Michael Allman created SPARK-16980: -------------------------------------- Summary: Load only catalog table partition metadata required to answer a query Key: SPARK-16980 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-16980 Project: Spark Issue Type: Improvement Components: SQL Affects Versions: 2.0.0 Reporter: Michael Allman
Currently, when a user reads from a partitioned Hive table whose metadata are not cached (and for which Hive table conversion is enabled and supported), all partition metadata are fetched from the metastore: https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/5effc016c893ce917d535cc1b5026d8e4c846721/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala#L252-L260 However, if the user's query includes partition pruning predicates then we only need the subset of these metadata which satisfy those predicates. This issue tracks work to modify the current query planning scheme so that unnecessary partition metadata are not loaded. I've prototyped two possible approaches. The first extends `org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.ExternalCatalog` and as such is more generally applicable. It requires some new abstractions and refactoring of `HadoopFsRelation` and `FileCatalog`, among others. It places a greater burden on other implementations of `ExternalCatalog`. Currently the only other implementation of `ExternalCatalog` is `InMemoryCatalog`, and my prototype throws an `UnsupportedOperationException` on that implementation. The second prototype is simpler and only touches code in the `hive` project. Basically, conversion of a partitioned `MetastoreRelation` to `HadoopFsRelation` is deferred to physical planning. During physical planning, the partition pruning filters in the query plan are used to identify the required partition metadata and a `HadoopFsRelation` is built from those. The new query plan is then re-injected into the physical planner and proceeds as normal for a `HadoopFsRelation`. On the Spark dev mailing list, [~ekhliang] expressed a preference for the approach I took in my first POC. (See http://apache-spark-developers-list.1001551.n3.nabble.com/Scaling-partitioned-Hive-table-support-td18586.html) Based on that, I'm going to open a PR with that patch as a starting point for an architectural/design review. It will not be a complete patch ready for integration into Spark master. Rather, I would like to get early feedback on the implementation details so I can shape the PR before committing a large amount of time on a finished product. I will open another PR for the second approach for comparison if requested. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@spark.apache.org