[jira] [Created] (HDFS-3063) NameNode should validate all coming file path

["Denny Ye (Created) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

NameNode should validate all coming file path
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                 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)

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