Major Description
Background:
The data source option "pathGlobFilter" is introduced for Binary file format: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/24354 , which can be used for filtering file names, e.g. reading ".png" files only while there is ".json" files in the same directory.
Proposal:
Make the option "pathGlobFilter" as a general option for all file sources. The path filtering should happen in the path globbing on Driver.
Motivation:
Filtering the file path names in file scan tasks on executors is kind of ugly.
Impact:
1. The splitting of file partitions will be more balanced.
2. The metrics of file scan will be more accurate.
3. Users can use the option for reading other file sources.
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