[HBASE-7376] Acquiring readLock does not apply timeout in HRegion#flushcache

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.94.4, 0.95.2
• Fix Version/s: 0.94.4, 0.95.0
• Component/s: regionserver
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Lijin Bin
• Reporter: Lijin Bin
• Created: 18/Dec/12 02:03
• Updated: 02/May/13 02:30
• Resolved: 18/Dec/12 17:57

Description

HRegion
  public boolean flushcache() throws IOException {
       lock(lock.readLock());
  }

The HRegion.flushcache is called by the normal flush cache, so if we use a timeout, the MemStoreFlusher may be get a RegionTooBusyException, it is safe to do not use a timeout.

Issue Links

• relates to: HBASE-6423 Writes should not block reads on blocking updates to memstores