[HADOOP-8861] FSDataOutputStream.sync should call flush() if the underlying wrapped stream is not Syncable

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.3
• Fix Version/s: 1.2.0
• Component/s: fs
• Target Version/s: 1.2.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Amareshwari Sriramadasu
• Reporter: Amareshwari Sriramadasu
• Created: 27/Sep/12 10:05
• Updated: 15/May/13 05:16
• Resolved: 19/Oct/12 19:57

Description

Currently FSDataOutputStream.sync is a no-op if the wrapped stream is not Syncable. Instead it should call flush() if the wrapped stream is not syncable.

This behavior is already present in trunk, but branch-1 does not have this.

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-7844 Flush/sync do not work on Hadoop LocalFileSystem