HDFS-11605. Allow user to customize new erasure code policies. Contributed by Huafeng Wang

hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/erasurecode/ECSchema.java

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ public final class ECSchema {
     return sb.toString();
   }
 
+  // Todo: Further use `extraOptions` to compare ECSchemas
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object o) {
     if (o == null) {

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.impl.DfsClientConf;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.impl.LeaseRenewer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.net.Peer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AclException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveEntry;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveInfo;
@@ -2763,6 +2764,12 @@ public class DFSClient implements java.io.Closeable, RemotePeerFactory,
     }
   }
 
+  public AddingECPolicyResponse[] addErasureCodingPolicies(
+      ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies) throws IOException {
+    checkOpen();
+    return namenode.addErasureCodingPolicies(policies);
+  }
+
   public DFSInotifyEventInputStream getInotifyEventStream() throws IOException {
     checkOpen();
     return new DFSInotifyEventInputStream(namenode, tracer);

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DistributedFileSystem.java

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsClientConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.impl.CorruptFileBlockIterator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOpsCountStatistics.OpType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveEntry;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveInfo;
@@ -2530,6 +2531,18 @@ public class DistributedFileSystem extends FileSystem {
     return Arrays.asList(dfs.getErasureCodingPolicies());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add Erasure coding policies to HDFS.
+   *
+   * @param policies The user defined ec policy list to add.
+   * @return Return the response list of adding operations.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public AddingECPolicyResponse[] addErasureCodingPolicies(
+      ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies)  throws IOException {
+    return dfs.addErasureCodingPolicies(policies);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Unset the erasure coding policy from the source path.
    *

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/AddingECPolicyResponse.java

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol;
+
+/**
+ * A response of adding an ErasureCoding policy.
+ */
+public class AddingECPolicyResponse {
+  private boolean succeed;
+  private ErasureCodingPolicy policy;
+  private String errorMsg;
+
+  public AddingECPolicyResponse(ErasureCodingPolicy policy) {
+    this.policy = policy;
+    this.succeed = true;
+  }
+
+  public AddingECPolicyResponse(ErasureCodingPolicy policy,
+      String errorMsg) {
+    this.policy = policy;
+    this.errorMsg = errorMsg;
+    this.succeed = false;
+  }
+
+  public AddingECPolicyResponse(ErasureCodingPolicy policy,
+      IllegalECPolicyException e) {
+    this(policy, e.getMessage());
+  }
+
+  public boolean isSucceed() {
+    return succeed;
+  }
+
+  public ErasureCodingPolicy getPolicy() {
+    return policy;
+  }
+
+  public String getErrorMsg() {
+    return errorMsg;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    if (isSucceed()) {
+      return "Add ErasureCodingPolicy " + getPolicy().getName() + " succeed.";
+    } else {
+      return "Add ErasureCodingPolicy " + getPolicy().getName() + " failed and "
+          + "error message is " + getErrorMsg();
+    }
+  }
+}

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ClientProtocol.java

@@ -1520,6 +1520,17 @@ public interface ClientProtocol {
   void setErasureCodingPolicy(String src, String ecPolicyName)
       throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * Add Erasure coding policies.
+   *
+   * @param policies The user defined ec policy list to add.
+   * @return Return the response list of adding operations.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @AtMostOnce
+  AddingECPolicyResponse[] addErasureCodingPolicies(
+      ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies) throws IOException;
+
   /**
    * Get the erasure coding policies loaded in Namenode
    *

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ErasureCodingPolicy.java

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.ECSchema;
 @InterfaceStability.Evolving
 public final class ErasureCodingPolicy {
 
-  private final String name;
   private final ECSchema schema;
   private final int cellSize;
-  private final byte id;
+  private String name;
+  private byte id;
 
   public ErasureCodingPolicy(String name, ECSchema schema,
       int cellSize, byte id) {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public final class ErasureCodingPolicy {
     this(composePolicyName(schema, cellSize), schema, cellSize, id);
   }
 
-  private static String composePolicyName(ECSchema schema, int cellSize) {
+  public static String composePolicyName(ECSchema schema, int cellSize) {
     assert cellSize % 1024 == 0;
     return schema.getCodecName().toUpperCase() + "-" +
         schema.getNumDataUnits() + "-" + schema.getNumParityUnits() +
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public final class ErasureCodingPolicy {
     return name;
   }
 
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
   public ECSchema getSchema() {
     return schema;
   }
@@ -86,6 +90,10 @@ public final class ErasureCodingPolicy {
     return id;
   }
 
+  public void setId(byte id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object o) {
     if (o == null) {

