Die with dignity while merging

If an out of memory error is thrown while merging, today we quietly
rewrap it into a merge exception and the out of memory error is
lost. Instead, we need to rethrow out of memory errors, and in fact any
fatal error here, and let those go uncaught so that the node is torn
down. This commit causes this to be the case.

Relates #27265

Author: jasontedor

core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler.java

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
-import org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.SuppressForbidden;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.Loggers;
 
@@ -68,11 +67,7 @@ public void uncaughtException(Thread t, Throwable e) {
 
     // visible for testing
     static boolean isFatalUncaught(Throwable e) {
-        return isFatalCause(e) || (e instanceof MergePolicy.MergeException && isFatalCause(e.getCause()));
-    }
-
-    private static boolean isFatalCause(Throwable cause) {
-        return cause instanceof Error;
+        return e instanceof Error;
     }
 
     // visible for testing

core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngine.java

@@ -1562,23 +1562,15 @@ public IndexCommitRef acquireIndexCommit(final boolean flushFirst) throws Engine
         }
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("finally")
     private boolean failOnTragicEvent(AlreadyClosedException ex) {
         final boolean engineFailed;
         // if we are already closed due to some tragic exception
         // we need to fail the engine. it might have already been failed before
         // but we are double-checking it's failed and closed
         if (indexWriter.isOpen() == false && indexWriter.getTragicException() != null) {
-            if (indexWriter.getTragicException() instanceof Error) {
-                try {
-                    logger.error("tragic event in index writer", ex);
-                } finally {
-                    throw (Error) indexWriter.getTragicException();
-                }
-            } else {
-                failEngine("already closed by tragic event on the index writer", (Exception) indexWriter.getTragicException());
-                engineFailed = true;
-            }
+            maybeDie("tragic event in index writer", indexWriter.getTragicException());
+            failEngine("already closed by tragic event on the index writer", (Exception) indexWriter.getTragicException());
+            engineFailed = true;
         } else if (translog.isOpen() == false && translog.getTragicException() != null) {
             failEngine("already closed by tragic event on the translog", translog.getTragicException());
             engineFailed = true;
@@ -1889,7 +1881,6 @@ protected void doRun() throws Exception {
 
         @Override
         protected void handleMergeException(final Directory dir, final Throwable exc) {
-            logger.error("failed to merge", exc);
             engineConfig.getThreadPool().generic().execute(new AbstractRunnable() {
                 @Override
                 public void onFailure(Exception e) {
@@ -1898,13 +1889,39 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
 
                 @Override
                 protected void doRun() throws Exception {
-                    MergePolicy.MergeException e = new MergePolicy.MergeException(exc, dir);
-                    failEngine("merge failed", e);
+                    /*
+                     * We do this on another thread rather than the merge thread that we are initially called on so that we have complete
+                     * confidence that the call stack does not contain catch statements that would cause the error that might be thrown
+                     * here from being caught and never reaching the uncaught exception handler.
+                     */
+                    maybeDie("fatal error while merging", exc);
+                    logger.error("failed to merge", exc);
+                    failEngine("merge failed", new MergePolicy.MergeException(exc, dir));
                 }
             });
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * If the specified throwable is a fatal error, this throwable will be thrown. Callers should ensure that there are no catch statements
+     * that would catch an error in the stack as the fatal error here should go uncaught and be handled by the uncaught exception handler
+     * that we install during bootstrap. If the specified throwable is indeed a fatal error, the specified message will attempt to be logged
+     * before throwing the fatal error. If the specified throwable is not a fatal error, this method is a no-op.
+     *
+     * @param maybeMessage the message to maybe log
+     * @param maybeFatal the throwable that is maybe fatal
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("finally")
+    private void maybeDie(final String maybeMessage, final Throwable maybeFatal) {
+        if (maybeFatal instanceof Error) {
+            try {
+                logger.error(maybeMessage, maybeFatal);
+            } finally {
+                throw (Error) maybeFatal;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Commits the specified index writer.
      *

core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandlerTests.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.bootstrap;
 
-import org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ void onNonFatalUncaught(String threadName, Throwable t) {
     }
 
     public void testIsFatalCause() {
-        assertFatal(new MergePolicy.MergeException(new OutOfMemoryError(), null));
         assertFatal(new OutOfMemoryError());
         assertFatal(new StackOverflowError());
         assertFatal(new InternalError());

core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/CombinedDeletionPolicyTests.java

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.index.translog.TranslogDeletionPolicyTests.createTranslogDeletionPolicy;
+import static org.elasticsearch.index.translog.TranslogDeletionPolicies.createTranslogDeletionPolicy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;