2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/interfaces.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/interfaces.scala
index 61fc4e5c19..aaabbadcd6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/interfaces.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/interfaces.scala
@@ -377,8 +377,6 @@ abstract class HadoopFsRelation private[sql](maybePartitionSpec: Option[Partitio
 
     var leafDirToChildrenFiles = mutable.Map.empty[Path, Array[FileStatus]]
 
-    var leafDirs = mutable.Map.empty[Path, FileStatus]
-
     def refresh(): Unit = {
       def listLeafFilesAndDirs(fs: FileSystem, status: FileStatus): Set[FileStatus] = {
         val (dirs, files) = fs.listStatus(status.getPath).partition(_.isDir)
@@ -386,7 +384,6 @@ abstract class HadoopFsRelation private[sql](maybePartitionSpec: Option[Partitio
         files.toSet ++ leafDirs ++ dirs.flatMap(dir => listLeafFilesAndDirs(fs, dir))
       }
 
-      leafDirs.clear()
       leafFiles.clear()
 
       // We don't filter files/directories like _temporary/_SUCCESS here, as specific data sources
@@ -399,7 +396,6 @@ abstract class HadoopFsRelation private[sql](maybePartitionSpec: Option[Partitio
       }
 
       val (dirs, files) = statuses.partition(_.isDir)
-      leafDirs ++= dirs.map(d => d.getPath -> d).toMap
       leafFiles ++= files.map(f => f.getPath -> f).toMap
       leafDirToChildrenFiles ++= files.groupBy(_.getPath.getParent)
     }
@@ -484,7 +480,8 @@ abstract class HadoopFsRelation private[sql](maybePartitionSpec: Option[Partitio
   }
 
   private def discoverPartitions(): PartitionSpec = {
-    val leafDirs = fileStatusCache.leafDirs.keys.toSeq
+    // We use leaf dirs containing data files to discover the schema.
+    val leafDirs = fileStatusCache.leafDirToChildrenFiles.keys.toSeq
     PartitioningUtils.parsePartitions(leafDirs, PartitioningUtils.DEFAULT_PARTITION_NAME)
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetPartitionDiscoverySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetPartitionDiscoverySuite.scala
index 907dbb0119..90d4528efc 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetPartitionDiscoverySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetPartitionDiscoverySuite.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.spark.sql.parquet
 
+import java.io.File
+
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
@@ -175,11 +177,17 @@ class ParquetPartitionDiscoverySuite extends QueryTest with ParquetTest {
         pi <- Seq(1, 2)
         ps <- Seq("foo", "bar")
       } {
+        val dir = makePartitionDir(base, defaultPartitionName, "pi" -> pi, "ps" -> ps)
         makeParquetFile(
           (1 to 10).map(i => ParquetData(i, i.toString)),
-          makePartitionDir(base, defaultPartitionName, "pi" -> pi, "ps" -> ps))
+          dir)
+        // Introduce _temporary dir to test the robustness of the schema discovery process.
+        new File(dir.toString, "_temporary").mkdir()
       }
+      // Introduce _temporary dir to the base dir the robustness of the schema discovery process.
+      new File(base.getCanonicalPath, "_temporary").mkdir()
 
+      println("load the partitioned table")
       read.parquet(base.getCanonicalPath).registerTempTable("t")
 
       withTempTable("t") {