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/IllegalECPolicyException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
+
+/**
+ * An Exception indicates the error when adding an ErasureCoding policy.
+ */
+@InterfaceAudience.Private
+@InterfaceStability.Evolving
+public class IllegalECPolicyException extends Exception {
+  static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+  public IllegalECPolicyException(String msg) {
+    super(msg);
+  }
+}

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.AddBlockFlag;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.inotify.EventBatchList;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveEntry;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveInfo;
@@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.EncryptionZonesProtos.CreateEncrypt
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.EncryptionZonesProtos.EncryptionZoneProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.EncryptionZonesProtos.GetEZForPathRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.EncryptionZonesProtos.ListEncryptionZonesRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.AddErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
@@ -1624,6 +1628,27 @@ public class ClientNamenodeProtocolTranslatorPB implements
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public AddingECPolicyResponse[] addErasureCodingPolicies(
+      ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies) throws IOException {
+    List<ErasureCodingPolicyProto> protos = Arrays.stream(policies)
+        .map(PBHelperClient::convertErasureCodingPolicy)
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    AddErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto req =
+        AddErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto.newBuilder()
+        .addAllEcPolicies(protos).build();
+    try {
+      AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto rep = rpcProxy
+          .addErasureCodingPolicies(null, req);
+      AddingECPolicyResponse[] responses = rep.getResponsesList().stream()
+          .map(PBHelperClient::convertAddingECPolicyResponse)
+          .toArray(AddingECPolicyResponse[]::new);
+      return responses;
+    }  catch (ServiceException e) {
+      throw ProtobufHelper.getRemoteException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public ErasureCodingPolicy[] getErasureCodingPolicies() throws IOException {
     try {

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/PBHelperClient.java

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtilClient;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.inotify.Event;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.inotify.EventBatch;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.inotify.EventBatchList;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockType;
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.DataTransferProtos.ShortCircuitShmS
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.EncryptionZonesProtos.EncryptionZoneProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos.AccessModeProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos.AddingECPolicyResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos.BlockProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos.BlockStoragePolicyProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos.BlockTypeProto;
@@ -2679,6 +2681,28 @@ public class PBHelperClient {
     return builder.build();
   }
 
+  public static AddingECPolicyResponseProto convertAddingECPolicyResponse(
+      AddingECPolicyResponse response) {
+    AddingECPolicyResponseProto.Builder builder =
+        AddingECPolicyResponseProto.newBuilder()
+        .setPolicy(convertErasureCodingPolicy(response.getPolicy()))
+        .setSucceed(response.isSucceed());
+    if (!response.isSucceed()) {
+      builder.setErrorMsg(response.getErrorMsg());
+    }
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
+  public static AddingECPolicyResponse convertAddingECPolicyResponse(
+      AddingECPolicyResponseProto proto) {
+    ErasureCodingPolicy policy = convertErasureCodingPolicy(proto.getPolicy());
+    if (proto.getSucceed()) {
+      return new AddingECPolicyResponse(policy);
+    } else {
+      return new AddingECPolicyResponse(policy, proto.getErrorMsg());
+    }
+  }
+
   public static HdfsProtos.DatanodeInfosProto convertToProto(
       DatanodeInfo[] datanodeInfos) {
     HdfsProtos.DatanodeInfosProto.Builder builder =

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/util/ECPolicyLoader.java

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -59,17 +60,16 @@ public class ECPolicyLoader {
    * @return all valid EC policies in EC policy file
    */
   public List<ErasureCodingPolicy> loadPolicy(String policyFilePath) {
+    try {
       File policyFile = getPolicyFile(policyFilePath);
-    if (policyFile == null) {
+      if (!policyFile.exists()) {
         LOG.warn("Not found any EC policy file");
         return Collections.emptyList();
       }
-
-    try {
       return loadECPolicies(policyFile);
     } catch (ParserConfigurationException | IOException | SAXException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load EC policy file: "
-          + policyFile);
+          + policyFilePath);
     }
   }
 
@@ -220,15 +220,12 @@ public class ECPolicyLoader {
    * @param policyFilePath path of EC policy file
    * @return EC policy file
    */
-  private File getPolicyFile(String policyFilePath) {
+  private File getPolicyFile(String policyFilePath)
+      throws MalformedURLException {
     File policyFile = new File(policyFilePath);
     if (!policyFile.isAbsolute()) {
-      URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
+      URL url = new URL(policyFilePath);
-          .getResource(policyFilePath);
+      if (!url.getProtocol().equalsIgnoreCase("file")) {
-      if (url == null) {
-        LOG.warn(policyFilePath + " not found on the classpath.");
-        policyFile = null;
-      } else if (!url.getProtocol().equalsIgnoreCase("file")) {
         throw new RuntimeException(
             "EC policy file " + url
                 + " found on the classpath is not on the local filesystem.");

