[FLINK-8540] FileStateHandles must not attempt to delete their parent directory.

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Component/s: Runtime / State Backends
• Assignee: Stephan Ewen
• Reporter: Stephan Ewen
• Created: 31/Jan/18 15:54
• Updated: 01/Feb/18 15:59
• Resolved: 01/Feb/18 15:59

Description

Currently, every file disposal checks if the parent directory is now empty, and deletes it if that is the case. That is not only inefficient, but prohibitively expensive on some systems, like Amazon S3.

With the resolution of FLINK-8539, this will no longer be necessary.