shameersss1 commented on code in PR #3053:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/3053#discussion_r895538935


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standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/HiveMetaStoreChecker.java:
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@@ -326,10 +356,26 @@ void checkTable(Table table, PartitionIterable parts, 
byte[] filterExp, CheckRes
       CheckResult.PartitionResult prFromMetastore = new 
CheckResult.PartitionResult();
       prFromMetastore.setPartitionName(getPartitionName(table, partition));
       prFromMetastore.setTableName(partition.getTableName());
-      if (!fs.exists(partPath)) {
-        result.getPartitionsNotOnFs().add(prFromMetastore);
-      } else {
+      if (allPartDirs.contains(partPath)) {
         result.getCorrectPartitions().add(prFromMetastore);
+        allPartDirs.remove(partPath);
+      } else {
+        // There can be edge case where user can define partition directory 
outside of table directory
+        // to avoid eviction of such partitions
+        // we check existence of partition path which are not in table 
directory
+        // and add to result for getPartitionsNotOnFs.
+        if (!partPath.toString().contains(tablePathStr)) {

Review Comment:
   can't we have a simple check for this? like
   
   `if (!fs.exists(partPath)) {
               result.getPartitionsNotOnFs().add(prFromMetastore);
             } else {
               result.getCorrectPartitions().add(prFromMetastore);
             }`



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