[ Test-fix ] alter_table_update_status/alter_table_update_status_disable_bitvector/alter_partition_update_status fail when DbNotificationListener is installed

See ./ql/target/tmp/log/hive.log or ./itests/qtest/target/tmp/log/hive.log, or check ./ql/target/surefire-reports or ./itests/qtest/target/surefire-reports/ for specific test cases logs.
 org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not serialize JSONUpdateTableColumnStatMessage : 
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.setPartitionColumnStatistics(Hive.java:5350)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.ColumnStatsUpdateTask.persistColumnStats(ColumnStatsUpdateTask.java:339)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.ColumnStatsUpdateTask.execute(ColumnStatsUpdateTask.java:347)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:212)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:103)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:2343)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1995)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1662)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1422)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:1416)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.reexec.ReExecDriver.run(ReExecDriver.java:162)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.reexec.ReExecDriver.run(ReExecDriver.java:223)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:242)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:189)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:408)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:340)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.QTestUtil.executeClientInternal(QTestUtil.java:680)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.QTestUtil.executeClient(QTestUtil.java:651)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.control.CoreCliDriver.runTest(CoreCliDriver.java:182)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.control.CliAdapter.runTest(CliAdapter.java:104)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.TestCliDriver.testCliDriver(TestCliDriver.java:59)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
 at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
 at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
 at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:44)
 at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.control.CliAdapter$2$1.evaluate(CliAdapter.java:92)
 at org.junit.rules.RunRules.evaluate(RunRules.java:20)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:271)
 at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:70)
 at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:50)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:238)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:63)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:236)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:53)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:229)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:309)
 at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:127)
 at org.junit.runners.Suite.runChild(Suite.java:26)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:238)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:63)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:236)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:53)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:229)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.control.CliAdapter$1$1.evaluate(CliAdapter.java:73)
 at org.junit.rules.RunRules.evaluate(RunRules.java:20)
 at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:309)
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute(JUnit4Provider.java:365)
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeWithRerun(JUnit4Provider.java:273)
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:238)
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:159)
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.invokeProviderInSameClassLoader(ForkedBooter.java:379)
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:340)
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.execute(ForkedBooter.java:125)
 at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:413)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not serialize JSONUpdateTableColumnStatMessage : 
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.messaging.json.JSONUpdateTableColumnStatMessage.<init>(JSONUpdateTableColumnStatMessage.java:71)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.messaging.MessageBuilder.buildUpdateTableColumnStatMessage(MessageBuilder.java:293)
 at org.apache.hive.hcatalog.listener.DbNotificationListener.onUpdateTableColumnStat(DbNotificationListener.java:760)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.MetaStoreListenerNotifier.lambda$static$8(MetaStoreListenerNotifier.java:232)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.MetaStoreListenerNotifier.notifyEvent(MetaStoreListenerNotifier.java:285)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.updateTableColumnStatsInternal(HiveMetaStore.java:6209)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStore$HMSHandler.set_aggr_stats_for(HiveMetaStore.java:8145)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invokeInternal(RetryingHMSHandler.java:147)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingHMSHandler.invoke(RetryingHMSHandler.java:108)
 at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy40.set_aggr_stats_for(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.HiveMetaStoreClient.setPartitionColumnStatistics(HiveMetaStoreClient.java:2397)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.setPartitionColumnStatistics(SessionHiveMetaStoreClient.java:477)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.RetryingMetaStoreClient.invoke(RetryingMetaStoreClient.java:212)
 at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy41.setPartitionColumnStatistics(Unknown Source)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Hive.setPartitionColumnStatistics(Hive.java:5347)
 ... 57 more
Caused by: org.apache.thrift.protocol.TProtocolException: Required field 'maxColLen' is unset! Struct:StringColumnStatsData(maxColLen:0, avgColLen:1.111, numNulls:0, numDVs:1111)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.StringColumnStatsData.validate(StringColumnStatsData.java:614)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.StringColumnStatsData$StringColumnStatsDataStandardScheme.write(StringColumnStatsData.java:718)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.StringColumnStatsData$StringColumnStatsDataStandardScheme.write(StringColumnStatsData.java:656)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.StringColumnStatsData.write(StringColumnStatsData.java:574)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ColumnStatisticsData.standardSchemeWriteValue(ColumnStatisticsData.java:346)
 at org.apache.thrift.TUnion$TUnionStandardScheme.write(TUnion.java:244)
 at org.apache.thrift.TUnion$TUnionStandardScheme.write(TUnion.java:213)
 at org.apache.thrift.TUnion.write(TUnion.java:152)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ColumnStatisticsObj$ColumnStatisticsObjStandardScheme.write(ColumnStatisticsObj.java:554)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ColumnStatisticsObj$ColumnStatisticsObjStandardScheme.write(ColumnStatisticsObj.java:492)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ColumnStatisticsObj.write(ColumnStatisticsObj.java:418)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ColumnStatistics$ColumnStatisticsStandardScheme.write(ColumnStatistics.java:583)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ColumnStatistics$ColumnStatisticsStandardScheme.write(ColumnStatistics.java:511)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.ColumnStatistics.write(ColumnStatistics.java:438)
 at org.apache.thrift.TSerializer.serialize(TSerializer.java:79)
 at org.apache.thrift.TSerializer.toString(TSerializer.java:93)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.messaging.MessageBuilder.createTableColumnStatJson(MessageBuilder.java:381)
 at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.messaging.json.JSONUpdateTableColumnStatMessage.<init>(JSONUpdateTableColumnStatMessage.java:68)
 ... 79 more