HDFS-14418. Remove redundant super user priveledge checks from namenode. Contributed by Ayush Saxena.

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java

@@ -7397,7 +7397,6 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
       Metadata metadata = FSDirEncryptionZoneOp.ensureKeyIsInitialized(dir,
           keyName, src);
       final FSPermissionChecker pc = getPermissionChecker();
-      checkSuperuserPrivilege(pc);
       checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);
       final FileStatus resultingStat;
       writeLock();
@@ -7459,7 +7458,6 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
     boolean success = false;
     checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
     final FSPermissionChecker pc = getPermissionChecker();
-    checkSuperuserPrivilege(pc);
     readLock();
     try {
       checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
@@ -7497,7 +7495,6 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
     boolean success = false;
     checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);
     final FSPermissionChecker pc = getPermissionChecker();
-    checkSuperuserPrivilege(pc);
     readLock();
     try {
       checkOperation(OperationCategory.READ);

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java

@@ -1331,7 +1331,6 @@ public class NameNodeRpcServer implements NamenodeProtocols {
   @Override // NamenodeProtocol
   public CheckpointSignature rollEditLog() throws IOException {
     checkNNStartup();
-    namesystem.checkSuperuserPrivilege();
     return namesystem.rollEditLog();
   }
   

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDistributedFileSystem.java

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.FsVolumeSpi;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.ErasureCodingPolicyManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.WebHdfsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.ECSchema;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.DNSToSwitchMapping;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.ScriptBasedMapping;
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.net.StaticMapping;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.test.LambdaTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.Whitebox;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.DataChecksum;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
@@ -1804,6 +1806,59 @@ public class TestDistributedFileSystem {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSuperUserPrivilege() throws Exception {
+    HdfsConfiguration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
+    File tmpDir = GenericTestUtils.getTestDir(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+    final Path jksPath = new Path(tmpDir.toString(), "test.jks");
+    conf.set(CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.HADOOP_SECURITY_KEY_PROVIDER_PATH,
+        JavaKeyStoreProvider.SCHEME_NAME + "://file" + jksPath.toUri());
+
+    try (MiniDFSCluster cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).build()) {
+      cluster.waitActive();
+      final DistributedFileSystem dfs = cluster.getFileSystem();
+      Path dir = new Path("/testPrivilege");
+      dfs.mkdirs(dir);
+
+      final KeyProvider provider =
+          cluster.getNameNode().getNamesystem().getProvider();
+      final KeyProvider.Options options = KeyProvider.options(conf);
+      provider.createKey("key", options);
+      provider.flush();
+
+      // Create a non-super user.
+      UserGroupInformation user = UserGroupInformation.createUserForTesting(
+          "Non_SuperUser", new String[] {"Non_SuperGroup"});
+
+      DistributedFileSystem userfs = (DistributedFileSystem) user.doAs(
+          (PrivilegedExceptionAction<FileSystem>) () -> FileSystem.get(conf));
+
+      LambdaTestUtils.intercept(AccessControlException.class,
+          "Superuser privilege is required",
+          () -> userfs.createEncryptionZone(dir, "key"));
+
+      RemoteException re = LambdaTestUtils.intercept(RemoteException.class,
+          "Superuser privilege is required",
+          () -> userfs.listEncryptionZones().hasNext());
+      assertTrue(re.unwrapRemoteException() instanceof AccessControlException);
+
+      re = LambdaTestUtils.intercept(RemoteException.class,
+          "Superuser privilege is required",
+          () -> userfs.listReencryptionStatus().hasNext());
+      assertTrue(re.unwrapRemoteException() instanceof AccessControlException);
+
+      LambdaTestUtils.intercept(AccessControlException.class,
+          "Superuser privilege is required",
+          () -> user.doAs(new PrivilegedExceptionAction<Void>() {
+            @Override
+            public Void run() throws Exception {
+              cluster.getNameNode().getRpcServer().rollEditLog();
+              return null;
+            }
+          }));
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testRemoveErasureCodingPolicy() throws Exception {
     Configuration conf = getTestConfiguration();