[IMPALA-7105] Some fe tests fail when run standalone

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.12.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.13.0, Impala 3.1.0
• Component/s: Frontend
• Epic Color: ghx-label-5
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 01/Jun/18 04:37
• Updated: 07/Jun/18 04:44
• Resolved: 07/Jun/18 04:44

Description

CatalogTest and HdfsStorageDescriptor test fail when they are run standalone (eg from Eclipse or using mvn test -Dtest=...). The failure occurs because they depend on initialization that happens during JniCatalog and/or JniFrontend initialization, and those are only initialized if FeSupport has been initialized.

When all of the tests are run via 'mvn test', this is not a problem since they run in the same JVM and it happens that some earlier test cases caused the initialization to occur. Setting the surefire configuration to 'reuseForks=false' also reproduces the issue.