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/ClientNamenodeProtocol.proto

@@ -907,6 +907,8 @@ service ClientNamenodeProtocol {
       returns(GetEditsFromTxidResponseProto);
   rpc getErasureCodingPolicies(GetErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto)
       returns(GetErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto);
+  rpc addErasureCodingPolicies(AddErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto)
+      returns(AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto);
   rpc getErasureCodingPolicy(GetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto)
       returns(GetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto);
   rpc getQuotaUsage(GetQuotaUsageRequestProto)

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/erasurecoding.proto

@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ message GetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto {
   optional ErasureCodingPolicyProto ecPolicy = 1;
 }
 
+message AddErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto {
+  repeated ErasureCodingPolicyProto ecPolicies = 1;
+}
+
+message AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto {
+  repeated AddingECPolicyResponseProto responses = 1;
+}
+
 message UnsetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto {
   required string src = 1;
 }

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/hdfs.proto

@@ -371,6 +371,12 @@ message ErasureCodingPolicyProto {
   required uint32 id = 4; // Actually a byte - only 8 bits used
 }
 
+message AddingECPolicyResponseProto {
+  required ErasureCodingPolicyProto policy = 1;
+  required bool succeed = 2;
+  optional string errorMsg = 3;
+}
+
 /**
  * Status of a file, directory or symlink
  * Optionally includes a file's block locations if requested by client on the rpc call.

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java

@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsServerDefaults;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Options.Rename;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.QuotaUsage;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveEntry;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveInfo;
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ClientProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CorruptFileBlocks;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DirectoryListing;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.EncryptionZone;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsFileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LastBlockWithStatus;
@@ -209,6 +213,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.EncryptionZonesProtos.GetEZForPathR
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.EncryptionZonesProtos.GetEZForPathRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.EncryptionZonesProtos.ListEncryptionZonesResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.EncryptionZonesProtos.ListEncryptionZonesRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.AddErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.GetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
@@ -217,6 +223,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.SetErasureCodin
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.SetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.UnsetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.ErasureCodingProtos.UnsetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos.BlockStoragePolicyProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos.DatanodeIDProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos.DatanodeInfoProto;
@@ -233,7 +240,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.block.DataEncryptionKey;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.delegation.DelegationTokenIdentifier;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.EnumSetWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.proto.SecurityProtos.CancelDelegationTokenRequestProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.proto.SecurityProtos.CancelDelegationTokenResponseProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.proto.SecurityProtos.GetDelegationTokenRequestProto;
@@ -1612,6 +1618,29 @@ public class ClientNamenodeProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB implements
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto addErasureCodingPolicies(
+      RpcController controller, AddErasureCodingPoliciesRequestProto request)
+      throws ServiceException {
+    try {
+      ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies = request.getEcPoliciesList().stream()
+          .map(PBHelperClient::convertErasureCodingPolicy)
+          .toArray(ErasureCodingPolicy[]::new);
+      AddingECPolicyResponse[] result = server
+          .addErasureCodingPolicies(policies);
+
+      List<HdfsProtos.AddingECPolicyResponseProto> responseProtos = Arrays
+          .stream(result).map(PBHelperClient::convertAddingECPolicyResponse)
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+      AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto response =
+          AddErasureCodingPoliciesResponseProto.newBuilder()
+            .addAllResponses(responseProtos).build();
+      return response;
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new ServiceException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public GetErasureCodingPolicyResponseProto getErasureCodingPolicy(RpcController controller,
       GetErasureCodingPolicyRequestProto request) throws ServiceException {

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

@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.IllegalECPolicyException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SystemErasureCodingPolicies;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
  * This manages erasure coding policies predefined and activated in the system.
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({"HDFS"})
 public final class ErasureCodingPolicyManager {
+  private static final byte USER_DEFINED_POLICY_START_ID = 32;
 
   // Supported storage policies for striped EC files
   private static final byte[] SUITABLE_STORAGE_POLICIES_FOR_EC_STRIPED_MODE =
@@ -46,17 +49,44 @@ public final class ErasureCodingPolicyManager {
           HdfsConstants.COLD_STORAGE_POLICY_ID,
           HdfsConstants.ALLSSD_STORAGE_POLICY_ID};
 
+  /**
+   * All user defined policies sorted by name for fast querying.
+   */
+  private Map<String, ErasureCodingPolicy> userPoliciesByName;
+
+  /**
+   * All user defined policies sorted by ID for fast querying.
+   */
+  private Map<Byte, ErasureCodingPolicy> userPoliciesByID;
+
   /**
    * All enabled policies maintained in NN memory for fast querying,
    * identified and sorted by its name.
    */
-  private final Map<String, ErasureCodingPolicy> enabledPoliciesByName;
+  private Map<String, ErasureCodingPolicy> enabledPoliciesByName;
 
