[CASSANDRA-16523] Improve handling of unflushed hint files

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.25, 3.11.11, 4.0-rc1, 4.0
• Component/s: Consistency/Hints
• Bug Category: Code - Bug - Unclear Impact
• Severity: Normal
• Complexity: Low Hanging Fruit
• Discovered By: Adhoc Test
• Platform: All
• Since Version: 3.0 alpha 1

Source Control Link

https://github.com/apache/cassandra/commit/32394e9d0ee86c66b7b21a9e9832ab6671b00f6e

Test and Documentation Plan

cci runs

• Assignee: Marcus Eriksson
• Reporter: Marcus Eriksson

Authors

Marcus Eriksson

Reviewers

Aleksey Yeschenko

• Created: 15/Mar/21 12:42
• Updated: 18/Mar/21 08:47
• Resolved: 18/Mar/21 08:47

Description

In some situations hint files can have a run of trailing zeros at the end - for example when hard-rebooting machines. These zeros can be safely ignored and we should avoid invoking the disk failure policy in these cases.