[ARROW-1902] [Python] Remove mkdir race condition from write_to_dataset

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/17894
• Assignee: Uwe Korn
• Reporter: Uwe Korn
• Created: 07/Dec/17 20:13
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:17
• Resolved: 08/Dec/17 10:42

Description

If two processes create the same directory tree, one of them might see that a directory does not exist but before the actual call to mkdir is done, the second process already created the directory. In this case the former process will raise an exception.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1402