@LimitedPrivate(value = { "Currently only for use by HiveAuthorizer" })
  public void setModifiableWhiteListRegex(String paramNameRegex) {
    if (paramNameRegex == null) {
      return;
    }
    modWhiteListPattern = Pattern.compile(paramNameRegex);
  }
Set white list of parameters that are allowed to be modified

@param paramNameRegex
common/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/conf/HiveConf.java