[HADOOP-8437] getLocalPathForWrite should throw IOException for invalid paths

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha, 2.6.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 2.8.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: fs
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Brahma Reddy Battula
• Reporter: Brahma Reddy Battula
• Created: 25/May/12 08:56
• Updated: 30/Aug/16 01:33
• Resolved: 01/Oct/15 19:22

Description

call dirAllocator.getLocalPathForWrite ( "/InvalidPath", conf );
Here it will not thrown any exception but earlier version it used throw.

Issue Links

• is required by: HADOOP-8436 NPE In getLocalPathForWrite ( path, conf ) when the required context item is not configured
• relates to: HADOOP-6766 Spill can fail with bad call to Random
• relates to: MAPREDUCE-635 IllegalArgumentException is thrown if mapred local dir is not writable.