-  ErasureCodingPolicyManager(Configuration conf) {
+  private volatile static ErasureCodingPolicyManager instance = null;
+
+  public static ErasureCodingPolicyManager getInstance() {
+    if (instance == null) {
+      instance = new ErasureCodingPolicyManager();
+    }
+    return instance;
+  }
+
+  private ErasureCodingPolicyManager() {}
+
+  public void init(Configuration conf) {
+    this.loadPolicies(conf);
+  }
+
+  private void loadPolicies(Configuration conf) {
     // Populate the list of enabled policies from configuration
     final String[] policyNames = conf.getTrimmedStrings(
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EC_POLICIES_ENABLED_KEY,
         DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EC_POLICIES_ENABLED_DEFAULT);
+    this.userPoliciesByID = new TreeMap<>();
+    this.userPoliciesByName = new TreeMap<>();
     this.enabledPoliciesByName = new TreeMap<>();
     for (String policyName : policyNames) {
       if (policyName.trim().isEmpty()) {
@@ -119,6 +149,39 @@ public final class ErasureCodingPolicyManager {
     return isPolicySuitable;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get all system defined policies and user defined policies.
+   * @return all policies
+   */
+  public List<ErasureCodingPolicy> getPolicies() {
+    return Stream.concat(SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getPolicies().stream(),
+      this.userPoliciesByID.values().stream()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a policy by policy ID, including system policy and user defined policy.
+   * @return ecPolicy, or null if not found
+   */
+  public ErasureCodingPolicy getByID(byte id) {
+    ErasureCodingPolicy policy = SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getByID(id);
+    if (policy == null) {
+      return this.userPoliciesByID.get(id);
+    }
+    return policy;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a policy by policy ID, including system policy and user defined policy.
+   * @return ecPolicy, or null if not found
+   */
+  public ErasureCodingPolicy getByName(String name) {
+    ErasureCodingPolicy policy = SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getByName(name);
+    if (policy == null) {
+      return this.userPoliciesByName.get(name);
+    }
+    return policy;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Clear and clean up.
    */
@@ -126,4 +189,30 @@ public final class ErasureCodingPolicyManager {
     // TODO: we should only clear policies loaded from NN metadata.
     // This is a placeholder for HDFS-7337.
   }
+
+  public synchronized void addPolicy(ErasureCodingPolicy policy)
+      throws IllegalECPolicyException {
+    String assignedNewName = ErasureCodingPolicy.composePolicyName(
+        policy.getSchema(), policy.getCellSize());
+    for (ErasureCodingPolicy p : getPolicies()) {
+      if (p.getName().equals(assignedNewName)) {
+        throw new IllegalECPolicyException("The policy name already exists");
+      }
+      if (p.getSchema().equals(policy.getSchema()) &&
+          p.getCellSize() == policy.getCellSize()) {
+        throw new IllegalECPolicyException("A policy with same schema and " +
+            "cell size already exists");
+      }
+    }
+    policy.setName(assignedNewName);
+    policy.setId(getNextAvailablePolicyID());
+    this.userPoliciesByName.put(policy.getName(), policy);
+    this.userPoliciesByID.put(policy.getId(), policy);
+  }
+
+  private byte getNextAvailablePolicyID() {
+    byte currentId = this.userPoliciesByID.keySet().stream()
+        .max(Byte::compareTo).orElse(USER_DEFINED_POLICY_START_ID);
+    return (byte) (currentId + 1);
+  }
 }

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

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.XAttrSetFlag;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.XAttrHelper;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SystemErasureCodingPolicies;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.IllegalECPolicyException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsFileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSDirectory.DirOp;
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ final class FSDirErasureCodingOp {
     return fsd.getAuditFileInfo(iip);
   }
 
+  static void addErasureCodePolicy(final FSNamesystem fsn,
+      ErasureCodingPolicy policy) throws IllegalECPolicyException {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(policy);
+    fsn.getErasureCodingPolicyManager().addPolicy(policy);
+  }
+
   private static List<XAttr> removeErasureCodingPolicyXAttr(
       final FSNamesystem fsn, final INodesInPath srcIIP) throws IOException {
     FSDirectory fsd = fsn.getFSDirectory();
@@ -319,7 +325,7 @@ final class FSDirErasureCodingOp {
         if (inode.isFile()) {
           byte id = inode.asFile().getErasureCodingPolicyID();
           return id < 0 ? null :
-              SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getByID(id);
+              fsd.getFSNamesystem().getErasureCodingPolicyManager().getByID(id);
         }
         // We don't allow setting EC policies on paths with a symlink. Thus
         // if a symlink is encountered, the dir shouldn't have EC policy.
@@ -334,7 +340,8 @@ final class FSDirErasureCodingOp {
             ByteArrayInputStream bIn = new ByteArrayInputStream(xattr.getValue());
             DataInputStream dIn = new DataInputStream(bIn);
             String ecPolicyName = WritableUtils.readString(dIn);
-            return SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getByName(ecPolicyName);
+            return fsd.getFSNamesystem().getErasureCodingPolicyManager()
+              .getByName(ecPolicyName);
           }
         }
       }

