[HDFS-15481] Ordered snapshot deletion: garbage collect deleted snapshots

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.4.0
• Component/s: snapshots
• Assignee: Tsz-wo Sze Assign to me
• Reporter: Tsz-wo Sze
• Created: 19/Jul/20 16:24
• Updated: 30/Jul/20 17:51
• Resolved: 30/Jul/20 17:37

Description

When the earliest snapshot is actually deleted, if the subsequent snapshots are already marked as deleted, the subsequent snapshots can be also actually removed from the file system. In this JIRA, we implement a mechanism to garbage collect these snapshots.

Issue Links

• Dependent: HDFS-15498 Show snapshots deletion status in snapList cmd
• links to: pull request