[HBASE-11363] Access checks in preCompact and preCompactSelection are out of sync

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.98.3
• Fix Version/s: 0.99.0, 0.98.4
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Reporter: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Created: 16/Jun/14 21:40
• Updated: 21/Feb/15 23:30
• Resolved: 25/Jun/14 00:11

Description

As discussed on HBASE-6192, it looks like someone cut and pasted the access check from preCompact into preCompactSelection at one time and, later, another change was made that relaxed permissions for compaction requests from ADMIN to ADMIN|CREATE.

We do not need an access check in preCompactSelection since a request to compact is already mediated by preCompact.