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

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.PermissionStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.StorageType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.XAttr;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SystemErasureCodingPolicies;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.proto.HdfsProtos.BlockProto;
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ public final class FSImageFormatPBINode {
       assert ((!isStriped) || (isStriped && !f.hasReplication()));
       Short replication = (!isStriped ? (short) f.getReplication() : null);
       ErasureCodingPolicy ecPolicy = isStriped ?
-          SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getByID(
+          fsn.getErasureCodingPolicyManager().getByID(
               (byte) f.getErasureCodingPolicyID()) : null;
       Byte ecPolicyID = (isStriped ? ecPolicy.getId() : null);
 

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

@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HAUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.UnknownCryptoProtocolVersionException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AlreadyBeingCreatedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveEntry;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.CacheDirectiveInfo;
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ExtendedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.DatanodeReportType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.SafeModeAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsFileStatus;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.IllegalECPolicyException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LastBlockWithStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlocks;
@@ -211,7 +214,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.delegation.DelegationTokenSecretMan
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockCollection;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManager;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockUnderConstructionFeature;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeManager;
@@ -429,7 +431,6 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
   private final BlockManager blockManager;
   private final SnapshotManager snapshotManager;
   private final CacheManager cacheManager;
-  private final ErasureCodingPolicyManager ecPolicyManager;
   private final DatanodeStatistics datanodeStatistics;
 
   private String nameserviceId;
@@ -593,9 +594,9 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
     leaseManager.removeAllLeases();
     snapshotManager.clearSnapshottableDirs();
     cacheManager.clear();
-    ecPolicyManager.clear();
     setImageLoaded(false);
     blockManager.clear();
+    ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance().clear();
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
@@ -846,7 +847,8 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
       this.dir = new FSDirectory(this, conf);
       this.snapshotManager = new SnapshotManager(conf, dir);
       this.cacheManager = new CacheManager(this, conf, blockManager);
-      this.ecPolicyManager = new ErasureCodingPolicyManager(conf);
+      // Init ErasureCodingPolicyManager instance.
+      ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance().init(conf);
       this.topConf = new TopConf(conf);
       this.auditLoggers = initAuditLoggers(conf);
       this.isDefaultAuditLogger = auditLoggers.size() == 1 &&
@@ -5753,7 +5755,7 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
 
   /** @return the ErasureCodingPolicyManager. */
   public ErasureCodingPolicyManager getErasureCodingPolicyManager() {
-    return ecPolicyManager;
+    return ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -6823,6 +6825,28 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSNamesystemMBean,
         resultingStat);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add multiple erasure coding policies to the ErasureCodingPolicyManager.
+   * @param policies The policies to add.
+   * @return The according result of add operation.
+   */
+  AddingECPolicyResponse[] addECPolicies(ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies)
+      throws IOException {
+    checkOperation(OperationCategory.WRITE);
+    List<AddingECPolicyResponse> responses = new ArrayList<>();
+    writeLock();
+    for (ErasureCodingPolicy policy : policies) {
+      try {
+        FSDirErasureCodingOp.addErasureCodePolicy(this, policy);
+        responses.add(new AddingECPolicyResponse(policy));
+      } catch (IllegalECPolicyException e) {
+        responses.add(new AddingECPolicyResponse(policy, e));
+      }
+    }
+    writeUnlock("addECPolicies");
+    return responses.toArray(new AddingECPolicyResponse[0]);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Unset an erasure coding policy from the given path.
    * @param srcArg  The path of the target directory.

