[FLUME-745] Fix Race condition in NaiveFileWALDeco and retransmit logic

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.5
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.5
• Labels: wal
• Assignee: Jonathan Hsieh
• Reporter: Jonathan Hsieh
• Created: 17/Aug/11 21:56
• Updated: 02/May/13 02:29
• Resolved: 20/Aug/11 00:55

Description

There is a race condition in state transtiions that happen in the NaiveFileWALDeco and retransmits. This condition is fairly rare but when it occurs it cause an agent or collector to hang.

Issue Links

• depends upon: FLUME-746 Correct the behavior and logging messages about states transition of wal chunks on retry
• is blocked by: FLUME-746 Correct the behavior and logging messages about states transition of wal chunks on retry
• is related to: FLUME-543 TailThread exits on repeated WAL failures
• relates to: FLUME-762 DirectDriver should reopen the source/sink if the append or next throws an exception