[HADOOP-13680] fs.s3a.readahead.range to use getLongBytes

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.8.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.8.0, 3.0.0-alpha2
• Component/s: fs/s3
• Target Version/s: 2.8.0
• Assignee: Abhishek Modi
• Reporter: Steve Loughran
• Created: 04/Oct/16 14:18
• Updated: 22/Nov/16 01:54
• Resolved: 31/Oct/16 20:55

Description

The fs.s3a.readahead.range value is measured in bytes, but can be hundreds of KB. Easier to use getLongBytes and set to things like "300k"

This will be backwards compatible with the existing settings if anyone is using them, because the no-prefix default will still be bytes

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: HADOOP-13729 switch to Configuration.getLongBytes for byte options
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #144
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #145