[SPARK-18703] Insertion/CTAS against Hive Tables: Staging Directories and Data Files Not Dropped Until Normal Termination of JVM

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.3, 2.1.1, 2.2.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Target Version/s: 2.1.0
• Assignee: Xiao Li
• Reporter: Xiao Li
• Created: 04/Dec/16 06:19
• Updated: 26/Dec/16 07:01
• Resolved: 15/Dec/16 01:25

Description

Below are the files/directories generated for three inserts againsts a Hive table:

/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-29_149_4298858301766472202-1
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-29_149_4298858301766472202-1/-ext-10000
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-29_149_4298858301766472202-1/-ext-10000/._SUCCESS.crc
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-29_149_4298858301766472202-1/-ext-10000/.part-00000.crc
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-29_149_4298858301766472202-1/-ext-10000/_SUCCESS
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-29_149_4298858301766472202-1/-ext-10000/part-00000
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_454_6445008511655931341-1
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_454_6445008511655931341-1/-ext-10000
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_454_6445008511655931341-1/-ext-10000/._SUCCESS.crc
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_454_6445008511655931341-1/-ext-10000/.part-00000.crc
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_454_6445008511655931341-1/-ext-10000/_SUCCESS
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_454_6445008511655931341-1/-ext-10000/part-00000
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_722_3388423608658711001-1
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_722_3388423608658711001-1/-ext-10000
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_722_3388423608658711001-1/-ext-10000/._SUCCESS.crc
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_722_3388423608658711001-1/-ext-10000/.part-00000.crc
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_722_3388423608658711001-1/-ext-10000/_SUCCESS
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.hive-staging_hive_2016-12-03_20-56-30_722_3388423608658711001-1/-ext-10000/part-00000
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.part-00000.crc
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/part-00000

The first 18 files are temporary. We do not drop it until the end of JVM termination. If JVM does not appropriately terminate, these temporary files/directories will not be dropped.

Only the last two files are needed, as shown below.

/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/.part-00000.crc
/private/var/folders/4b/sgmfldk15js406vk7lw5llzw0000gn/T/spark-41eaa5ce-0288-471e-bba1-09cc482813ff/part-00000

Ideally, we should drop the created staging files and temporary data files after each insert/CTAS. The temporary files/directories could accumulate a lot when we issue many inserts, since each insert generats at least six files. This could eat a lot of spaces and slow down the JVM termination.

Issue Links

• duplicates: SPARK-18931 Create empty staging directory in partitioned table on insert
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16134 (gatorsmile)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16325 (gatorsmile)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16399 (gatorsmile)