[HBASE-11949] Setting hfile.block.cache.size=0 doesn't actually disable blockcache

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.99.0
• Component/s: regionserver
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Nick Dimiduk
• Reporter: Nick Dimiduk
• Created: 11/Sep/14 21:34
• Updated: 06/Apr/18 17:50
• Resolved: 12/Sep/14 18:39

Description

stack noticed this one over on HBASE-11845. The provided patched worked as intended on 0.98, but not on branch-1 or master.

Marking as minor because we highly encourage users not to do this anyway (it's just a convenience for tools).