Graham, Thanks for working on this. This is an important bug to fix.
I don't have the whole context and obviously I haven't spent nearly as much time on this as you have, but I'm wondering what if we always pass the executor's ClassLoader to the Kryo serializer? Will that solve this problem? On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Graham Dennis <graham.den...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Deb, > > The only alternative serialiser is the JavaSerialiser (the default). > Theoretically Spark supports custom serialisers, but due to a related > issue, custom serialisers currently can't live in application jars and must > be available to all executors at launch. My PR fixes this issue as well, > allowing custom serialisers to be shipped in application jars. > > Graham > > > On 14 August 2014 16:56, Debasish Das <debasish.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sorry I just saw Graham's email after sending my previous email about >> this bug... >> >> I have been seeing this same issue on our ALS runs last week but I >> thought it was due my hacky way to run mllib 1.1 snapshot on core 1.0... >> >> What's the status of this PR ? Will this fix be back-ported to 1.0.1 as >> we are running 1.0.1 stable standalone cluster ? >> >> Till the PR merges does it make sense to not use Kryo ? What are the >> other recommended efficient serializers ? >> >> Thanks. >> Deb >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Graham Dennis <graham.den...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I now have a complete pull request for this issue that I'd like to get >>> reviewed and committed. The PR is available here: >>> https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1890 and includes a testcase for >>> the >>> issue I described. I've also submitted a related PR ( >>> https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1827) that causes exceptions raised >>> while attempting to run the custom kryo registrator not to be swallowed. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Graham >>> >>> >>> On 12 August 2014 18:44, Graham Dennis <graham.den...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> > I've submitted a work-in-progress pull request for this issue that I'd >>> > like feedback on. See https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1890 . >>> I've >>> > also submitted a pull request for the related issue that the >>> exceptions hit >>> > when trying to use a custom kryo registrator are being swallowed: >>> > https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1827 >>> > >>> > The approach in my pull request is to get the Worker processes to >>> download >>> > the application jars and add them to the Executor class path at launch >>> > time. There are a couple of things that still need to be done before >>> this >>> > can be merged: >>> > 1. At the moment, the first time a task runs in the executor, the >>> > application jars are downloaded again. My solution here would be to >>> make >>> > the executor not download any jars that already exist. Previously, the >>> > driver & executor kept track of the timestamp of jar files and would >>> > redownload 'updated' jars, however this never made sense as the >>> previous >>> > version of the updated jar may have already been loaded into the >>> executor, >>> > so the updated jar may have no effect. As my current pull request >>> removes >>> > the timestamp for jars, just checking whether the jar exists will >>> allow us >>> > to avoid downloading the jars again. >>> > 2. Tests. :-) >>> > >>> > A side-benefit of my pull request is that you will be able to use >>> custom >>> > serialisers that are distributed in a user jar. Currently, the >>> serialiser >>> > instance is created in the Executor process before the first task is >>> > received and therefore before any user jars are downloaded. As this PR >>> > adds user jars to the Executor process at launch time, this won't be an >>> > issue. >>> > >>> > >>> > On 7 August 2014 12:01, Graham Dennis <graham.den...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >> See my comment on https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-2878 >>> for >>> >> the full stacktrace, but it's in the BlockManager/BlockManagerWorker >>> where >>> >> it's trying to fulfil a "getBlock" request for another node. The >>> objects >>> >> that would be in the block haven't yet been serialised, and that then >>> >> causes the deserialisation to happen on that thread. See >>> >> MemoryStore.scala:102. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On 7 August 2014 11:53, Reynold Xin <r...@databricks.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> I don't think it was a conscious design decision to not include the >>> >>> application classes in the connection manager serializer. We should >>> fix >>> >>> that. Where is it deserializing data in that thread? >>> >>> >>> >>> 4 might make sense in the long run, but it adds a lot of complexity >>> to >>> >>> the code base (whole separate code base, task queue, >>> blocking/non-blocking >>> >>> logic within task threads) that can be error prone, so I think it is >>> best >>> >>> to stay away from that right now. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Graham Dennis < >>> graham.den...