[CASSANDRA-2216] Compaction can echo data which breaks upon sstable format changes

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Urgent
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.7.3
• Labels: compaction
• Severity: Critical
• Assignee: Sylvain Lebresne
• Reporter: Sylvain Lebresne

Authors

Sylvain Lebresne

Reviewers

Jonathan Ellis

• Created: 22/Feb/11 12:17
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:33
• Resolved: 22/Feb/11 17:32

Description

While compaction, if for a row we have only 1 sstable holding data, we echo this data. This breaks when we change the data format, creating mixed (corrupted) sstable.

(I suspect this is the cause of CASSANDRA-2195, but opening a new ticket until we can confirm that hunch)