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  1. IMPALA
  2. IMPALA-10658

LOAD DATA INPATH silently fails between HDFS and Azure ABFS

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • Impala 4.0.0
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    • ghx-label-1

    Description

      LOAD DATA INPATH silently fails when Impala tries to move files from HDFS to ABFS.

      The problem is that in 'relocateFile()' we try to figure out if 'sourceFile' is on the destination filesystem:
      https://github.com/apache/impala/blob/6b16df9e9a4696b46b6f9c7fe2fc0aaded285623/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/common/FileSystemUtil.java#L246
      We use the following code to decide this:
      https://github.com/apache/impala/blob/6b16df9e9a4696b46b6f9c7fe2fc0aaded285623/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/common/FileSystemUtil.java#L581-L591

      However, the Azure FileSystem implementation doesn't throw an exception in 'fs.makeQualified(path);'. I just happily returns a new Path substituting the prefix "hdfs://" to "abfs://".

      So in relocateFile() Impala thinks the 'sourceFile' and 'destFile' are on the same filesystem so it tries to invoke 'destFs.rename()':
      https://github.com/apache/impala/blob/6b16df9e9a4696b46b6f9c7fe2fc0aaded285623/fe/src/main/java/org/apache/impala/common/FileSystemUtil.java#L266

      From https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/filesystem/filesystem.html#boolean_rename.28Path_src.2C_Path_d.29 : "In terms of its implementation, it is the one with the most ambiguity regarding when to return false versus raising an exception."

      Seems like the Azure FileSystem implementation doesn't throw an exception on failure, but returns false instead. Unfortunately Impala doesn't check the return value of destFs.rename() (see above), so the error remains silent.

      To fix this issue we need to do two things:

      • fix FileSystemUtil.isPathOnFileSystem()
      • check the return value of destFs.rename() and throw an exception when it's false

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            boroknagyz Zoltán Borók-Nagy
            boroknagyz Zoltán Borók-Nagy
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