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Author: Piotr Nowojski <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 21 14:30:14 2022 +0200

    fixup! [FLINK-26762][docs] Document overdraft buffers
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 .../docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md     | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 .../docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md     | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/content.zh/docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md 
b/docs/content.zh/docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md
index 8adc281e225..39527284814 100644
--- a/docs/content.zh/docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md
+++ b/docs/content.zh/docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md
@@ -120,16 +120,20 @@ Flink 有多个本地缓冲区池 —— 每个输出和输入流对应一个。
 
 #### Overdraft buffers
 
-For each output subtask can also request up to 
`taskmanager.network.memory.max-overdraft-buffers-per-gate` (by default 5) 
extra overdraft buffers.
-Those buffers are only used, if despite presence of a backpressure, Flink can 
not stop producing more records to the output.
-This can happen in situations like:
+For each output subtask can also request up to 
`taskmanager.network.memory.max-overdraft-buffers-per-gate`
+(by default 5) extra overdraft buffers. Those buffers are only used, if the 
subtask is backpressured
+by downstream subtasks but the subtask can not gracefully pause its current 
process. This can happen
+in situations like:
 - Serializing very large records, that do not fit into a single network buffer.
 - Flat Map like operator, that produces many output records per single input 
record.
-- Operators that output many records either periodically or on a reaction to 
some event (for example `WindowOperator`).
-
-Without overdraft buffers in such situations Flink subtask thread would block 
on the backpressure, preventing for example unaligned checkpoints
-from being triggered. To mitigate this, the overdraft buffers concept has been 
added. Those buffers are strictly optional and Flink can
-make progress even if the Task Manager doesn't have any spare buffers in the 
global pool to be used as overdraft buffers.
+- Operators that output many records either periodically or on a reaction to 
some events (for
+example `WindowOperator`'s triggers).
+
+Without overdraft buffers in such situations Flink subtask thread would block 
on the backpressure,
+preventing for example unaligned checkpoints from completing. To mitigate 
this, the overdraft
+buffers concept has been added. Those overdraft buffers are strictly optional 
and Flink can
+gradually make progress using only regular buffers, which means `0` is an 
acceptable configuration
+for the `taskmanager.network.memory.max-overdraft-buffers-per-gate`.
 
 ## 缓冲区的数量
 
diff --git a/docs/content/docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md 
b/docs/content/docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md
index a29cdfa133d..00f8159e016 100644
--- a/docs/content/docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md
+++ b/docs/content/docs/deployment/memory/network_mem_tuning.md
@@ -122,16 +122,20 @@ Unlike the input buffer pool, the configured amount of 
exclusive buffers and flo
 
 #### Overdraft buffers
 
-For each output subtask can also request up to 
`taskmanager.network.memory.max-overdraft-buffers-per-gate` (by default 5) 
extra overdraft buffers.
-Those buffers are only used, if despite presence of a backpressure, Flink can 
not stop producing more records to the output.
-This can happen in situations like:
+For each output subtask can also request up to 
`taskmanager.network.memory.max-overdraft-buffers-per-gate`
+(by default 5) extra overdraft buffers. Those buffers are only used, if the 
subtask is backpressured
+by downstream subtasks but the subtask can not gracefully pause its current 
process. This can happen
+in situations like:
 - Serializing very large records, that do not fit into a single network buffer.
 - Flat Map like operator, that produces many output records per single input 
record.
-- Operators that output many records either periodically or on a reaction to 
some event (for example `WindowOperator`).
-
-Without overdraft buffers in such situations Flink subtask thread would block 
on the backpressure, preventing for example unaligned checkpoints
-from being triggered. To mitigate this, the overdraft buffers concept has been 
added. Those buffers are strictly optional and Flink can
-make progress even if the Task Manager doesn't have any spare buffers in the 
global pool to be used as overdraft buffers.
+- Operators that output many records either periodically or on a reaction to 
some events (for
+example `WindowOperator`'s triggers).
+
+Without overdraft buffers in such situations Flink subtask thread would block 
on the backpressure,
+preventing for example unaligned checkpoints from completing. To mitigate 
this, the overdraft
+buffers concept has been added. Those overdraft buffers are strictly optional 
and Flink can
+gradually make progress using only regular buffers, which means `0` is an 
acceptable configuration
+for the `taskmanager.network.memory.max-overdraft-buffers-per-gate`.
 
 ## The number of in-flight buffers 
 

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