YARN-8541. RM startup failure on recovery after user deletion. Contributed by Bibin A Chundatt.

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/RMAppManager.java

@@ -364,17 +364,9 @@ public class RMAppManager implements EventHandler<RMAppManagerEvent>,
       ApplicationSubmissionContext submissionContext, long submitTime,
       String user, boolean isRecovery, long startTime) throws YarnException {
 
-    ApplicationPlacementContext placementContext = null;
-    try {
-      placementContext = placeApplication(rmContext, submissionContext, user);
-    } catch (YarnException e) {
-      String msg =
-          "Failed to place application " + submissionContext.getApplicationId()
-              + " to queue and specified " + "queue is invalid : "
-              + submissionContext.getQueue();
-      LOG.error(msg, e);
-      throw e;
-    }
+    ApplicationPlacementContext placementContext =
+        placeApplication(rmContext.getQueuePlacementManager(),
+            submissionContext, user, isRecovery);
 
     // We only replace the queue when it's a new application
     if (!isRecovery) {
@@ -789,23 +781,31 @@ public class RMAppManager implements EventHandler<RMAppManagerEvent>,
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  ApplicationPlacementContext placeApplication(RMContext rmContext,
-      ApplicationSubmissionContext context, String user) throws YarnException {
+  ApplicationPlacementContext placeApplication(
+      PlacementManager placementManager, ApplicationSubmissionContext context,
+      String user, boolean isRecovery) throws YarnException {
     ApplicationPlacementContext placementContext = null;
-    PlacementManager placementManager = rmContext.getQueuePlacementManager();
-
     if (placementManager != null) {
-      placementContext = placementManager.placeApplication(context, user);
-    } else{
-      if ( context.getQueue() == null || context.getQueue().isEmpty()) {
-        final String msg = "Queue Placement Manager is not set. Cannot place "
-            + "application : " + context.getApplicationId() + " to queue and "
-            + "specified queue is invalid " + context.getQueue();
-        LOG.error(msg);
-        throw new YarnException(msg);
+      try {
+        placementContext = placementManager.placeApplication(context, user);
+      } catch (YarnException e) {
+        // Placement could also fail if the user doesn't exist in system
+        // skip if the user is not found during recovery.
+        if (isRecovery) {
+          LOG.warn("PlaceApplication failed,skipping on recovery of rm");
+          return placementContext;
+        }
+        throw e;
       }
     }
-
+    if (placementContext == null && (context.getQueue() == null) || context
+        .getQueue().isEmpty()) {
+      String msg = "Failed to place application " + context.getApplicationId()
+          + " to queue and specified " + "queue is invalid : " + context
+          .getQueue();
+      LOG.error(msg);
+      throw new YarnException(msg);
+    }
     return placementContext;
   }
 

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/placement/PlacementManager.java

@@ -70,15 +70,6 @@ public class PlacementManager {
         }
       }
 
-      // Failed to get where to place application
-      if (null == placement && null == asc.getQueue()) {
-        String msg = "Failed to place application " +
-            asc.getApplicationId() + " to queue and specified "
-            + "queue is invalid : " + asc.getQueue();
-        LOG.error(msg);
-        throw new YarnException(msg);
-      }
-
       return placement;
     } finally {
       readLock.unlock();

hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestWorkPreservingRMRestart.java

@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ResourceRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.YarnApplicationState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.NMContainerStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.TestRMRestart.TestSecurityMockRM;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.placement
+    .ApplicationPlacementContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.placement.PlacementManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.recovery.MemoryRMStateStore;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.recovery.RMStateStore.RMState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.recovery.records.ApplicationAttemptStateData;
@@ -105,6 +109,8 @@ import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler
 import static org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.webapp
     .RMWebServices.DEFAULT_QUEUE;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
@@ -1554,6 +1560,48 @@ public class TestWorkPreservingRMRestart extends ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase
 
   }
 
+  @Test(timeout = 30000)
+  public void testUnknownUserOnRecovery() throws Exception {
+
+    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf);
+    rm1.start();
+    MockMemoryRMStateStore memStore =
+        (MockMemoryRMStateStore) rm1.getRMStateStore();
+    MockNM nm1 =
+        new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
+    nm1.registerNode();
+
+    // create app and launch the UAM
+    RMApp app0 = rm1.submitApp(200, true);
+    MockAM am0 = MockRM.launchUAM(app0, rm1, nm1);
+    am0.registerAppAttempt();
+    rm1.killApp(app0.getApplicationId());
+    PlacementManager placementMgr = mock(PlacementManager.class);
+    doThrow(new YarnException("No groups for user")).when(placementMgr)
+        .placeApplication(any(ApplicationSubmissionContext.class),
+            any(String.class));
+    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore) {
+      @Override
+      protected RMAppManager createRMAppManager() {
+        return new RMAppManager(this.rmContext, this.scheduler,
+            this.masterService, this.applicationACLsManager, conf) {
+          @Override
+          ApplicationPlacementContext placeApplication(
+              PlacementManager placementManager,
+              ApplicationSubmissionContext context, String user,
+              boolean isRecovery) throws YarnException {
+            return super
+                .placeApplication(placementMgr, context, user, isRecovery);
+          }
+        };
+      }
+    };
+    rm2.start();
+    RMApp recoveredApp =
+        rm2.getRMContext().getRMApps().get(app0.getApplicationId());
+    Assert.assertEquals(RMAppState.KILLED, recoveredApp.getState());
+  }
+
   @Test(timeout = 30000)
   public void testDynamicAutoCreatedQueueRecoveryWithDefaultQueue()
       throws Exception {