steveloughran commented on code in PR #7662: URL: https://github.com/apache/hadoop/pull/7662#discussion_r2068923434
########## hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/S3ABlockOutputStream.java: ########## @@ -829,7 +829,8 @@ public boolean hasCapability(String capability) { @Override public void hflush() throws IOException { statistics.hflushInvoked(); - handleSyncableInvocation(); + // do not reject these, but downgrade to a no-oop + LOG.debug("Hflush invoked"); Review Comment: look at the fs spec. we say "don't use the api and highlight the inconsistent outcomes" The semantics of hflush say "visible to all" but no persistence, so it's not changing any durability semantics. Are we changing the visibility? we're certainly not meeting them. I remember having a long talk with others about hflush, as in "what does it do?" -the answer is "nothing you can rely on". when exceptions are downgraded (default) all that happens is the log message is removed, so reducing confusion. when exceptions are rejected, the failure goes away. The one I want to fail here is hsync(), and at holds. AFAIK nobody runs with that flag on except for some of our test setups. ---- ### `Syncable.hflush()` Flush out the data in client's user buffer. After the return of this call, new readers will see the data. The `hflush()` operation does not contain any guarantees as to the durability of the data. only its visibility. Thus implementations may cache the written data in memory —visible to all, but not yet persisted. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: common-issues-unsubscr...@hadoop.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: common-issues-unsubscr...@hadoop.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: common-issues-h...@hadoop.apache.org