@gmail.com> >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Spark devs, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I’ve posted an issue on JIRA ( >>> >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-2878) which occurs when >>> >>>> using >>> >>>> Kryo serialisation with a custom Kryo registrator to register custom >>> >>>> classes with Kryo. This is an insidious issue that >>> >>>> non-deterministically >>> >>>> causes Kryo to have different ID number => class name maps on >>> different >>> >>>> nodes, which then causes weird exceptions (ClassCastException, >>> >>>> ClassNotFoundException, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException) at >>> >>>> deserialisation >>> >>>> time. I’ve created a reliable reproduction for the issue here: >>> >>>> https://github.com/GrahamDennis/spark-kryo-serialisation >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I’m happy to try and put a pull request together to try and address >>> >>>> this, >>> >>>> but it’s not obvious to me the right way to solve this and I’d like >>> to >>> >>>> get >>> >>>> feedback / ideas on how to address this. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> The root cause of the problem is a "Failed to run >>> >>>> spark.kryo.registrator” >>> >>>> error which non-deterministically occurs in some executor processes >>> >>>> during >>> >>>> operation. My custom Kryo registrator is in the application jar, >>> and >>> >>>> it is >>> >>>> accessible on the worker nodes. This is demonstrated by the fact >>> that >>> >>>> most >>> >>>> of the time the custom kryo registrator is successfully run. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> What’s happening is that Kryo serialisation/deserialisation is >>> happening >>> >>>> most of the time on an “Executor task launch worker” thread, which >>> has >>> >>>> the >>> >>>> thread's class loader set to contain the application jar. This >>> happens >>> >>>> in >>> >>>> `org.apache.spark.executor.Executor.TaskRunner.run`, and from what >>> I can >>> >>>> tell, it is only these threads that have access to the application >>> jar >>> >>>> (that contains the custom Kryo registrator). However, the >>> >>>> ConnectionManager threads sometimes need to serialise/deserialise >>> >>>> objects >>> >>>> to satisfy “getBlock” requests when the objects haven’t previously >>> been >>> >>>> serialised. As the ConnectionManager threads don’t have the >>> application >>> >>>> jar available from their class loader, when it tries to look up the >>> >>>> custom >>> >>>> Kryo registrator, this fails. Spark then swallows this exception, >>> which >>> >>>> results in a different ID number —> class mapping for this kryo >>> >>>> instance, >>> >>>> and this then causes deserialisation errors later on a different >>> node. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> A related issue to the issue reported in SPARK-2878 is that Spark >>> >>>> probably >>> >>>> shouldn’t swallow the ClassNotFound exception for custom Kryo >>> >>>> registrators. >>> >>>> The user has explicitly specified this class, and if it >>> >>>> deterministically >>> >>>> can’t be found, then it may cause problems at serialisation / >>> >>>> deserialisation time. If only sometimes it can’t be found (as in >>> this >>> >>>> case), then it leads to a data corruption issue later on. Either >>> way, >>> >>>> we’re better off dying due to the ClassNotFound exception earlier, >>> than >>> >>>> the >>> >>>> weirder errors later on. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I have some ideas on potential solutions to this issue, but I’m >>> keen for >>> >>>> experienced eyes to critique these approaches: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> 1. The simplest approach to fixing this would be to just make the >>> >>>> application jar available to the connection manager threads, but I’m >>> >>>> guessing it’s a design decision to isolate the application jar to >>> just >>> >>>> the >>> >>>> executor task runner threads. Also, I don’t know if there are any >>> other >>> >>>> threads that might be interacting with kryo serialisation / >>> >>>> deserialisation. >>> >>>> 2. Before looking up the custom Kryo registrator, change the >>> thread’s >>> >>>> class >>> >>>> loader to include the application jar, then restore the class loader >>> >>>> after >>> >>>> the kryo registrator has been run. I don’t know if this would have >>> any >>> >>>> other side-effects. >>> >>>> 3. Always serialise / deserialise on the existing TaskRunner >>> threads, >>> >>>> rather than delaying serialisation until later, when it can be done >>> >>>> only if >>> >>>> needed. This approach would probably have negative performance >>> >>>> consequences. >>> >>>> 4. Create a new dedicated thread pool for lazy serialisation / >>> >>>> deserialisation that has the application jar on the class path. >>> >>>> Serialisation / deserialisation would be the only thing these >>> threads >>> >>>> do, >>> >>>> and this would minimise conflicts / interactions between the >>> application >>> >>>> jar and other jars. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> #4 sounds like the best approach to me, but I think would require >>> >>>> considerable knowledge of Spark internals, which is beyond me at >>> >>>> present. >>> >>>> Does anyone have any better (and ideally simpler) ideas? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Cheers, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Graham >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> > >>> >> >> >
