[HBASE-1770] HTable.setWriteBufferSize does not flush the writeBuffer when its size is set to a value lower than its current size.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.20.0, 0.90.0
• Component/s: Client

Environment

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• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Mathias Herberts
• Reporter: Mathias Herberts
• Created: 17/Aug/09 22:32
• Updated: 13/Sep/09 22:24
• Resolved: 17/Aug/09 23:44

Description

When setting the size of the write buffer to a value lower than the current size of data in the write buffer, the content of the write buffer should be flushed so it does not occupy in memory more than its new size for an extended period of time.