Github user NicoK commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5572#discussion_r170560833
--- Diff:
flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/io/network/partition/PipelinedSubpartition.java
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@@ -65,9 +67,8 @@ public boolean add(BufferConsumer bufferConsumer) {
@Override
public void flush() {
synchronized (buffers) {
- if (readView != null) {
- readView.notifyDataAvailable();
- }
+ flushRequested = !buffers.isEmpty();
+ notifyDataAvailable();
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maybe don't even flush at all if buffers is empty
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