[HDFS-3050] rework OEV to share more code with the NameNode

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Component/s: namenode
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Colin McCabe
• Reporter: Colin McCabe
• Created: 05/Mar/12 21:54
• Updated: 28/Sep/15 20:58
• Resolved: 05/Apr/12 00:04

Description

Current, OEV (the offline edits viewer) re-implements all of the opcode parsing logic found in the NameNode. This duplicated code creates a maintenance burden for us.

OEV should be refactored to simply use the normal EditLog parsing code, rather than rolling its own. By using the existing FSEditLogLoader code to load edits in OEV, we can avoid having to update two places when the format changes.

We should not put opcode checksums into the XML, because they are a serialization detail, not related to what the data is what we're storing. This will also make it possible to modify the XML file and translate this modified file back to a binary edits log file.

Finally, this changes introduces --fix-txids. When OEV is passed this flag, it will close gaps in the transaction log by modifying the sequence numbers. This is useful if you want to modify the edit log XML (say, by removing a transaction), and transform the modified XML back into a valid binary edit log file.

Issue Links

• requires: HADOOP-8242 AbstractDelegationTokenIdentifier: add getter methods for owner and realuser