[HIVE-7498] NPE on show grant for global privilege

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Component/s: Authorization
• Assignee: Navis Ryu
• Reporter: Navis Ryu
• Created: 24/Jul/14 02:15
• Updated: 13/Nov/14 19:44
• Resolved: 28/Jul/14 21:21

Description

2014-07-24 11:10:05,961 ERROR exec.DDLTask (DDLTask.java:failed(501)) - java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.security.authorization.plugin.HivePrivilegeObject.compareTo(HivePrivilegeObject.java:66)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask$2.compare(DDLTask.java:3156)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask$2.compare(DDLTask.java:3153)
	at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1270)
	at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1281)
	at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1281)
	at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1281)
	at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1281)
	at java.util.Arrays.mergeSort(Arrays.java:1281)
	at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1210)
	at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:157)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.writeGrantInfo(DDLTask.java:3153)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.showGrants(DDLTask.java:606)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.DDLTask.execute(DDLTask.java:455)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:161)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:85)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:1513)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1280)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1094)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:918)
	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:908)

Seemed regression from HIVE-7026