[FLUME-1378] Sink falls into infinite lifecycle with EventDeliveryException

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: Channel, Sinks+Sources
• Assignee: Denny Ye
• Reporter: Denny Ye
• Created: 18/Jul/12 09:11
• Updated: 25/Jun/13 00:12

Description

I tested the Flume and found a critical issue. HDFSEventSink with 'txnEventMax' parameter > MemoryChannel 'transactionCapacity' parameter, Sink falls into infinite lifecycle and all Events has been hold in MemoryChannel with error message:

"Take list for MemoryTransaction, capacity <n> full, consider committing more frequently,increasing capacity, or increasing thread count"

Issue Links

• duplicates: FLUME-1255 Channels should not throw exceptions in channel.take if it has reached txn capacity