[HDFS-5228] The RemoteIterator returned by DistributedFileSystem.listFiles(..) may throw NPE

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0-beta
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0
• Component/s: hdfs-client
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Target Version/s: 2.1.1-beta
• Assignee: Tsz Wo Nicholas Sze
• Reporter: Tsz Wo Nicholas Sze
• Created: 19/Sep/13 03:03
• Updated: 24/Sep/13 23:36
• Resolved: 24/Sep/13 11:51

Description

Get a RemoteIterator from DistributedFileSystem.listFiles(..) with a relative path. Then, it will result a NullPointerException when calling hasNext() from the RemoteIterator.

This bug was discovered by Arnaud:
http://hortonworks.com/community/forums/topic/new-bug-in-hdfs-listfiles-method/

Issue Links

• is broken by: HADOOP-9418 Add symlink resolution support to DistributedFileSystem