[HDFS-14274] EC: NPE While Listing EC Policy For A Directory Following Replication Policy.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.0, 3.2.1, 3.1.3
• Component/s: erasure-coding
• Assignee: Ayush Saxena
• Reporter: Souryakanta Dwivedy
• Created: 13/Feb/19 05:31
• Updated: 13/Feb/19 18:05
• Resolved: 13/Feb/19 18:05

Description

"hdfs dfs -ls -e" throws NPE When EC Policy of Directory set as "-replicate"

Steps :-

• Create a Directory
• Set EC Policy for the Directory as "-replicate"
• Check the folder details with command "hdfs dfs -ls -e <Dir path>"
  Null Pointer exception will display < ls: java.lang.NullPointerException >

Actual Result :-
ls: java.lang.NullPointerException

Expected Result :-
Should not throw NullPointerException