[IMPALA-5331] Use new libHDFS API to address "Unknown Error 255"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.9.0
• Component/s: Backend
• Labels: errorhandling
• Epic Color: ghx-label-5
• Assignee: Sailesh Mukil
• Reporter: Sailesh Mukil
• Created: 16/May/17 06:35
• Updated: 23/May/17 19:01
• Resolved: 23/May/17 19:01

Description

Now that HDFS-11529 is resolved, we can go ahead and use the new API to get more information if we encounter an "Unknown Error 255".

https://github.com/apache/hadoop/commit/fda86ef2a32026c02d9b5d4cca1ecb7b4decd872