[HBASE-18801] Bulk load cleanup may falsely deem file deletion successful

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0, 2.0.0-alpha-3, 2.0.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Reid Chan
• Reporter: Ted Yu
• Created: 12/Sep/17 18:12
• Updated: 01/Aug/18 06:20
• Resolved: 15/Sep/17 09:32

Description

Toward the cleanupBulkLoad() method:

    fs.delete(new Path(request.getBulkToken()), true);

The return value from delete() call is ignore, potentially leading to file lying around after the cleanup.

This applies to all branches.
Discovered when investigating bulk load test failure.