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

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.PermissionStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.StorageType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SystemErasureCodingPolicies;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.QuotaExceededException;
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ public class INodeFile extends INodeWithAdditionalFields
       if (blockType == STRIPED) {
         Preconditions.checkArgument(replication == null &&
             erasureCodingPolicyID != null);
-        Preconditions.checkArgument(SystemErasureCodingPolicies
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance()
                 .getByID(erasureCodingPolicyID) != null,
             "Could not find EC policy with ID 0x" + StringUtils
                 .byteToHexString(erasureCodingPolicyID));
@@ -516,8 +515,8 @@ public class INodeFile extends INodeWithAdditionalFields
       return max;
     }
 
-    ErasureCodingPolicy ecPolicy =
+    ErasureCodingPolicy ecPolicy = ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance()
-        SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getByID(getErasureCodingPolicyID());
+        .getByID(getErasureCodingPolicyID());
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(ecPolicy, "Could not find EC policy with ID 0x"
         + StringUtils.byteToHexString(getErasureCodingPolicyID()));
     return (short) (ecPolicy.getNumDataUnits() + ecPolicy.getNumParityUnits());

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

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HDFSPolicyProvider;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.inotify.EventBatch;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.inotify.EventBatchList;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AclException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AlreadyBeingCreatedException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockListAsLongs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.BlockStoragePolicy;
@@ -2261,6 +2262,13 @@ public class NameNodeRpcServer implements NamenodeProtocols {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public AddingECPolicyResponse[] addErasureCodingPolicies(
+      ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies) throws IOException {
+    checkNNStartup();
+    return namesystem.addECPolicies(policies);
+  }
+
   @Override // ReconfigurationProtocol
   public void startReconfiguration() throws IOException {
     checkNNStartup();

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/ECAdmin.java

@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configured;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DistributedFileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.util.ECPolicyLoader;
 import org.apache.hadoop.tools.TableListing;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
@@ -135,6 +137,66 @@ public class ECAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
     }
   }
 
+  /** Command to add a set of erasure coding policies. */
+  private static class AddECPoliciesCommand
+      implements AdminHelper.Command {
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+      return "-addPolicies";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getShortUsage() {
+      return "[" + getName() + " -policyFile <file>]\n";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getLongUsage() {
+      final TableListing listing = AdminHelper.getOptionDescriptionListing();
+      listing.addRow("<file>",
+          "The path of the xml file which defines the EC policies to add");
+      return getShortUsage() + "\n" +
+          "Add a list of erasure coding policies.\n" +
+          listing.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int run(Configuration conf, List<String> args) throws IOException {
+      final String filePath =
+          StringUtils.popOptionWithArgument("-policyFile", args);
+      if (filePath == null) {
+        System.err.println("Please specify the path with -policyFile.\nUsage: "
+            + getLongUsage());
+        return 1;
+      }
+
+      if (args.size() > 0) {
+        System.err.println(getName() + ": Too many arguments");
+        return 1;
+      }
+
+      final DistributedFileSystem dfs = AdminHelper.getDFS(conf);
+      try {
+        List<ErasureCodingPolicy> policies =
+            new ECPolicyLoader().loadPolicy(filePath);
+        if (policies.size() > 0) {
+          AddingECPolicyResponse[] responses = dfs.addErasureCodingPolicies(
+            policies.toArray(new ErasureCodingPolicy[policies.size()]));
+          for (AddingECPolicyResponse response : responses) {
+            System.out.println(response);
+          }
+        } else {
+          System.out.println("No EC policy parsed out from " + filePath);
+        }
+
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        System.err.println(AdminHelper.prettifyException(e));
+        return 2;
+      }
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Command to get the erasure coding policy for a file or directory */
   private static class GetECPolicyCommand implements AdminHelper.Command {
     @Override
@@ -301,6 +363,7 @@ public class ECAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
 
   private static final AdminHelper.Command[] COMMANDS = {
       new ListECPoliciesCommand(),
+      new AddECPoliciesCommand(),
       new GetECPolicyCommand(),
       new SetECPolicyCommand(),
       new UnsetECPolicyCommand()

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSErasureCoding.md

@@ -178,3 +178,7 @@ Below are the details about each command.
  *  `[-listPolicies]`
 
      Lists the set of enabled erasure coding policies. These names are suitable for use with the `setPolicy` command.
+
+ *  `[-addPolicies -policyFile <file>]`
+
+     Add a list of erasure coding policies. Please refer etc/hadoop/user_ec_policies.xml.template for the example policy file.

