[KAFKA-891] Replica fetcher thread should identify its host,port in the client id

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.8.0
• Component/s: replication
• Labels: kafka-0.8
• Assignee: Neha Narkhede
• Reporter: Neha Narkhede
• Created: 30/Apr/13 02:03
• Updated: 21/Mar/14 01:28
• Resolved: 20/Mar/14 21:51

Description

Replica fetcher thread uses the leader's broker id in the client id that it sets to send requests to the leader. But it is much more convenient to look at the client id and know which replica sent the request to the leader. This is especially important when looking at the request log for troubleshooting replica fetch lag, as an example