StefanRRichter commented on a change in pull request #8431: [FLINK-12480] Introduce mailbox to StreamTask main-loop URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/8431#discussion_r283889210
########## File path: flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/runtime/tasks/OneInputStreamTask.java ########## @@ -98,12 +96,9 @@ public void init() throws Exception { } @Override - protected void run() throws Exception { - // cache processor reference on the stack, to make the code more JIT friendly - final StreamInputProcessor<IN> inputProcessor = this.inputProcessor; - - while (running && inputProcessor.processInput()) { - // all the work happens in the "processInput" method + protected void performDefaultAction(ActionContext context) throws Exception { + if (!inputProcessor.processInput()) { Review comment: I am aware of that and that is why we have also planned FLINK-12479 to make the inputs non-blocking. For the scope of this PR it should not matter and we don't have to wait for FLINK-12479 to complete until we work on the subtasks that use the mailbox for checkpoints etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services