[IMPALA-5469] IllegalStateException while processing catalog update in the Impalad

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.9.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.10.0
• Component/s: Catalog
• Labels: catalog
• Epic Color: ghx-label-6
• Assignee: Taras Bobrovytsky
• Reporter: Dimitris Tsirogiannis
• Created: 08/Jun/17 21:20
• Updated: 14/Jun/17 16:20
• Resolved: 09/Jun/17 22:11

Description

An IllegalStateException is thrown when processing a catalog update in the Impalad. The error is the following:

E0608 14:06:34.030553 34229 ImpaladCatalog.java:168] Error adding catalog object: Unexpected TCatalogObjectType: CATALOG
Java exception follows:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unexpected TCatalogObjectType: CATALOG
	at org.apache.impala.catalog.ImpaladCatalog.addCatalogObject(ImpaladCatalog.java:311)
	at org.apache.impala.catalog.ImpaladCatalog.updateCatalog(ImpaladCatalog.java:166)
	at org.apache.impala.service.Frontend.updateCatalogCache(Frontend.java:224)
	at org.apache.impala.service.JniFrontend.updateCatalogCache(JniFrontend.java:191)

The issue can be reproduced by running "invalidate metadata" and then looking at the impalad.INFO log. The exception is visible there.

This issue was introduced in the IMPALA-5355 patch.

Issue Links

• is broken by: IMPALA-5355 Sentry Privileges and roles updated in the wrong order on impala restart