GitHub user StephenJeson opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5894
[FLINK-9185] [runtime] Fix potential null dereference in PrioritizedO⦠## What is the purpose of the change Fix potential null dereference in PrioritizedOperatorSubtaskState#resolvePrioritizedAlternatives ## Brief change log - Add null check for the return value of approve function in PrioritizedOperatorSubtaskState#resolvePrioritizedAlternatives ## Verifying this change This change is a trivial rework / code cleanup without any test coverage. ## Does this pull request potentially affect one of the following parts: - Dependencies (does it add or upgrade a dependency): (no) - The public API, i.e., is any changed class annotated with `@Public(Evolving)`: (no) - The serializers: (no) - The runtime per-record code paths (performance sensitive): (no) - Anything that affects deployment or recovery: JobManager (and its components), Checkpointing, Yarn/Mesos, ZooKeeper: (no) - The S3 file system connector: (no) ## Documentation - Does this pull request introduce a new feature? (no) - If yes, how is the feature documented? (not documented) You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/StephenJeson/flink flink-9185 Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5894.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #5894 ---- commit 80a9cf185dc33fe0182563e945635bc5ea971453 Author: Stephen Jason <stephendinf@...> Date: 2018-04-21T11:19:26Z [FLINK-9185] [runtime] Fix potential null dereference in PrioritizedOperatorSubtaskState#resolvePrioritizedAlternatives ---- ---