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

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.BlockLocation;
@@ -75,14 +77,18 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.HdfsClientConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.client.impl.LeaseRenewer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSOpsCountStatistics.OpType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.net.Peer;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.RollingUpgradeAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.SafeModeAction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SystemErasureCodingPolicies;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.FsDatasetSpi;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.FsVolumeSpi;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.WebHdfsConstants;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.erasurecode.ECSchema;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.DNSToSwitchMapping;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.ScriptBasedMapping;
@@ -1443,4 +1449,37 @@ public class TestDistributedFileSystem {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAddErasureCodingPolicies() throws Exception {
+    Configuration conf = getTestConfiguration();
+    MiniDFSCluster cluster = null;
+
+    try {
+      ErasureCodingPolicy policy1 =
+          SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getPolicies().get(0);
+      conf.set(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EC_POLICIES_ENABLED_KEY,
+          Stream.of(policy1).map(ErasureCodingPolicy::getName)
+          .collect(Collectors.joining(", ")));
+
+      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(1).build();
+      DistributedFileSystem fs = cluster.getFileSystem();
+
+      ECSchema toAddSchema = new ECSchema("testcodec", 3, 2);
+      ErasureCodingPolicy toAddPolicy =
+          new ErasureCodingPolicy(toAddSchema, 128 * 1024, (byte) 254);
+      ErasureCodingPolicy[] policies = new ErasureCodingPolicy[]{
+          policy1, toAddPolicy};
+      AddingECPolicyResponse[] responses =
+          fs.addErasureCodingPolicies(policies);
+      assertEquals(2, responses.length);
+      assertFalse(responses[0].isSucceed());
+      assertTrue(responses[1].isSucceed());
+      assertTrue(responses[1].getPolicy().getId() > 0);
+    } finally {
+      if (cluster != null) {
+        cluster.shutdown();
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocolPB/TestPBHelper.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB;
 
 
 import com.google.protobuf.UninitializedMessageException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.AddingECPolicyResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.SystemErasureCodingPolicies;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.SlowDiskReports;
 
@@ -907,6 +908,40 @@ public class TestPBHelper {
         fsServerDefaults.getKeyProviderUri());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testConvertAddingECPolicyResponse() throws Exception {
+    // Check conversion of the built-in policies.
+    for (ErasureCodingPolicy policy :
+        SystemErasureCodingPolicies.getPolicies()) {
+      AddingECPolicyResponse response = new AddingECPolicyResponse(policy);
+      HdfsProtos.AddingECPolicyResponseProto proto = PBHelperClient
+          .convertAddingECPolicyResponse(response);
+      // Optional fields should not be set.
+      assertFalse("Unnecessary field is set.", proto.hasErrorMsg());
+      // Convert proto back to an object and check for equality.
+      AddingECPolicyResponse convertedResponse = PBHelperClient
+          .convertAddingECPolicyResponse(proto);
+      assertEquals("Converted policy not equal", response.getPolicy(),
+          convertedResponse.getPolicy());
+      assertEquals("Converted policy not equal", response.isSucceed(),
+          convertedResponse.isSucceed());
+    }
+
+    ErasureCodingPolicy policy = SystemErasureCodingPolicies
+        .getPolicies().get(0);
+    AddingECPolicyResponse response =
+        new AddingECPolicyResponse(policy, "failed");
+    HdfsProtos.AddingECPolicyResponseProto proto = PBHelperClient
+        .convertAddingECPolicyResponse(response);
+    // Convert proto back to an object and check for equality.
+    AddingECPolicyResponse convertedResponse = PBHelperClient
+        .convertAddingECPolicyResponse(proto);
+    assertEquals("Converted policy not equal", response.getPolicy(),
+        convertedResponse.getPolicy());
+    assertEquals("Converted policy not equal", response.getErrorMsg(),
+        convertedResponse.getErrorMsg());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testConvertErasureCodingPolicy() throws Exception {
     // Check conversion of the built-in policies.

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestEnabledECPolicies.java

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class TestEnabledECPolicies {
     conf.set(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EC_POLICIES_ENABLED_KEY,
         value);
     try {
-      new ErasureCodingPolicyManager(conf);
+      ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance().init(conf);
       fail("Expected exception when instantiating ECPolicyManager");
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
       GenericTestUtils.assertExceptionContains("is not a valid policy", e);
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ public class TestEnabledECPolicies {
     HdfsConfiguration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
     conf.set(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_NAMENODE_EC_POLICIES_ENABLED_KEY,
         value);
-    ErasureCodingPolicyManager manager = new ErasureCodingPolicyManager(conf);
+    ErasureCodingPolicyManager manager =
+        ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance();
+    manager.init(conf);
     assertEquals("Incorrect number of enabled policies",
         numEnabled, manager.getEnabledPolicies().length);
   }
@@ -130,8 +132,9 @@ public class TestEnabledECPolicies {
         Arrays.asList(enabledPolicies).stream()
             .map(ErasureCodingPolicy::getName)
             .collect(Collectors.joining(", ")));
-    ErasureCodingPolicyManager manager = new ErasureCodingPolicyManager(conf);
+    ErasureCodingPolicyManager manager =
-
+        ErasureCodingPolicyManager.getInstance();
+    manager.init(conf);
     // Check that returned values are unique
     Set<String> found = new HashSet<>();
     for (ErasureCodingPolicy p : manager.getEnabledPolicies()) {

