[HADOOP-7937] Forward port SequenceFile#syncFs and friends from Hadoop 1.x

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.22.0, 0.23.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.22.1
• Component/s: io
• Labels: bigtop
• Target Version/s: 0.22.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Thomas White
• Reporter: Eli Collins
• Created: 22/Dec/11 02:27
• Updated: 07/Jan/12 13:22
• Resolved: 06/Jan/12 17:36

Description

HDFS-200 added a new public API SequenceFile#syncFs, we need to forward port this for compatibility. Looks like it might have introduced other APIs that need forward porting as well (eg LocaltedBlocks#setFileLength, and DataNode#getBlockInfo).

Issue Links

• relates to: HDFS-2763 Apply audience and stability annotations to classes in HDFS for 1.x