[ARROW-9229] [Python] Pyarrow.Parquet.read_table Silently Crashes Python

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.17.0
• Component/s: Python
• Environment: Windows 10 Pro 1909
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/25326
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Josh Dimarsky
• Created: 25/Jun/20 16:37
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:05
• Resolved: 29/Jun/20 14:46

Description

A simple use of reading a Parquet file using PyArrow crashes Python silently with no explanation. Sudden and strange. I've narrowed it down to reproduce it as follows:

conda create -n pa36 python=3.6 pyarrow=0.17 -c conda-forge -y

Then, in python:

import pyarrow.parquet
tbl = pyarrow.parquet.read_table("some_file.snappy.parquet")

Result - It crashes. Maybe because of the Snappy encoding? FWIW, the files were generated by Spark on Azure Databricks, not pandas.
 

Here's the conda environment:

(base) > conda env export

 name: pa36
 channels: 
 - conda-forge
 - defaults
 dependencies: 
 - abseil-cpp=20200225.2=h33f27b4_0
 - arrow-cpp=0.17.1=py36h1234567_8_cpu
 - aws-sdk-cpp=1.7.164=vc14h867dc94_1
 - boost-cpp=1.72.0=h2ba7cf6_1
 - brotli=1.0.7=h33f27b4_1002
 - bzip2=1.0.8=hfa6e2cd_2
 - c-ares=1.15.0=h2fa13f4_1001
 - ca-certificates=2020.6.20=hecda079_0
 - certifi=2020.6.20=py36h9f0ad1d_0
 - curl=7.71.0=h4b64cdc_0
 - gflags=2.2.2=he025d50_1002
 - glog=0.4.0=h0174b99_3
 - grpc-cpp=1.30.0=hfae5148_0
 - intel-openmp=2020.0=166
 - krb5=1.17.1=hc04afaa_1
 - libblas=3.8.0=15_mkl
 - libcblas=3.8.0=15_mkl
 - libcurl=7.71.0=h4b64cdc_0
 - liblapack=3.8.0=15_mkl
 - libprotobuf=3.12.3=h7bd577a_0
 - libssh2=1.9.0=h3235a2c_2
 - lz4-c=1.9.2=h62dcd97_1
 - mkl=2020.0=166
 - numpy=1.18.5=py36h4d86e3b_0
 - openssl=1.1.1g=he774522_0
 - pandas=1.0.5=py36hcc50265_0
 - parquet-cpp=1.5.1=2
 - pip=20.1.1=py_1
 - pyarrow=0.17.1=py36h1234567_8_cpu
 - python=3.6.10=he025d50_1009_cpython
 - python-dateutil=2.8.1=py_0
 - python_abi=3.6=1_cp36m
 - pytz=2020.1=pyh9f0ad1d_0
 - re2=2020.06.01=h33f27b4_0
 - setuptools=47.3.1=py36h9f0ad1d_0
 - six=1.15.0=pyh9f0ad1d_0
 - snappy=1.1.8=ha925a31_2
 - thrift-cpp=0.13.0=h1907cbf_2
 - tk=8.6.10=hfa6e2cd_0
 - vc=14.1=h869be7e_1
 - vs2015_runtime=14.16.27012=h30e32a0_2
 - wheel=0.34.2=py_1
 - wincertstore=0.2=py36_1003
 - xz=5.2.5=h2fa13f4_0
 - zlib=1.2.11=h2fa13f4_1006
 - zstd=1.4.4=h9f78265_3

Issue Links

• duplicates: ARROW-7939 [Python] crashes when reading parquet file compressed with snappy
• is related to: ARROW-7939 [Python] crashes when reading parquet file compressed with snappy
• is related to: ARROW-9114 [C++][Packaging] Illegal instruction crash in arrow.dll