Jacek Laskowski created SPARK-10921: ---------------------------------------
Summary: Completely remove the use of SparkContext.preferredNodeLocationData Key: SPARK-10921 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-10921 Project: Spark Issue Type: Improvement Components: Spark Core, YARN Affects Versions: 1.5.1 Reporter: Jacek Laskowski Priority: Minor SPARK-8949 obsoleted the use of {{SparkContext.preferredNodeLocationData}} yet the code makes it less obvious as it says (see https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala#L93-L96): {code} // This is used only by YARN for now, but should be relevant to other cluster types (Mesos, // etc) too. This is typically generated from InputFormatInfo.computePreferredLocations. It // contains a map from hostname to a list of input format splits on the host. private[spark] var preferredNodeLocationData: Map[String, Set[SplitInfo]] = Map() {code} It turns out that there are places where the initialization does take place that only adds up to the confusion. When you search for the use of {{SparkContext.preferredNodeLocationData}}, you'll find 3 places - one constructor marked {{@deprecated}}, the other with {{logWarning}} telling us that _"Passing in preferred locations has no effect at all, see SPARK-8949"_, and in {{org.apache.spark.deploy.yarn.ApplicationMaster.registerAM}} method. There is no consistent approach to deal with it given it's no longer used in theory. [org.apache.spark.deploy.yarn.ApplicationMaster.registerAM|https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ApplicationMaster.scala#L234-L265] method caught my eye and I found that it does the following in client.register: {code} if (sc != null) sc.preferredNodeLocationData else Map() {code} However, {{client.register}} [ignores the input parameter completely|https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/YarnRMClient.scala#L47-L78], but the scaladoc says (note {{preferredNodeLocations}} param): {code} /** * Registers the application master with the RM. * * @param conf The Yarn configuration. * @param sparkConf The Spark configuration. * @param preferredNodeLocations Map with hints about where to allocate containers. * @param uiAddress Address of the SparkUI. * @param uiHistoryAddress Address of the application on the History Server. */ {code} -- 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