[HIVE-21811] Load data into partitioned table throws NPE if DB is enabled for replication.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0-alpha-1
• Component/s: Standalone Metastore
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Target Version/s: 4.0.0
• Assignee: Sankar Hariappan
• Reporter: Sankar Hariappan
• Created: 31/May/19 06:11
• Updated: 17/Nov/22 08:51
• Resolved: 01/Jun/19 02:24

Description

When load data into a partitioned table with hive.autogather.stats=true and DB is enabled for replication ("repl.source.for" property is set in DB), throws NPE. Here is the call stack.

0: jdbc:hive2://ctr-e139-1542663976389-126983> LOAD DATA INPATH '/tmp/traffic_data/traffic_data-QUEENS.csv' INTO TABLE traffic_data partition (county='QUEENS');
INFO  : Loading data to table traffic_database.traffic_data partition (county=QUEENS) from hdfs://ctr-e139-1542663976389-126983-01-000003.hwx.site:8020/tmp/traffic_data/traffic_data-QUEENS.csv
INFO  : Partition traffic_database.traffic_data{county=QUEENS} stats: [numFiles=1, numRows=0, totalSize=64398392, rawDataSize=0]
INFO  : [Warning] could not update stats.Failed with exception Unable to alter partition. java.lang.NullPointerException
org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: Unable to alter partition. java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.alterPartitions(Hive.java:678)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.StatsTask.aggregateStats(StatsTask.java:261)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.StatsTask.execute(StatsTask.java:122)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:177)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:96)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:1777)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1511)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1308)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1175)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1170)
	at org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.runQuery(SQLOperation.java:197)
	at org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation.access$300(SQLOperation.java:76)
	at org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$2$1.run(SQLOperation.java:255)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422)
	at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1869)
	at org.apache.hive.service.cli.operation.SQLOperation$2.run(SQLOperation.java:273)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: MetaException(message:java.lang.NullPointerException)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.newMetaException(HiveMetaStore.java:6161)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.alter_partitions_with_environment_context(HiveMetaStore.java:3908)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invokeInternal(RetryingHMSHandler.java:147)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invoke(RetryingHMSHandler.java:105)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy20.alter_partitions_with_environment_context(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.alter_partitions(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:1485)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:178)
	at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy21.alter_partitions(Unknown Source)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.alterPartitions(Hive.java:676)
	... 23 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveAlterHandler.blockPartitionLocationChangesOnReplSource(HiveAlterHandler.java:729)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveAlterHandler.alterPartitions(HiveAlterHandler.java:657)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.alter_partitions_with_environment_context(HiveMetaStore.java:3870)
	... 38 more

No rows affected (2.086 seconds)

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #655