# Buggy code
def _read(cls, filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs):
    if isinstance(filepath_or_buffer, str):
        if not cls.file_exists(filepath_or_buffer):
            return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)
        filepath_or_buffer = cls.get_path(filepath_or_buffer)
    elif not cls.pathlib_or_pypath(filepath_or_buffer):
        return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)
    compression_type = cls.infer_compression(
        filepath_or_buffer, kwargs.get("compression")
    )
    if compression_type is not None:
        if (
            compression_type == "gzip"
            or compression_type == "bz2"
            or compression_type == "xz"
        ):
            kwargs["compression"] = compression_type
        elif (
            compression_type == "zip"
            and sys.version_info[0] == 3
            and sys.version_info[1] >= 7
        ):
            # need python3.7 to .seek and .tell ZipExtFile
            kwargs["compression"] = compression_type
        else:
            return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)

    chunksize = kwargs.get("chunksize")
    if chunksize is not None:
        return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)

    skiprows = kwargs.get("skiprows")
    if skiprows is not None and not isinstance(skiprows, int):
        return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)
    nrows = kwargs.pop("nrows", None)
    names = kwargs.get("names", None)
    index_col = kwargs.get("index_col", None)
    if names is None:
        # For the sake of the empty df, we assume no `index_col` to get the correct
        # column names before we build the index. Because we pass `names` in, this
        # step has to happen without removing the `index_col` otherwise it will not
        # be assigned correctly
        names = pandas.read_csv(
            filepath_or_buffer,
            **dict(kwargs, usecols=None, nrows=0, skipfooter=0, index_col=None),
        ).columns
    empty_pd_df = pandas.read_csv(
        filepath_or_buffer, **dict(kwargs, nrows=0, skipfooter=0)
    )
    column_names = empty_pd_df.columns
    skipfooter = kwargs.get("skipfooter", None)
    skiprows = kwargs.pop("skiprows", None)
    usecols = kwargs.get("usecols", None)
    usecols_md = _validate_usecols_arg(usecols)
    if usecols is not None and usecols_md[1] != "integer":
        del kwargs["usecols"]
        all_cols = pandas.read_csv(
            cls.file_open(filepath_or_buffer, "rb"),
            **dict(kwargs, nrows=0, skipfooter=0),
        ).columns
        usecols = all_cols.get_indexer_for(list(usecols_md[0]))
    parse_dates = kwargs.pop("parse_dates", False)
    partition_kwargs = dict(
        kwargs,
        header=None,
        names=names,
        skipfooter=0,
        skiprows=None,
        parse_dates=parse_dates,
        usecols=usecols,
    )
    encoding = kwargs.get("encoding", None)
    quotechar = kwargs.get("quotechar", '"').encode(
        encoding if encoding is not None else "UTF-8"
    )
    is_quoting = kwargs.get("quoting", "") != csv.QUOTE_NONE
    with cls.file_open(filepath_or_buffer, "rb", compression_type) as f:
        # Skip the header since we already have the header information and skip the
        # rows we are told to skip.
        if isinstance(skiprows, int) or skiprows is None:
            if skiprows is None:
                skiprows = 0
            header = kwargs.get("header", "infer")
            if header == "infer" and kwargs.get("names", None) is None:
                skiprows += 1
            elif isinstance(header, int):
                skiprows += header + 1
            elif hasattr(header, "__iter__") and not isinstance(header, str):
                skiprows += max(header) + 1
            cls.offset(
                f,
                nrows=skiprows,
                quotechar=quotechar,
                is_quoting=is_quoting,
            )
        if kwargs.get("encoding", None) is not None:
            partition_kwargs["skiprows"] = 1
        # Launch tasks to read partitions
        partition_ids = []
        index_ids = []
        dtypes_ids = []
        # Max number of partitions available
        from modin.pandas import DEFAULT_NPARTITIONS

        num_partitions = DEFAULT_NPARTITIONS
        # This is the number of splits for the columns
        num_splits = min(len(column_names), num_partitions)
        # Metadata
        column_chunksize = compute_chunksize(empty_pd_df, num_splits, axis=1)
        if column_chunksize > len(column_names):
            column_widths = [len(column_names)]
            # This prevents us from unnecessarily serializing a bunch of empty
            # objects.
            num_splits = 1
        else:
            column_widths = [
                column_chunksize
                if len(column_names) > (column_chunksize * (i + 1))
                else 0
                if len(column_names) < (column_chunksize * i)
                else len(column_names) - (column_chunksize * i)
                for i in range(num_splits)
            ]

        args = {
            "fname": filepath_or_buffer,
            "num_splits": num_splits,
            **partition_kwargs,
        }

        splits = cls.partitioned_file(
            f,
            nrows=nrows,
            num_partitions=num_partitions,
            quotechar=quotechar,
            is_quoting=is_quoting,
        )
        for start, end in splits:
            args.update({"start": start, "end": end})
            partition_id = cls.deploy(cls.parse, num_splits + 2, args)
            partition_ids.append(partition_id[:-2])
            index_ids.append(partition_id[-2])
            dtypes_ids.append(partition_id[-1])

    # Compute the index based on a sum of the lengths of each partition (by default)
    # or based on the column(s) that were requested.
    if index_col is None:
        row_lengths = cls.materialize(index_ids)
        new_index = pandas.RangeIndex(sum(row_lengths))
        # pandas has a really weird edge case here.
        if kwargs.get("names", None) is not None and skiprows > 1:
            new_index = pandas.RangeIndex(skiprows - 1, new_index.stop + skiprows - 1)
    else:
        index_objs = cls.materialize(index_ids)
        row_lengths = [len(o) for o in index_objs]
        new_index = index_objs[0].append(index_objs[1:])
        new_index.name = empty_pd_df.index.name

    # Compute dtypes by getting collecting and combining all of the partitions. The
    # reported dtypes from differing rows can be different based on the inference in
    # the limited data seen by each worker. We use pandas to compute the exact dtype
    # over the whole column for each column. The index is set below.
    dtypes = cls.get_dtypes(dtypes_ids)

    partition_ids = cls.build_partition(partition_ids, row_lengths, column_widths)
    # If parse_dates is present, the column names that we have might not be
    # the same length as the returned column names. If we do need to modify
    # the column names, we remove the old names from the column names and
    # insert the new one at the front of the Index.
    if parse_dates is not None:
        # We have to recompute the column widths if `parse_dates` is set because
        # we are not guaranteed to have the correct information regarding how many
        # columns are on each partition.
        column_widths = None
        # Check if is list of lists
        if isinstance(parse_dates, list) and isinstance(parse_dates[0], list):
            for group in parse_dates:
                new_col_name = "_".join(group)
                column_names = column_names.drop(group).insert(0, new_col_name)
        # Check if it is a dictionary
        elif isinstance(parse_dates, dict):
            for new_col_name, group in parse_dates.items():
                column_names = column_names.drop(group).insert(0, new_col_name)
    # Set the index for the dtypes to the column names
    if isinstance(dtypes, pandas.Series):
        dtypes.index = column_names
    else:
        dtypes = pandas.Series(dtypes, index=column_names)
    new_frame = cls.frame_cls(
        partition_ids,
        new_index,
        column_names,
        row_lengths,
        column_widths,
        dtypes=dtypes,
    )
    new_query_compiler = cls.query_compiler_cls(new_frame)

    if skipfooter:
        new_query_compiler = new_query_compiler.drop(
            new_query_compiler.index[-skipfooter:]
        )
    if kwargs.get("squeeze", False) and len(new_query_compiler.columns) == 1:
        return new_query_compiler[new_query_compiler.columns[0]]
    if index_col is None:
        new_query_compiler._modin_frame._apply_index_objs(axis=0)
    return new_query_compiler


# Traceback (ValueError)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "cat_test.py", line 4, in <module>
df1 = pd.read_csv("categories.json", dtype={"one": "int64", "two": "category"})
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/pandas/io.py", line 111, in parser_func
return _read(**kwargs)
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/pandas/io.py", line 124, in _read
pd_obj = BaseFactory.read_csv(**kwargs)
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/data_management/factories.py", line 69, in read_csv
return cls._determine_engine()._read_csv(**kwargs)
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/data_management/factories.py", line 73, in _read_csv
return cls.io_cls.read_csv(**kwargs)
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/engines/base/io/file_reader.py", line 29, in read
query_compiler = cls._read(*args, **kwargs)
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/engines/base/io/text/csv_reader.py", line 199, in _read
dtypes = cls.get_dtypes(dtypes_ids)
File "/localdisk/gashiman/modin/modin/backends/pandas/parsers.py", line 61, in get_dtypes
pandas.concat(cls.materialize(dtypes_ids), axis=1)
File "/nfs/site/home/gashiman/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py", line 281, in concat
sort=sort,
File "/nfs/site/home/gashiman/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py", line 329, in __init__
raise ValueError("No objects to concatenate")
ValueError: No objects to concatenate

