[HBASE-25859] Reference class incorrectly parses the protobuf magic marker

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-1, 2.5.0, 2.4.3
• Component/s: regionserver
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Constantin-Catalin Luca
• Reporter: Constantin-Catalin Luca
• Created: 06/May/21 12:10
• Updated: 11/Aug/21 04:58
• Resolved: 10/May/21 19:52

Description

The Reference class incorrectly parses the protobuf magic marker.

It uses:

// DataInputStream.read(byte[lengthOfPNMagic])

but this call does not guarantee to read all the bytes of the marker.
The fix is the same as the one for https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-25674

Issue Links

• relates to: HBASE-25674 RegionInfo.parseFrom(DataInputStream) sometimes fails to read the protobuf magic marker
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3236
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3369

Sub-Tasks

• Add retry if we fail to read all bytes of the protobuf magic marker: Resolved