"Client mode" means the RPC env will not listen for incoming connections.
This allows certain processes in the Spark stack (such as Executors or
tha YARN client-mode AM) to act as pure clients when using the netty-based
RPC backend, reducing the number of sockets needed by the app and also the
number of open ports.
Client connections are also preferred when endpoints that actually have
a listening socket are involved; so, for example, if a Worker connects
to a Master and the Master needs to send a message to a Worker endpoint,
that client connection will be used, even though the Worker is also
listening for incoming connections.
With this change, the workaround for SPARK-10987 isn't necessary anymore, and
is removed. The AM connects to the driver in "client mode", and that connection
is used for all driver <-> AM communication, and so the AM is properly notified
when the connection goes down.
Author: Marcelo Vanzin <vanzin@cloudera.com>
Closes#9210 from vanzin/SPARK-10997.
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