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Yu Weiqiang commented on HIVE-26036: ------------------------------------ Merged to master. [~Marton Bod], thank you for the review! > NPE caused by getMTable() in ObjectStore > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-26036 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-26036 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Hive > Affects Versions: 3.1.2, 4.0.0 > Reporter: Yu Weiqiang > Assignee: Yu Weiqiang > Priority: Minor > Labels: pull-request-available > Attachments: NPE_From_getMTable.png > > Time Spent: 1h > Remaining Estimate: 0h > > *Issue* > Some api in ObjectStore invoke getMTable() but not check that if the returned > value is null, which caused the NPE, like addPartitions(), addPartition(), > alterPartition() et. > *Reason* > Such api described above will check that whether the table exists in > HMSHandler (first check), but if the table is dropped by other threads after > the first check, the NPE will happen. > The simple idea is that we can check the table each time we get from > getMTable(). > *Stack example* > !NPE_From_getMTable.png! -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.1#820001)