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Xiang Li updated HDFS-14172:
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    Description: 
In FSImageFormatProtobuf.SectionName#fromString(), as follows:
{code:java}
public static SectionName fromString(String name) {
  for (SectionName n : values) {
    if (n.name.equals(name))
      return n;
  }
  return null;
}
{code}
When the code meets an unknown section from the fsimage, the function will 
return null. Callers always operates the return value with a "switch" clause, 
like FSImageFormatProtobuf.Loader#loadInternal(), as:
{code:java}
switch (SectionName.fromString(n))
{code}
NPE will be thrown here.
Shall we add a default section name in the enum of SectionName, like "UNKNOWN", 
to steer clear of NPE?

> Return a default SectionName to avoid NPE
> -----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HDFS-14172
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-14172
>             Project: Hadoop HDFS
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Xiang Li
>            Assignee: Xiang Li
>            Priority: Minor
>
> In FSImageFormatProtobuf.SectionName#fromString(), as follows:
> {code:java}
> public static SectionName fromString(String name) {
>   for (SectionName n : values) {
>     if (n.name.equals(name))
>       return n;
>   }
>   return null;
> }
> {code}
> When the code meets an unknown section from the fsimage, the function will 
> return null. Callers always operates the return value with a "switch" clause, 
> like FSImageFormatProtobuf.Loader#loadInternal(), as:
> {code:java}
> switch (SectionName.fromString(n))
> {code}
> NPE will be thrown here.
> Shall we add a default section name in the enum of SectionName, like 
> "UNKNOWN", to steer clear of NPE?



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