Github user markhamstra commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/686#discussion_r12409225 --- Diff: core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala --- @@ -1055,10 +1055,16 @@ class DAGScheduler( // This is the only job that uses this stage, so fail the stage if it is running. val stage = stageIdToStage(stageId) if (runningStages.contains(stage)) { - taskScheduler.cancelTasks(stageId, shouldInterruptThread) - val stageInfo = stageToInfos(stage) - stageInfo.stageFailed(failureReason) - listenerBus.post(SparkListenerStageCompleted(stageToInfos(stage))) + try { // cancelTasks will fail if a SchedulerBackend does not implement killTask + taskScheduler.cancelTasks(stageId, shouldInterruptThread) + } catch { + case e: UnsupportedOperationException => + logInfo(s"Could not cancel tasks for stage $stageId", e) + } finally { + val stageInfo = stageToInfos(stage) + stageInfo.stageFailed(failureReason) --- End diff -- Good question. I'm mostly just trying to keep the DAGScheduler in a consistent state even when the backend doesn't support killing tasks, and I'll admit to working quickly while trying to get this significant bug fix into 1.0.0, not having fully thought this part through. If you can't see any use for the finally block unless taskScheduler.cancelTasks is successful, then we can drop the finally.
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