# Fixed code
def _read(cls, filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs):
    if isinstance(filepath_or_buffer, str):
        if not cls.file_exists(filepath_or_buffer):
            return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)
        filepath_or_buffer = cls.get_path(filepath_or_buffer)
    elif not cls.pathlib_or_pypath(filepath_or_buffer):
        return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)
    compression_type = cls.infer_compression(
        filepath_or_buffer, kwargs.get("compression")
    )
    if compression_type is not None:
        if (
            compression_type == "gzip"
            or compression_type == "bz2"
            or compression_type == "xz"
        ):
            kwargs["compression"] = compression_type
        elif (
            compression_type == "zip"
            and sys.version_info[0] == 3
            and sys.version_info[1] >= 7
        ):
            # need python3.7 to .seek and .tell ZipExtFile
            kwargs["compression"] = compression_type
        else:
            return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)

    chunksize = kwargs.get("chunksize")
    if chunksize is not None:
        return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)

    skiprows = kwargs.get("skiprows")
    if skiprows is not None and not isinstance(skiprows, int):
        return cls.single_worker_read(filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs)
    nrows = kwargs.pop("nrows", None)
    names = kwargs.get("names", None)
    index_col = kwargs.get("index_col", None)
    if names is None:
        # For the sake of the empty df, we assume no `index_col` to get the correct
        # column names before we build the index. Because we pass `names` in, this
        # step has to happen without removing the `index_col` otherwise it will not
        # be assigned correctly
        names = pandas.read_csv(
            filepath_or_buffer,
            **dict(kwargs, usecols=None, nrows=0, skipfooter=0, index_col=None),
        ).columns
    empty_pd_df = pandas.read_csv(
        filepath_or_buffer, **dict(kwargs, nrows=0, skipfooter=0)
    )
    column_names = empty_pd_df.columns
    skipfooter = kwargs.get("skipfooter", None)
    skiprows = kwargs.pop("skiprows", None)
    usecols = kwargs.get("usecols", None)
    usecols_md = _validate_usecols_arg(usecols)
    if usecols is not None and usecols_md[1] != "integer":
        del kwargs["usecols"]
        all_cols = pandas.read_csv(
            cls.file_open(filepath_or_buffer, "rb"),
            **dict(kwargs, nrows=0, skipfooter=0),
        ).columns
        usecols = all_cols.get_indexer_for(list(usecols_md[0]))
    parse_dates = kwargs.pop("parse_dates", False)
    partition_kwargs = dict(
        kwargs,
        header=None,
        names=names,
        skipfooter=0,
        skiprows=None,
        parse_dates=parse_dates,
        usecols=usecols,
    )
    encoding = kwargs.get("encoding", None)
    quotechar = kwargs.get("quotechar", '"').encode(
        encoding if encoding is not None else "UTF-8"
    )
    is_quoting = kwargs.get("quoting", "") != csv.QUOTE_NONE
    with cls.file_open(filepath_or_buffer, "rb", compression_type) as f:
        # Skip the header since we already have the header information and skip the
        # rows we are told to skip.
        if isinstance(skiprows, int) or skiprows is None:
            if skiprows is None:
                skiprows = 0
            header = kwargs.get("header", "infer")
            if header == "infer" and kwargs.get("names", None) is None:
                skiprows += 1
            elif isinstance(header, int):
                skiprows += header + 1
            elif hasattr(header, "__iter__") and not isinstance(header, str):
                skiprows += max(header) + 1
            cls.offset(
                f,
                nrows=skiprows,
                quotechar=quotechar,
                is_quoting=is_quoting,
            )
        if kwargs.get("encoding", None) is not None:
            partition_kwargs["skiprows"] = 1
        # Launch tasks to read partitions
        partition_ids = []
        index_ids = []
        dtypes_ids = []
        # Max number of partitions available
        from modin.pandas import DEFAULT_NPARTITIONS

