[SPARK-9437] SizeEstimator overflows for primitive arrays

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Component/s: Spark Core
• Assignee: Imran Rashid
• Reporter: Imran Rashid
• Created: 29/Jul/15 16:14
• Updated: 30/Jul/15 17:47
• Resolved: 30/Jul/15 17:47

Description

SizeEstimator can overflow when dealing w/ large primitive arrays eg if you have an Array[Double] of size 1 << 28. This means that when you try to broadcast a large primitive array, you get:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requirement failed: sizeInBytes was negative: -2147483608
   at scala.Predef$.require(Predef.scala:233)
   at org.apache.spark.storage.BlockInfo.markReady(BlockInfo.scala:55)
   at org.apache.spark.storage.BlockManager.doPut(BlockManager.scala:815)
   at org.apache.spark.storage.BlockManager.putIterator(BlockManager.scala:638)
...

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #7750 (squito)