From f1fbc563719db88c50d57820b5052880cfd6b1aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Loughran <stevel@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:48:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] HADOOP-15837. DynamoDB table Update can fail S3A FS init.
 Contributed by Steve Loughran.

---
 .../apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/s3guard/DynamoDBMetadataStore.java  | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/s3guard/DynamoDBMetadataStore.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/s3guard/DynamoDBMetadataStore.java
index 4c4043ebc47..918e7d09359 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/s3guard/DynamoDBMetadataStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/s3guard/DynamoDBMetadataStore.java
@@ -886,7 +886,6 @@ public class DynamoDBMetadataStore implements MetadataStore {
         final String status = description.getTableStatus();
         switch (status) {
         case "CREATING":
-        case "UPDATING":
           LOG.debug("Table {} in region {} is being created/updated. This may"
                   + " indicate that the table is being operated by another "
                   + "concurrent thread or process. Waiting for active...",
@@ -897,6 +896,10 @@ public class DynamoDBMetadataStore implements MetadataStore {
           throw new FileNotFoundException("DynamoDB table "
               + "'" + tableName + "' is being "
               + "deleted in region " + region);
+        case "UPDATING":
+          // table being updated; it can still be used.
+          LOG.debug("Table is being updated.");
+          break;
         case "ACTIVE":
           break;
         default: