[SPARK-28939][SQL][2.4] Propagate SQLConf for plans executed by toRdd

sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala

@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ object SQLConf {
    * Returns the active config object within the current scope. If there is an active SparkSession,
    * the proper SQLConf associated with the thread's active session is used. If it's called from
    * tasks in the executor side, a SQLConf will be created from job local properties, which are set
-   * and propagated from the driver side.
+   * and propagated from the driver side, unless a `SQLConf` has been set in the scope by
+   * `withExistingConf` as done for propagating SQLConf for operations performed on RDDs created
+   * from DataFrames.
    *
    * The way this works is a little bit convoluted, due to the fact that config was added initially
    * only for physical plans (and as a result not in sql/catalyst module).
@@ -127,7 +129,12 @@ object SQLConf {
    */
   def get: SQLConf = {
     if (TaskContext.get != null) {
-      new ReadOnlySQLConf(TaskContext.get())
+      val conf = existingConf.get()
+      if (conf != null) {
+        conf
+      } else {
+        new ReadOnlySQLConf(TaskContext.get())
+      }
     } else {
       val isSchedulerEventLoopThread = SparkContext.getActive
         .map(_.dagScheduler.eventProcessLoop.eventThread)

sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/QueryExecution.scala

@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ class QueryExecution(val sparkSession: SparkSession, val logical: LogicalPlan) {
   lazy val executedPlan: SparkPlan = prepareForExecution(sparkPlan)
 
   /** Internal version of the RDD. Avoids copies and has no schema */
-  lazy val toRdd: RDD[InternalRow] = executedPlan.execute()
+  lazy val toRdd: RDD[InternalRow] = new SQLExecutionRDD(
+    executedPlan.execute(), sparkSession.sessionState.conf)
 
   /**
    * Prepares a planned [[SparkPlan]] for execution by inserting shuffle operations and internal

sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SQLExecutionRDD.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
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+ */
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
+
+import java.util.Properties
+
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+
+import org.apache.spark.{Partition, TaskContext}
+import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
+
+/**
+ * It is just a wrapper over `sqlRDD`, which sets and makes effective all the configs from the
+ * captured `SQLConf`.
+ * Please notice that this means we may miss configurations set after the creation of this RDD and
+ * before its execution.
+ *
+ * @param sqlRDD the `RDD` generated by the SQL plan
+ * @param conf the `SQLConf` to apply to the execution of the SQL plan
+ */
+class SQLExecutionRDD(
+    var sqlRDD: RDD[InternalRow], conf: SQLConf) extends RDD[InternalRow](sqlRDD) {
+  private val sqlConfigs = conf.getAllConfs
+  private lazy val sqlConfExecutorSide = {
+    val props = new Properties()
+    props.putAll(sqlConfigs.asJava)
+    val newConf = new SQLConf()
+    newConf.setConf(props)
+    newConf
+  }
+
+  override val partitioner = firstParent[InternalRow].partitioner
+
+  override def getPartitions: Array[Partition] = firstParent[InternalRow].partitions
+
+  override def compute(split: Partition, context: TaskContext): Iterator[InternalRow] = {
+    // If we are in the context of a tracked SQL operation, `SQLExecution.EXECUTION_ID_KEY` is set
+    // and we have nothing to do here. Otherwise, we use the `SQLConf` captured at the creation of
+    // this RDD.
+    if (context.getLocalProperty(SQLExecution.EXECUTION_ID_KEY) == null) {
+      SQLConf.withExistingConf(sqlConfExecutorSide) {
+        firstParent[InternalRow].iterator(split, context)
+      }
+    } else {
+      firstParent[InternalRow].iterator(split, context)
+    }
+  }
+}

sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/ExecutorSideSQLConfSuite.scala

@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.internal
 
-import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
-import org.apache.spark.sql.{AnalysisException, SparkSession}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkException, SparkFunSuite}
+import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Attribute
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LocalRelation
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.{LeafExecNode, QueryExecution, SparkPlan}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.debug.codegenStringSeq
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.col
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SQLTestUtils
@@ -98,4 +103,41 @@ class ExecutorSideSQLConfSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SQLTestUtils {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-28939: propagate SQLConf also in conversions to RDD") {
+    val confs = Seq("spark.sql.a" -> "x", "spark.sql.b" -> "y")
+    val physicalPlan = SQLConfAssertPlan(confs)
+    val dummyQueryExecution = FakeQueryExecution(spark, physicalPlan)
+    withSQLConf(confs: _*) {
+      // Force RDD evaluation to trigger asserts
+      dummyQueryExecution.toRdd.collect()
+    }
+    val dummyQueryExecution1 = FakeQueryExecution(spark, physicalPlan)
+    // Without setting the configs assertions fail
+    val e = intercept[SparkException](dummyQueryExecution1.toRdd.collect())
+    assert(e.getCause.isInstanceOf[NoSuchElementException])
+  }
+}
+
+case class SQLConfAssertPlan(confToCheck: Seq[(String, String)]) extends LeafExecNode {
+  override protected def doExecute(): RDD[InternalRow] = {
+    sqlContext
+      .sparkContext
+      .parallelize(0 until 2, 2)
+      .mapPartitions { it =>
+        val confs = SQLConf.get
+        confToCheck.foreach { case (key, expectedValue) =>
+          assert(confs.getConfString(key) == expectedValue)
+        }
+        it.map(i => InternalRow.fromSeq(Seq(i)))
+      }
+  }
+
+  override def output: Seq[Attribute] = Seq.empty
+}
+
+case class FakeQueryExecution(spark: SparkSession, physicalPlan: SparkPlan)
+    extends QueryExecution(spark, LocalRelation()) {
+  override lazy val sparkPlan: SparkPlan = physicalPlan
+  override lazy val executedPlan: SparkPlan = physicalPlan
 }