Clone parent local properties on inherit

SPARK-10548 is caused by the fact that mutating local properties
in the parent thread is reflected in the children threads. Instead,
we should just make a clone of the parent properties.

core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import scala.collection.mutable.HashMap
 import scala.reflect.{ClassTag, classTag}
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.SerializationUtils
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.{ArrayWritable, BooleanWritable, BytesWritable, DoubleWritable,
@@ -347,8 +348,12 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging with ExecutorAllocationCli
   private[spark] var checkpointDir: Option[String] = None
 
   // Thread Local variable that can be used by users to pass information down the stack
-  private val localProperties = new InheritableThreadLocal[Properties] {
-    override protected def childValue(parent: Properties): Properties = new Properties(parent)
+  protected[spark] val localProperties = new InheritableThreadLocal[Properties] {
+    override protected def childValue(parent: Properties): Properties = {
+      // Note: make a clone such that changes in the parent properties aren't reflected in
+      // the those of the children threads, which has confusing semantics (SPARK-10564).
+      SerializationUtils.clone(parent).asInstanceOf[Properties]
+    }
     override protected def initialValue(): Properties = new Properties()
   }
 

core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ThreadingSuite.scala

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class ThreadingSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext with Logging {
                 ThreadingSuiteState.runningThreads.get() + "); failing test")
       fail("One or more threads didn't see runningThreads = 4")
     }
-    throwable.foreach { t => throw t }
+    throwable.foreach { t => throw improveStackTrace(t) }
   }
 
   test("set local properties in different thread") {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class ThreadingSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext with Logging {
 
     sem.acquire(5)
     assert(sc.getLocalProperty("test") === null)
-    throwable.foreach { t => throw t }
+    throwable.foreach { t => throw improveStackTrace(t) }
   }
 
   test("set and get local properties in parent-children thread") {
@@ -209,49 +209,39 @@ class ThreadingSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext with Logging {
     sem.acquire(5)
     assert(sc.getLocalProperty("test") === "parent")
     assert(sc.getLocalProperty("Foo") === null)
-    throwable.foreach { t => throw t }
+    throwable.foreach { t => throw improveStackTrace(t) }
   }
 
-  test("mutations to local properties should not affect submitted jobs (SPARK-6629)") {
-    val jobStarted = new Semaphore(0)
-    val jobEnded = new Semaphore(0)
-    @volatile var jobResult: JobResult = null
-
+  test("mutation in parent local property does not affect child (SPARK-10563)") {
     sc = new SparkContext("local", "test")
-    sc.setJobGroup("originalJobGroupId", "description")
-    sc.addSparkListener(new SparkListener {
-      override def onJobStart(jobStart: SparkListenerJobStart): Unit = {
-        jobStarted.release()
-      }
-      override def onJobEnd(jobEnd: SparkListenerJobEnd): Unit = {
-        jobResult = jobEnd.jobResult
-        jobEnded.release()
-      }
-    })
-
-    // Create a new thread which will inherit the current thread's properties
-    val thread = new Thread() {
+    val originalTestValue: String = "original-value"
+    var threadTestValue: String = null
+    sc.setLocalProperty("test", originalTestValue)
+    var throwable: Option[Throwable] = None
+    val thread = new Thread {
       override def run(): Unit = {
-        assert(sc.getLocalProperty(SparkContext.SPARK_JOB_GROUP_ID) === "originalJobGroupId")
-        // Sleeps for a total of 10 seconds, but allows cancellation to interrupt the task
         try {
-          sc.parallelize(1 to 100).foreach { x =>
-            Thread.sleep(100)
-          }
+          threadTestValue = sc.getLocalProperty("test")
         } catch {
-          case s: SparkException => // ignored so that we don't print noise in test logs
+          case t: Throwable =>
+            throwable = Some(t)
         }
       }
     }
+    sc.setLocalProperty("test", "this-should-not-be-inherited")
     thread.start()
-    // Wait for the job to start, then mutate the original properties, which should have been
-    // inherited by the running job but hopefully defensively copied or snapshotted:
-    jobStarted.tryAcquire(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-    sc.setJobGroup("modifiedJobGroupId", "description")
-    // Canceling the original job group should cancel the running job. In other words, the
-    // modification of the properties object should not affect the properties of running jobs
-    sc.cancelJobGroup("originalJobGroupId")
-    jobEnded.tryAcquire(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-    assert(jobResult.isInstanceOf[JobFailed])
+    thread.join()
+    throwable.foreach { t => throw improveStackTrace(t) }
+    assert(threadTestValue === originalTestValue)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Improve the stack trace of an error thrown from within a thread.
+   * Otherwise it's difficult to tell which line in the test the error came from.
+   */
+  private def improveStackTrace(t: Throwable): Throwable = {
+    t.setStackTrace(t.getStackTrace ++ Thread.currentThread.getStackTrace)
+    t
   }
+
 }

sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SQLExecutionSuite.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
+
+import java.util.Properties
+
+import scala.collection.parallel.CompositeThrowable
+
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkContext, SparkFunSuite}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SQLContext
+
+class SQLExecutionSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
+
+  test("concurrent query execution (SPARK-10548)") {
+    // Try to reproduce the issue with the old SparkContext
+    val conf = new SparkConf()
+      .setMaster("local[*]")
+      .setAppName("test")
+    val badSparkContext = new BadSparkContext(conf)
+    try {
+      testConcurrentQueryExecution(badSparkContext)
+      fail("unable to reproduce SPARK-10548")
+    } catch {
+      case e: IllegalArgumentException =>
+        assert(e.getMessage.contains(SQLExecution.EXECUTION_ID_KEY))
+    } finally {
+      badSparkContext.stop()
+    }
+
+    // Verify that the issue is fixed with the latest SparkContext
+    val goodSparkContext = new SparkContext(conf)
+    try {
+      testConcurrentQueryExecution(goodSparkContext)
+    } finally {
+      goodSparkContext.stop()
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Trigger SPARK-10548 by mocking a parent and its child thread executing queries concurrently.
+   */
+  private def testConcurrentQueryExecution(sc: SparkContext): Unit = {
+    val sqlContext = new SQLContext(sc)
+    import sqlContext.implicits._
+
+    // Initialize local properties. This is necessary for the test to pass.
+    sc.getLocalProperties
+
+    // Set up a thread that runs executes a simple SQL query.
+    // Before starting the thread, mutate the execution ID in the parent.
+    // The child thread should not see the effect of this change.
+    var throwable: Option[Throwable] = None
+    val child = new Thread {
+      override def run(): Unit = {
+        try {
+          sc.parallelize(1 to 100).map { i => (i, i) }.toDF("a", "b").collect()
+        } catch {
+          case t: Throwable =>
+            throwable = Some(t)
+        }
+
+      }
+    }
+    sc.setLocalProperty(SQLExecution.EXECUTION_ID_KEY, "anything")
+    child.start()
+    child.join()
+
+    // The throwable is thrown from the child thread so it doesn't have a helpful stack trace
+    throwable.foreach { t =>
+      t.setStackTrace(t.getStackTrace ++ Thread.currentThread.getStackTrace)
+      throw t
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * A bad [[SparkContext]] that does not clone the inheritable thread local properties
+ * when passing them to children threads.
+ */
+private class BadSparkContext(conf: SparkConf) extends SparkContext(conf) {
+  protected[spark] override val localProperties = new InheritableThreadLocal[Properties] {
+    override protected def childValue(parent: Properties): Properties = new Properties(parent)
+    override protected def initialValue(): Properties = new Properties()
+  }
+}