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/testErasureCodingConf.xml

@@ -144,6 +144,25 @@
       </comparators>
     </test>
 
+    <test>
+      <description>help: addPolicies command</description>
+      <test-commands>
+        <ec-admin-command>-fs NAMENODE -help addPolicies</ec-admin-command>
+      </test-commands>
+      <cleanup-commands>
+      </cleanup-commands>
+      <comparators>
+        <comparator>
+          <type>SubstringComparator</type>
+          <expected-output>Add a list of erasure coding policies</expected-output>
+        </comparator>
+        <comparator>
+          <type>SubstringComparator</type>
+          <expected-output>[-addPolicies -policyFile &lt;file&gt;]</expected-output>
+        </comparator>
+      </comparators>
+    </test>
+
   <!-- Test erasure code commands -->
     <test>
       <description>setPolicy : set erasure coding policy on a directory to encode files</description>
@@ -311,6 +330,25 @@
       </comparators>
     </test>
 
+    <test>
+      <description>addPolicies : add a list of ECPolicies</description>
+      <test-commands>
+        <ec-admin-command>-fs NAMENODE -addPolicies -policyFile CLITEST_DATA/test_ec_policies.xml</ec-admin-command>
+      </test-commands>
+      <cleanup-commands>
+      </cleanup-commands>
+      <comparators>
+        <comparator>
+          <type>SubstringComparator</type>
+          <expected-output>Add ErasureCodingPolicy XOR-2-1-128k succeed</expected-output>
+        </comparator>
+        <comparator>
+          <type>SubstringComparator</type>
+          <expected-output>Add ErasureCodingPolicy RS-6-3-64k failed</expected-output>
+        </comparator>
+      </comparators>
+    </test>
+
 <!-- Test illegal parameters -->
     <test>
       <description>setPolicy : illegal parameters - path is missing</description>
@@ -473,5 +511,35 @@
       </comparators>
     </test>
 
+    <test>
+      <description>addPolicies : illegal parameters - policyFile is missing</description>
+      <test-commands>
+        <ec-admin-command>-fs NAMENODE -addPolicies /etc</ec-admin-command>
+      </test-commands>
+      <cleanup-commands>
+      </cleanup-commands>
+      <comparators>
+        <comparator>
+          <type>SubstringComparator</type>
+          <expected-output>Please specify the path with -policyFile</expected-output>
+        </comparator>
+      </comparators>
+    </test>
+
+    <test>
+      <description>addPolicies : illegal parameters - too many parameters</description>
+      <test-commands>
+        <ec-admin-command>-fs NAMENODE -addPolicies -policyFile /ecdir /ecdir2</ec-admin-command>
+      </test-commands>
+      <cleanup-commands>
+      </cleanup-commands>
+      <comparators>
+        <comparator>
+          <type>SubstringComparator</type>
+          <expected-output>-addPolicies: Too many arguments</expected-output>
+        </comparator>
+      </comparators>
+    </test>
+
   </tests>
 </configuration>

hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/test_ec_policies.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+
+<!--
+ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<!--
+    This is the template for user-defined EC policies configuration.
+    All policies and schemas are defined within the 'configuration' tag
+    which is the top level element for this XML document. The 'layoutversion'
+    tag contains the version of EC policy XML file format, and user-defined EC
+    schemas are included within the 'schemas' tag. The 'policies' tag
+    contains all the user defined EC policies, and each policy consists of
+    schema id and cellsize.
+-->
+<configuration>
+<!-- The version of EC policy XML file format, it must be an integer -->
+<layoutversion>1</layoutversion>
+<schemas>
+  <!-- schema id is only used to reference internally in this document -->
+  <schema id="XORk2m1">
+    <!-- The combination of codec, k, m and options as the schema ID, defines
+     a unique schema, for example 'xor-2-1'. schema ID is case insensitive -->
+    <!-- codec with this specific name should exist already in this system -->
+    <codec>xor</codec>
+    <k>2</k>
+    <m>1</m>
+    <options> </options>
+  </schema>
+  <schema id="RSk6m3">
+    <codec>RS</codec>
+    <k>6</k>
+    <m>3</m>
+    <options> </options>
+  </schema>
+</schemas>
+<policies>
+  <policy>
+    <!-- the combination of schema ID and cellsize(in unit k) defines a unique
+     policy, for example 'xor-2-1-256k', case insensitive -->
+    <!-- schema is referred by its id -->
+    <schema>XORk2m1</schema>
+    <!-- cellsize must be an positive integer multiple of 1024(1k) -->
+    <cellsize>131072</cellsize>
+  </policy>
+  <policy>
+    <schema>RSk6m3</schema>
+    <cellsize>65536</cellsize>
+  </policy>
+</policies>
+</configuration>