Spark 2.1 , Method used to prevent multiple SparkContexts from being active at the same time

SparkContect.scala

  // In order to prevent multiple SparkContexts from being active at the same time, mark this
  // context as having started construction.
  // NOTE: this must be placed at the beginning of the SparkContext constructor.
  SparkContext.markPartiallyConstructed(this, allowMultipleContexts)

  /**
   * Called at the beginning of the SparkContext constructor to ensure that no SparkContext is
   * running.  Throws an exception if a running context is detected and logs a warning if another
   * thread is constructing a SparkContext.  This warning is necessary because the current locking
   * scheme prevents us from reliably distinguishing between cases where another context is being
   * constructed and cases where another constructor threw an exception.
   */
  private[spark] def markPartiallyConstructed(
      sc: SparkContext,
      allowMultipleContexts: Boolean): Unit = {
    SPARK_CONTEXT_CONSTRUCTOR_LOCK.synchronized {
      assertNoOtherContextIsRunning(sc, allowMultipleContexts)
      contextBeingConstructed = Some(sc)
    }
  }

assertNoOtherContextIsRunning

/**
   * Called to ensure that no other SparkContext is running in this JVM.
   *
   * Throws an exception if a running context is detected and logs a warning if another thread is
   * constructing a SparkContext.  This warning is necessary because the current locking scheme
   * prevents us from reliably distinguishing between cases where another context is being
   * constructed and cases where another constructor threw an exception.
   */
  private def assertNoOtherContextIsRunning(
      sc: SparkContext,
      allowMultipleContexts: Boolean): Unit = {
    SPARK_CONTEXT_CONSTRUCTOR_LOCK.synchronized {
      Option(activeContext.get()).filter(_ ne sc).foreach { ctx =>
          val errMsg = "Only one SparkContext may be running in this JVM (see SPARK-2243)." +
            " To ignore this error, set spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts = true. " +
            s"The currently running SparkContext was created at:\n${ctx.creationSite.longForm}"
          val exception = new SparkException(errMsg)
          if (allowMultipleContexts) {
            logWarning("Multiple running SparkContexts detected in the same JVM!", exception)
          } else {
            throw exception
          }
        }

      contextBeingConstructed.filter(_ ne sc).foreach { otherContext =>
        // Since otherContext might point to a partially-constructed context, guard against
        // its creationSite field being null:
        val otherContextCreationSite =
          Option(otherContext.creationSite).map(_.longForm).getOrElse("unknown location")
        val warnMsg = "Another SparkContext is being constructed (or threw an exception in its" +
          " constructor).  This may indicate an error, since only one SparkContext may be" +
          " running in this JVM (see SPARK-2243)." +
          s" The other SparkContext was created at:\n$otherContextCreationSite"
        logWarning(warnMsg)
      }
    }
  }