[HBASE-26586] Should not rely on the global config when setting SFT implementation for a table while upgrading

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.0, 3.0.0-alpha-3
• Component/s: HFile
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Duo Zhang
• Reporter: Duo Zhang
• Created: 16/Dec/21 15:24
• Updated: 19/Mar/24 15:03
• Resolved: 07/Jan/22 15:49

Description

If a table does not have a SFT implementation in its table descriptor, it means we are upgrading from an older version where SFT is not implemented, so the SFT implementation for the table should always be DEFAULT.

A misconfigure here could cause data loss.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4006