[HIVE-14814] metastoreClient is used directly in Hive cause NPE

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0, 2.1.0, 2.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0
• Target Version/s: 1.3.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0
• Assignee: Prasanth Jayachandran
• Reporter: Dileep Kumar Chiguruvada
• Created: 22/Sep/16 00:57
• Updated: 08/Dec/16 14:09
• Resolved: 22/Sep/16 17:52

Description

Changes introduced by HIVE-13622 uses metastoreClient directly in Hive.java which may be null causing NPE. Instead it should use getMSC() which will initialize metastoreClient variable when null.