fix: add dedicated function to execute futures

Signed-off-by: Omkar P <[email protected]>

crates/catalog-unity/src/lib.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use deltalake_core::logstore::{default_logstore, logstores, LogStore, LogStoreFa
 use reqwest::header::{HeaderValue, InvalidHeaderValue, AUTHORIZATION};
 use reqwest::Url;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ use crate::models::{
 
 use deltalake_core::data_catalog::DataCatalogResult;
 use deltalake_core::{
-    DataCatalog, DataCatalogError, DeltaResult, DeltaTableBuilder, DeltaTableError, Path,
+    DataCatalog, DataCatalogError, DeltaResult, DeltaTableBuilder, DeltaTableError,
+    ObjectStoreError, Path,
 };
 
 use crate::client::retry::*;
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ use deltalake_core::storage::{
 };
 pub mod client;
 pub mod credential;
+
+const STORE_NAME: &str = "UnityCatalogObjectStore";
 #[cfg(feature = "datafusion")]
 pub mod datafusion;
 pub mod models;
@@ -105,6 +109,10 @@ pub enum UnityCatalogError {
     #[error("Datafusion error: {0}")]
     DatafusionError(#[from] datafusion_common::DataFusionError),
 
+    /// Cannot initialize DynamoDbConfiguration due to some sort of threading issue
+    #[error("Unable to initialize Unity Catalog, potentially a threading issue")]
+    InitializationError,
+
     /// A generic error from a source
     #[error("An error occurred in catalog: {source}")]
     Generic {
@@ -487,6 +495,41 @@ impl UnityCatalogBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    fn execute_uc_future<F, T>(future: F) -> DeltaResult<T>
+    where
+        T: Send,
+        F: Future<Output = T> + Send,
+    {
+        match tokio::runtime::Handle::try_current() {
+            Ok(handle) => match handle.runtime_flavor() {
+                tokio::runtime::RuntimeFlavor::MultiThread => {
+                    Ok(tokio::task::block_in_place(move || handle.block_on(future)))
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    let mut cfg: Option<T> = None;
+                    std::thread::scope(|scope| {
+                        scope.spawn(|| {
+                            cfg = Some(handle.block_on(future));
+                        });
+                    });
+                    cfg.ok_or(DeltaTableError::ObjectStore {
+                        source: ObjectStoreError::Generic {
+                            store: STORE_NAME,
+                            source: Box::new(UnityCatalogError::InitializationError),
+                        },
+                    })
+                }
+            },
+            Err(_) => {
+                let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+                    .enable_all()
+                    .build()
+                    .expect("a tokio runtime is required by the Unity Catalog Builder");
+                Ok(runtime.block_on(future))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the storage location and temporary token to be used with the
     /// Unity Catalog table.
     pub async fn get_uc_location_and_token(
@@ -800,11 +843,9 @@ impl ObjectStoreFactory for UnityCatalogFactory {
         table_uri: &Url,
         options: &StorageOptions,
     ) -> DeltaResult<(ObjectStoreRef, Path)> {
-        use futures::executor::block_on;
-
-        let (table_path, temp_creds) = block_on(UnityCatalogBuilder::get_uc_location_and_token(
-            table_uri.as_str(),
-        ))?;
+        let (table_path, temp_creds) = UnityCatalogBuilder::execute_uc_future(
+            UnityCatalogBuilder::get_uc_location_and_token(table_uri.as_str()),
+        )?.map_err(UnityCatalogError::from)?;
 
         let mut storage_options = options.0.clone();
         storage_options.extend(temp_creds);