NameNode should validate all coming file path ---------------------------------------------
Key: HDFS-3063 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-3063 Project: Hadoop HDFS Issue Type: Improvement Components: name-node Affects Versions: 0.20.205.0 Reporter: Denny Ye Priority: Minor NameNode provides RPC service for not only DFS client but also user defined program. A common case we always met is that user transfers file path prefixed with HDFS protocol("hdfs://{namenode:{port}}/{folder}/{file}"). NameNode cannot map node meta-data with this path and always throw NPE. In user client, we only see the NullPointerException, no other tips for which step it occurs. Also, NameNode should validate all coming file path with regular format. One exception I met: Exception in thread "main" org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException: java.io.IOException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INode.getPathComponents(INode.java:334) at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.INode.getPathComponents(INode.java:329) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira