Resolved: 28/Apr/22 18:32

Description

The code is doing some one-time initialization in arrow::dataset::internal::Initialize but not properly guarding the initialization so it might end up running twice. It's possible this is the cause of https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/13018

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13019