mridulm commented on code in PR #50573: URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/50573#discussion_r2049076181
########## core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/SerializationDebugger.scala: ########## @@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ private[spark] object SerializationDebugger extends Logging { val elem = s"externalizable object (class ${e.getClass.getName}, $e)" visitExternalizable(e, elem :: stack) - case s: Object with java.io.Serializable if Utils.isTesting => + case s: Object with java.io.Serializable => val str = try { s.toString } catch { - case _: SparkRuntimeException => "exception in toString" + case _: SparkRuntimeException if Utils.isTesting => "exception in toString" Review Comment: NPE I was referring to is what is getting thrown as part of executing `toString` : what we addressed in #50402 The current reason for NPE might be (2), as you indicated - and so scoped to testing currently. But this can happen for any other reason too (including bugs in user udf's for example). -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org