[SPARK-1550] [PySpark] Allow SparkContext creation after failed attempts

python/pyspark/context.py

@@ -100,7 +100,16 @@ def __init__(self, master=None, appName=None, sparkHome=None, pyFiles=None,
             tempNamedTuple = namedtuple("Callsite", "function file linenum")
             self._callsite = tempNamedTuple(function=None, file=None, linenum=None)
         SparkContext._ensure_initialized(self, gateway=gateway)
-
+        try:
+            self._do_init(master, appName, sparkHome, pyFiles, environment, batchSize, serializer,
+                          conf)
+        except:
+            # If an error occurs, clean up in order to allow future SparkContext creation:
+            self.stop()
+            raise
+
+    def _do_init(self, master, appName, sparkHome, pyFiles, environment, batchSize, serializer,
+                 conf):
         self.environment = environment or {}
         self._conf = conf or SparkConf(_jvm=self._jvm)
         self._batchSize = batchSize  # -1 represents an unlimited batch size
@@ -249,17 +258,14 @@ def defaultMinPartitions(self):
         """
         return self._jsc.sc().defaultMinPartitions()
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        self.stop()
-
     def stop(self):
         """
         Shut down the SparkContext.
         """
-        if self._jsc:
+        if getattr(self, "_jsc", None):
             self._jsc.stop()
             self._jsc = None
-        if self._accumulatorServer:
+        if getattr(self, "_accumulatorServer", None):
             self._accumulatorServer.shutdown()
             self._accumulatorServer = None
         with SparkContext._lock:

python/pyspark/tests.py

@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ def func():
 
 class TestRDDFunctions(PySparkTestCase):
 
+    def test_failed_sparkcontext_creation(self):
+        # Regression test for SPARK-1550
+        self.sc.stop()
+        self.assertRaises(Exception, lambda: SparkContext("an-invalid-master-name"))
+        self.sc = SparkContext("local")
+
     def test_save_as_textfile_with_unicode(self):
         # Regression test for SPARK-970
         x = u"\u00A1Hola, mundo!"