nsivabalan commented on a change in pull request #4821:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/4821#discussion_r810326463



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File path: 
hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/HoodieTimelineArchiver.java
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@@ -429,25 +428,21 @@ public void mergeArchiveFiles(List<FileStatus> 
compactCandidate) throws IOExcept
         .collect(Collectors.groupingBy(i -> Pair.of(i.getTimestamp(),
             HoodieInstant.getComparableAction(i.getAction()))));
 
-    // If metadata table is enabled, do not archive instants which are more 
recent than the last compaction on the
-    // metadata table.
-    if (config.isMetadataTableEnabled()) {
-      try (HoodieTableMetadata tableMetadata = 
HoodieTableMetadata.create(table.getContext(), config.getMetadataConfig(),
-          config.getBasePath(), 
FileSystemViewStorageConfig.SPILLABLE_DIR.defaultValue())) {
-        Option<String> latestCompactionTime = 
tableMetadata.getLatestCompactionTime();
-        if (!latestCompactionTime.isPresent()) {
-          LOG.info("Not archiving as there is no compaction yet on the 
metadata table");
-          instants = Stream.empty();
-        } else {
-          LOG.info("Limiting archiving of instants to latest compaction on 
metadata table at " + latestCompactionTime.get());
-          instants = instants.filter(instant -> 
HoodieTimeline.compareTimestamps(instant.getTimestamp(), 
HoodieTimeline.LESSER_THAN,
-              latestCompactionTime.get()));
-        }
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        throw new HoodieException("Error limiting instant archival based on 
metadata table", e);
+    // If this is a metadata table, do not archive the commits that live in 
data set
+    // active timeline. This is required by metadata table,
+    // see HoodieTableMetadataUtil#processRollbackMetadata for details.
+    if (HoodieTableMetadata.isMetadataTable(config.getBasePath())) {

Review comment:
       this fix makes sense. but we can't remove the above code blocks though. 
i.e. data table archival relying on metadata table compaction. 




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