[SPARK-30003][SQL] Do not throw stack overflow exception in non-root unknown hint resolution #26642
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What changes were proposed in this pull request?
This is rather a followup of #25464 (see https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/25464/files#r349543286)
It will cause an infinite recursion via mapping children - we should return the hint rather than its parent plan in unknown hint resolution.
Why are the changes needed?
Prevent Stack over flow during hint resolution.
Does this PR introduce any user-facing change?
Yes, it avoids stack overflow exception It was caused by #25464 and this is only in the master.
No behaviour changes to end users as it happened only in the master.
How was this patch tested?
Unittest was added.