        num_partitions = DEFAULT_NPARTITIONS
        # This is the number of splits for the columns
        num_splits = min(len(column_names), num_partitions)
        # Metadata
        column_chunksize = compute_chunksize(empty_pd_df, num_splits, axis=1)
        if column_chunksize > len(column_names):
            column_widths = [len(column_names)]
            # This prevents us from unnecessarily serializing a bunch of empty
            # objects.
            num_splits = 1
        else:
            column_widths = [
                column_chunksize
                if len(column_names) > (column_chunksize * (i + 1))
                else 0
                if len(column_names) < (column_chunksize * i)
                else len(column_names) - (column_chunksize * i)
                for i in range(num_splits)
            ]

        args = {
            "fname": filepath_or_buffer,
            "num_splits": num_splits,
            **partition_kwargs,
        }

        splits = cls.partitioned_file(
            f,
            nrows=nrows,
            num_partitions=num_partitions,
            quotechar=quotechar,
            is_quoting=is_quoting,
        )
        for start, end in splits:
            args.update({"start": start, "end": end})
            partition_id = cls.deploy(cls.parse, num_splits + 2, args)
            partition_ids.append(partition_id[:-2])
            index_ids.append(partition_id[-2])
            dtypes_ids.append(partition_id[-1])

    # Compute the index based on a sum of the lengths of each partition (by default)
    # or based on the column(s) that were requested.
    if index_col is None:
        row_lengths = cls.materialize(index_ids)
        new_index = pandas.RangeIndex(sum(row_lengths))
        # pandas has a really weird edge case here.
        if kwargs.get("names", None) is not None and skiprows > 1:
            new_index = pandas.RangeIndex(skiprows - 1, new_index.stop + skiprows - 1)
    else:
        index_objs = cls.materialize(index_ids)
        row_lengths = [len(o) for o in index_objs]
        new_index = index_objs[0].append(index_objs[1:])
        new_index.name = empty_pd_df.index.name

    # Compute dtypes by getting collecting and combining all of the partitions. The
    # reported dtypes from differing rows can be different based on the inference in
    # the limited data seen by each worker. We use pandas to compute the exact dtype
    # over the whole column for each column. The index is set below.
    dtypes = cls.get_dtypes(dtypes_ids) if len(dtypes_ids) > 0 else None

    partition_ids = cls.build_partition(partition_ids, row_lengths, column_widths)
    # If parse_dates is present, the column names that we have might not be
    # the same length as the returned column names. If we do need to modify
    # the column names, we remove the old names from the column names and
    # insert the new one at the front of the Index.
    if parse_dates is not None:
        # We have to recompute the column widths if `parse_dates` is set because
        # we are not guaranteed to have the correct information regarding how many
        # columns are on each partition.
        column_widths = None
        # Check if is list of lists
        if isinstance(parse_dates, list) and isinstance(parse_dates[0], list):
            for group in parse_dates:
                new_col_name = "_".join(group)
                column_names = column_names.drop(group).insert(0, new_col_name)
        # Check if it is a dictionary
        elif isinstance(parse_dates, dict):
            for new_col_name, group in parse_dates.items():
                column_names = column_names.drop(group).insert(0, new_col_name)
    # Set the index for the dtypes to the column names
    if isinstance(dtypes, pandas.Series):
        dtypes.index = column_names
    else:
        dtypes = pandas.Series(dtypes, index=column_names)
    new_frame = cls.frame_cls(
        partition_ids,
        new_index,
        column_names,
        row_lengths,
        column_widths,
        dtypes=dtypes,
    )
    new_query_compiler = cls.query_compiler_cls(new_frame)

    if skipfooter:
        new_query_compiler = new_query_compiler.drop(
            new_query_compiler.index[-skipfooter:]
        )
    if kwargs.get("squeeze", False) and len(new_query_compiler.columns) == 1:
        return new_query_compiler[new_query_compiler.columns[0]]
    if index_col is None:
        new_query_compiler._modin_frame._apply_index_objs(axis=0)
    return new_query_compiler