[HDFS-3821] Backport HDFS-3626 to branch-1 (Creating file with invalid path can corrupt edit log)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: namenode
• Target Version/s: 1.3.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Eli Collins
• Created: 20/Aug/12 23:08
• Updated: 03/Nov/17 09:34
• Resolved: 03/Nov/17 09:34

Description

Per Todd's comment this issue affects v1 as well though the problem isn't as obvious because the shell doesn't use the Path(URI) constructor. To test the server side Todd modified the touchz command to use new Path(new URI(src)) and was able to reproduce the issue.

Issue Links

• is related to: HDFS-3626 Creating file with invalid path can corrupt edit log